The contents of the manual are intended for use by FFS facilitators and trainers in the implementation of a season-long FFS on paddy rice with a strengthened component on soil health. Some of the exercises presented in this manual were adapted from existing manuals, some were developed during a series...

Chemical or mineral fertilizers have long been touted by agro-industry and by governments as a necessity to feed the growing world population. Sixty years after the start of the Green Revolution, the damage caused to farmland, surface water and groundwater, biodiversity and farmers’ livelihoods has forced policy-makers in India and...

El Manual de Buenas Prácticas para la Agricultura Familiar en Regiones Semiáridas reúne las experiencias presentadas por los participantes de la Misión Técnica de Intercambio de Experiencias entre Países del Corredor Seco Centroamericano - Guatemala, El Salvador y Honduras, y con Colombia, Perú y Argentina, realizada en Petrolina , Pernambuco,...

On Human Rights Day, This year´s theme is a call to find solutions based on human rights to reduce inequalities. Over the past three months, we have celebrated other important observances, including FAO´s very own flagship World Food Day. In the last quarter of the year, we reached a milestone....

El tamaño del hueco dependerá del peso del cormo y la textura del suelo. Se recomiendan profundidades entre 30 y 40 cm, si al cormo se le deja un pedazo de pseudotallo. En caso contrario, se debe cubrir con una capa de suelo de 5 a 10 cm de espesor....

Construire des systèmes alimentaires durables implique de créer, d’échanger et de diffuser des savoirs et des connaissances qui soient adaptés aux défis de notre époque, aux besoins des agricultrices et agriculteurs ainsi qu’aux spécificités de chaque territoire. Les agricultrices et agriculteurs à travers le monde détiennent de nombreuses connaissances, transmises...

Vitamin A deficiency is the leading cause of preventable blindness in children globally and an important contributor to the burden of night blindness in pregnant women and severe illness and death in children under the age of five. Southern Africa is not spared.  In Zimbabwe, nearly one in five children under...

El objetivo de esta publicación es presentar un conjunto de estrategias que fomenten una mayor inversión de las remesas familiares en El Salvador a través de una mejor inclusión financiera, a partir del estudio de caso de la cadena de valor de tomate y chile verde. A partir de un...

The United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (“Cooperation Framework”) is an agreement between the UN and the host government and determines a country’s development priorities as well as the UN development system’s contributions to them. As AMR hinders progress in many of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), coordinated action across...

In the higher valleys of the Rioja region in Spain, farmland abandonment is an increasing problem. An Operational Group is identifying the main reasons behind this issue and carrying out activities to bring new farmers to the area and regenerate fruit production. At the same time, these actions contribute to...

A video translation workshop was organised recently in Lusaka, Zambia, by Access Agriculture to facilitate and build capacity of 12 local media practitioners and NGO representatives in translating video scripts, recording voice-overs and audio editing.

El manejo de plagas y enfermedades se hace posible a través de muchas acciones que se complementan entre sí. La mayoría de las prácticas de gestión son de largo plazo y están destinadas a prevenir el ataque de los cultivos por plagas y enfermedades. Las prácticas de gestión (manejo) se...

The author, Raj Patel, wrote an op-ed in Scientific America on why agroecology is the answer to global hunger. He eloquently demonstrated that agroecology is allowing millions of farmers to produce and share food in ways that improve nutrition, biodiversity, and quality of life.

FAO’s Regional Office for Africa is committed to working hand-in-hand with our partners through supporting transformation to more efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable agri-food systems for better production, better nutrition, a better environment and a better life for all, leaving no one behind. Each quarter, we aim to bring you stories...

Debates around agroecology most often focus on the depth and radicality of the change and relate to different visions of agroecology, which tends to eclipse the ontological relationships of actors (or researchers) to the very ‘change process’ itself.This book is an endeavor to explicate relationships to change in agroecological transitions,...

This course introduces you to the maritime traffic rules that small-scale fishers in coastal and inland waters should know about. This “Rules of the road at sea” course provides guidance on actions to take in day-to-day traffic situations at sea, during daylight and at night.   Working in the fisheries sector is...

Although the once booming tea industries in Azerbaijan and Georgia have long been in decline, interest in revitalizing the sector is gaining steam in both countries. Tea has a long tradition in Azerbaijan and Georgia, where tea has been produced since the 19th century. The two countries became the main tea...

This report is the outcome of the Digital Excellence in Agriculture: FAO-ITU regional contest on good practices advancing digital agriculture in Europe and Central Asia, organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Office for Europe and Central Asia and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Offices...

As the Food Systems Summit drew to a close, it is time to make real the agreements and outcomes that resulted from this meeting and put in motion its menu of proposals. Ensuring that people are at the centre means human rights must permeate all the agri-food conversations in the...

El Sistema de Integración Centroamericano (SICA), por medio del Consejo Agropecuario Centroamericano (CAC),  con participación de organizaciones de la sociedad civil particularmente el Programa de Diálogo Regional Rural (PDRR), y el acompañamiento de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO) y el Fondo Internacional...