New Organic Regulation (EU) 2018/848 will apply from 1 January 2022. The basic regulation published in June 2018 will be accompanied by around 23 acts of secondary legislation, most of them not yet published.  Additional acts of secondary legislation will be published in the following months and years, making reading and...

La Comisión de Semillas de Federación Agraria Argentina, con la participación de Agricultores Federados Argentinos (AFA), la Federación de Cooperativas Federadas (FECOFE) y la Cámara Argentina de Semilleros Multiplicadores (CASEM), manifestó su preocupación ante el avance de algunas empresas que pretenden controlar todos los eslabones de la cadena bajo argumentos...

El Secretario General de las Naciones Unidas, António Guterres, ha convocado a una Cumbre sobre los Sistemas Alimentarios, en 2021, como parte del Decenio de Acción para alcanzar los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS) de aquí a 2030. La Cumbre pondrá en marcha medidas nuevas y audaces para avanzar en...

El estudio de caso sobre la gobernanza del agua en la cuenca del río Los Amates, Guatemala, forma parte del programa global de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO) sobre la gobernanza de los recursos hídricos para un uso más eficiente, transparente y...

The efficacy in the control of mango cv. Azúcar anthracnose in postharvest was determined by subjecting the fruit to a hydrothermal treatment at 53 °C, later two wounds of 2 mm deep were made and the fruits were immersed in suspensions of the antagonists or chitin in different concentrations. After,...

Las páginas de este folleto están dedicadas a presentar los resultados del Concurso 10 Iniciativas y Evidencias Innovadoras de Agricultura Sostenible y Agroecología para el desarrollo rural, escalables a Políticas Públicas en Cuba. Se describen las experiencias y los principales resultados de las 15 iniciativas seleccionadas en el proceso de...

In an effort to improve the often inadequate standard and impact of training for small-scale agricultural producers, a non-governmental organization (NGO) in Ukraine has developed a two-pronged strategy that involves conducting performance-based training and evaluation to analyse how effective it is.

Flowering plant species within a cultivated field are increasingly implemented as an eco-scheme to re-establish functional agrobiodiversity providing shelter, overwintering sites, and alternative prey and food resources to natural enemies (predators and parasitoids). We evaluated the effect of sown flower strips designed to attract and support natural enemies of Brassica...

The new year brought new beginnings, including the launch of Solidaridad’s new website. At the center of the refreshed design, content, and structure is the smallholder producer. Take a look around to see what’s new!

Este documento elaborado en el marco del Proyecto "Caracterización de gestiones económicas de sistemas de producción agropecuarios de pequeña y mediana escala" y del "Centro de Información de Actividades Porcinas CIAP". Presenta estimaciones sobre comportamientos de resultados económicos de modelos productivos y tiene como propósito aportar información que favorezca la inclusión...

Structural transformation in Southeast Asia poses challenges to the regions' food security and inclusive agricultural growth agenda. Integration of agricultural markets within ASEAN is high on the policy agenda given the current pressure on moving towards the establishment of a common market. An improvement in agricultural value chains' competitiveness is...

El éxito de la expansión de la producción de fique en Colombia, por cuenta de las nuevas oportunidades del mercado, requiere entre otras cosas de la propagación de plantas de calidad desde la etapa de vivero. El objetivo de este estudio fue evaluar el crecimiento de plantas de fique (Furcraea...

The global food system is intricately linked to many of the greatest problems facing the world today, from the rise of non-communicable diseases, childhood hunger and food insecurity to environmental degradation, species loss and climate change. Over recent decades, the food system has become increasingly wasteful, processed and environmentally damaging....

While tourism is the mainstay of the economy of the Caribbean islands of Antigua and Barbuda, fisheries reforms will give them resilience from developments like COVID-19. Human-rights principles in small-scale fisheries were officially established with the publication in 2015 by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) of...

Ao longo das últimas décadas, a ASA e famílias de todo o Semiárido do Brasil desenvolveram e aprimoraram o método de construção das cisternas de placas. Esta cartilha tem como objetivo partilhar essa experiência na construção de cisternas, possibilitando que outros povos possam usufruir dessa tecnologia que mudou o cenário...

En el marco del 109 aniversario del Grito de Alcorta, el 25 de junio sesionó de manera virtual el Consejo Directivo Central de Federación Agraria Argentina ampliado, pues contó con la presencia de los directores de todo el país, quienes debatieron junto a representantes de filiales, Mujeres Federadas, jóvenes y...

Infografía modelo productivo del plátano. Más información en: Bibliografía completa de la corporación Editorial Agrosavia Repositorio Institucional (BAC) Podcast Dimensions Agriperfiles Google Scholar LaReferencia Redalyc Redcol ResearchGate

The Dasgupta Review is an independent, global review on the Economics of Biodiversity led by Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta (Frank Ramsey Professor Emeritus, University of Cambridge). The Review was commissioned in 2019 by HM Treasury and has been supported by an Advisory Panel drawn from public policy, science, economics, finance...

The role of family farming in promoting sustainable food systems was the central theme of a high-level, virtual dialogue held by the FAO Liaison Office in Brussels, in collaboration with the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU). The event featured an exchange of experiences related to...

The growing global opposition to destructive salmon farming has found vocal expression in Chile and Argentina, highlighting issues related to labour and working conditions. The industrial salmonid monoculture in Chile has a history of more than three decades of productive and territorial expansion in the country’s waters, which has transformed the...