Nearly 1 billion of the world’s 1.2 billion youth aged 15-24 reside in developing countries. Their numbers are growing far more rapidly in lower income countries than in higher income countries, particularly in rural areas. In fact, rural youth make up around half of all youth in developing countries. The...

The European Commission has approved an investment package of more than €280 million from the EU budget for over 120 new LIFE programme projects. This EU funding will trigger total investments of nearly €590 million to help meet these projects' ambitious goals for environment, nature, and climate action. This amount represents a 37%...

Every year, June 18 marks Sustainable Gastronomy Day. This begs the questions: 1) What in the world is sustainable gastronomy? 2) Why is it important enough to have a “day” dedicated to it? and 3) Even so, why should I care? What is Sustainable Gastronomy?  Gastronomy is sometimes called the art of...

Lockdowns to contain the novel coronavirus in Asia have made farmers and indigenous people more vulnerable to losing their land, according to land rights activists who are backing new technologies to help track the growing number of conflicts. (Shutterstock/S Curtis)

La correcta realización de las labores del cultivo en el momento adecuado y el manejo integrado de las plagas que pueden dañar los cultivos, garantizan una fuente diversificada de productos alimenticios. Este material proviene de los documentos y publicaciones del Programa Especial para la Seguridad Alimentaria (PESA Centroamerica).

This practice describes the Cassava Brown Streak Disease (CBSD). It describes its main symptoms on cassava leaves, stems, and storage roots. It also explains how it spreads and how to manage it.

Fruits and vegetables are nutritious, valuable foods full of flavour. Therefore, fruits and vegetables represent an important and, in many cases, an under-appreciated resource that could benefit from better utilisation and exploitation in rural communities. However, in low-income countries, poor care and handling of these crops frequently result in loss...

Since 2006, Terre & Humanisme and its local partners have been training agroecology facilitators in several West African countries, the Mediterranean region and France. These facilitators in turn support farmers' organisations and farmers committed to  agroecological approach. Within the framework of the three-year program "Agroecology for Food Sovereignty and Adaptation to Climate Change in...

La Oficina Regional de la FAO para América Latina y el Caribe y FLAMA establecerán una estrategia conjunta para monitorear y publicitar las actividades de los mercados mayoristas regionales y centros de suministro durante este período de crisis debido a la pandemia de COVID-19. El propósito de este boletín es...

Twenty-fifth anniversary of the 1995 Beijing Declaration and Platform of Action. On 1 October 2020, to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the 1995 Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action – a vision for the empowerment of women – the UN General Assembly and UN Women convened a virtual high level meeting...

  This report represents the initial effort to structure existing knowledge about agroecology as farming and food system in support of the EC Knowledge Centre on Food and Nutrition Security (https://ec.europa.eu/knowledge4policy/global-food-nutrition-security_en). Scientific literature has been screened on a selection of developing countries in which food and nutrition security and sustainable agriculture represent...

En este capítulo se presentan las enfermedades más frecuentes en el cultivo de lima ácida Tahití en las condiciones de Colombia, agrupadas según sus agentes causales: hongos y bacterias; enfermedades sistémicas por virus y viroides, y aquellas ocasionadas por desórdenes fisiológicos. A continuación, se hace una descripción general de cada...

Alimentos Bonaerenses es un programa que promueve el desarrollo productivo de cada una de las actividades agropecuarias y de la pesca, mediante el impulso a la producción de alimentos El objetivo es generar valor agregado y empleo genuino, promoviendo el desarrollo local en cada región de la Provincia de Buenos Aires....

This is a simple guide for growing vegetables. It describes how to prepare the land and seedling for vegetables growing, additionally to different pests and diseases affecting vegetables and fertilization methods. And finally how to harvest different vegetables such as tomato and eggplants. It is meant to help farmers and...

La investigadora del IDAES y CLACSO, Karina Bidaseca, lidera un relevamiento online para comprender cómo se han reorganizado las vidas de las mujeres en mayor situación de vulnerabilidad en Argentina, a partir de la pandemia. La iniciativa tiene el apoyo de la Unidad COVID-19. Estudios previos muestran que han aumentado...

El segundo boletín de Mercados Mayoristas es un esfuerzo del trabajo conjunto entre la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Agricultura y la Alimentación (FAO) y la Federación Latinoamericana de Mercados de Abastecimiento (FLAMA). El objetivo del documento es proporcionar recomendaciones y medidas para enfrentar la pandemia de COVID-19...

A planned national network will share information and knowledge on the SSF Guidelines to a wider audience of fishery-related stakeholders. In Myanmar, limited access to natural resources and financial capital has resulted in many fisherfolk struggling to maintain even basic living standards. They are left with little opportunity to move out...

New plant protection products against powdery and downy mildew in vineyards were tested within the EU project "RELACS". In this video, Andi Tuchschmid, vintner of the FiBL (Research Institute of Organic Agriculture) vineyard, gives a testimonial on his observations of the new products in practical use.

Capacitaciones Virtuales de la Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Área Metropolitana de Buenos Aires, en el marco de las actividades del Programa Prohuerta (MDSN/INTA)

Ce recueil de huit fiches se veut un outil pour orienter les O.M à transformer les principes de la souveraineté alimentaire en actions concrètes lors de la conception, la mise en oeuvre et le suivi des projets.