An FAO review dated November 2021 of the 2012 Hidden Harvest Report concluded that small-scale and subsistence fisheries provide livelihood to 113 million people, of whom around 40 per cent are women.  According to the report, these women are present in pre-harvest (gear fabrication and boat building), harvest, post-harvest (processing...

One month from today, negotiators from around the world will meet in Geneva for crucial preparatory talks on the new global biodiversity framework. The framework aims to halt and reverse our current catastrophic loss of biodiversity. Locally-led action must be central to global biodiversity efforts, as Ebony Holland and Dilys...

América Latina es ya una de las regiones del mundo más afectadas por los impactos del cambio climático. Los fenómenos meteorológicos extremos, como las sequías, las olas de calor, los ciclones tropicales y las inundaciones, han provocado decenas de muertes y graves daños en la producción de cultivos y en...

Modalidad: Self-study course | Desde el 17-11-21 hasta el 31-12-22 The Course “Short supply chains in Family Farming” is part of the Regional Technical Platform for Family Farming (https://www.fao.org/americas/daf/plataforma/es/) in alliance with the Projects "Sembrando Oportunidades" (ABC, MAPA Brazil, MADR Colombia and FAO ) and the Farmers Organizations for African, Caribbean and Pacific countries - FO4ACP (FIDA, EU,...

Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which: identify highly nutritious local food plants, explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way, detail the nutritional value of the plants and describe why human bodies require those nutrients. The resources created by FPS allows people to better...

Rodrigo Pacheco is a world-renowned Ecuadorian chef known for much more than his delicious recipes. This food hero is also cooking up a storm in the name of agrifood sustainability.  Working with nature is key for Rodrigo. His vision for sustainable food and agriculture focuses on integrating the biodiversity that surrounds...

The need to address climate change impacts in agrifood systems has never been clearer. In the face of increasing extreme climate events around the globe, including extreme precipitation, heatwaves and droughts, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report “Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis” warns of...

CARI is launching a dynamic Desertif’actions 2022 initiative with activities to build and carry out advocacy throughout the year. Desertif’actions 2022 aims to put agroecology at the top of the agenda in the fight against desertification and land degradation, by sharing and pooling the results of actions carried out by civil...

Sobre la importancia de la agroecología al proponer soluciones de bajo costo, locales y sostenibles, porque promueve el uso eficiente de los recursos de la propia finca; el reciclaje del agua, los nutrientes, la biomasa y la energía; el aumento de la agrobiodiversidad y la gestión sostenible de los recursos...

Los pastos en Colombia ocupan un área de 37,4 millones de hectá‑ reas. Constituyen el cultivo más grande del país, puesto que ocupan 79,3 % de las 47,2 millones de hectáreas dedicadas a explotación agropecuaria. En ellos pastorean 23 millones de cabezas de bovinos (Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística [dane], 2017),...

Nixtamal, proviene del náhuatl nextli (cal de cenizas) y tamalli (masa cocida de maíz) y se refiere al grano de maíz cocido con agua y cal que se usa en la preparación de diferentes platillos típicos. El proceso conocido como nixtamalización es una técnica tradicional, usada desde la época prehispánica, que consiste en neutralizar la...

Boletín informativo donde enccuentra recomendaciones para la cría de porcinos en condiciones de bioseguridad, higiene, manejo sanitario y ambiental

Diseases need to be cured; this is true for people, animals and plants. In plant protection, fungicides are probably more readily seen as acceptable than insecticides, which are well known to harm the ecosystem, bees, birds and people.

This book offers a comprehensive introduction to  basic ecological and biological principles underlying modern agriculture, forestry, fisheries and aquaculture, and explains how these principles are used to increase the production of food and other raw materials (wood, biofuels, fibre, and other materials). The book is translated into English, originally published in Czech by Karolinum Press,...

The ways we currently practice agriculture are often harmful for the health of the planet – and even our own health. For our people and planet to flourish, we need to preserve biodiversity: the dizzying variety of ecosystems and living beings (from microbes to trees to blue whales), and all...

“En el país de los hijos e hijas de la chatarra, el país de los camiones rojos, existe una diversidad enorme de ecosistemas, una gran diversidad de culturas, una gran riqueza y diversidad de alimentos y de platillos que los abuelos de las hijas y los hijos de la chatarra...

Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which: identify highly nutritious local food plants, explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way, detail the nutritional value of the plants and describe why human bodies require those nutrients. The resources created by FPS allows people to better...

The practice describes the process to build virtual innovation labs based on five principles: facilitate dialogue, encourage listening with an open mind, be inclusive, an amplifier of ideas, and promote co-solution from design to develop solutions. This practice describes the different steps for setting a virtual space for innovation while...

Breeding and raising sheep are complex tasks requiring rich, traditional experience. In this aspect, Farmer Field School (FFS) platforms are now helping farmers’ education and empowerment in Azerbaijan and assist them in achieving sustainable food production and improve livelihoods through testing, validating, and adopting good agricultural and marketing practices. In Azerbaijan,...

On 20 October 2022, the Agroecology TPP together with Alliance Bioversity International - CIAT, CIFOR-ICRAF, and the Gund Institute - University of Vermont, held a webinar on 'Driving the Agroecological Transition', which marked the launch of the four-year CGIAR's Agroecological Transitions research programme. The webinar set out to explore the...