Stonebrood, or aspergillosis, is caused by different species of fungi belonging to the Aspergillus genus. The disease is identified by hard larvae covered with powdery fungal spores. It is found worldwide but, unless the colony is seriously weakened by other stresses, it is usually asymptomatic (it has no visible symptoms). Following...

Early maturing rice can be harvested before local rice varieties, thereby reducing the vulnerability of farmers to extreme events and enhancing the resilience of livelihoods. This technology describes the cost-benefit analysis of growing early maturing rice in Lao PDR and provides information on how to grow this rice variety in...

Most flowering plants, including wild species and many food crops, are pollinated by animals and are vital, therefore, for biological production and the maintenance of biodiversity. Pollinators benefit from diverse natural habitats for forage and nesting, especially when these are limited in plant production systems. Landscape and forest management practices...

Marie-Odile Smets, current president of 'The Green Basket' (Au Panier Vert), and member of CUMA, uses this video to share an insight into the functioning of this successful local food production and short supply chain farmer collective in the North of France. The Video was used as a teaching exercise as...

This study highlights the links between agroecology and climate change, by providing evidence on the technical (i.e. ecological and socio-economic) and policy potential of agroecology to build resilient food systems. The report aims to answer the following question: How can agroecology foster climate change adaptation, mitigation, and resilience through practices and...

Parafraseando o chefe de cozinha francês JeanFrançois Piège, aprendemos a cozinhar com a memória dos outros e em algum momento constituímos a nossa memória gastronômica. Todos os cozinheiros de profissão ou vocação aprenderam as técnicas básicas de culinária na cozinha de casa, observando a mãe, a avó, preparando as refeições...

This Newsletter provides updated information on Agroecology, more concrete about the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) policy convergence process on agroecological and other innovative approaches, the outcomes of the Conference on Ecological Agriculture in Tanzania and other agroecology highlights.  

En este video, técnico de #DICTA Arlex Amador habla sobre el trasplante de semilla de aguacate. #honduras

The COVID-19 pandemic has stopped many businesses and closed most production, but this isn’t true for the farmers and food producers who need to keep working so that the world can continue to eat. Their vital contribution to the pandemic response cannot be overlooked.  In this crisis, eating healthy with fresh...

La finalidad del presente documento temático, solicitado por el Presidente del Comité de Seguridad Alimentaria Mundial (CSA), es contribuir a abordar las repercusiones para la seguridad alimentaria y nutricional de la pandemia de la COVID-19 y fundamentar los preparativos para la Cumbre de las Naciones Unidas sobre los Sistemas Alimentarios...

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to wreak havoc globally, generating significant challenges that could result in risks to food security and nutrition in many countries. Countries are ordering lockdowns, restricting movement and observing physical distancing to curb the pandemic. Disruptions in supply chains resulting from blockages on transport routes, transport restrictions...

Coconut shells are used to make honey harvesting easy and to decrease the mortality rate of young bees or the brood. The usual way of harvesting honey from wild colonies destroys a large portion of the nest. The bees spend long time to mend the damaged nest. This problem is...

African Rice Center: “The quality is very important for us to push back the dumping from outside, if we don’t do it; whether its from Africa, whether it’s from my mother’s kitchen, people are not going to buy it, so we have to become competitive, we have to develop competitive...

While there is little doubt that the COVID pandemic will eventually be conquered, it has left the world to cope with long lasting damage. The damage has not been uniform. Rather, pre-existing inequalities have determined who will be hit the hardest. As a new report puts it, “Women and girls...

La lima ácida Tahití tiene su centro de origen en Asia, y en el mundo se ha adaptado a latitudes entre los 20o N y los 35o S, lo que ha asegurado la conservación de la especie. En Colombia, el cultivo se encuentra en altitudes que van desde el nivel...

Chicken diseases can cause significant loss for farmers. Due to the frequency in which diseases affect chickens at nearly every change of season, farmers get discouraged to raise chickens. The most common diseases often infecting chickens in rural areas are Newcastle disease and fowl cholera. This practice includes instructions on...

This short practical guide describes how pastoralists can produce strong, healthy animals and good-quality milk that will fetch a good price. It goes into detail on how to produce for different markets, how to keep animals healthy, the specificities on how and what to feed them, choosing the right breeds...

In this video, Malian farmers show us how to prepare a seedbed. Establishing a good seedbed is needed to obtain strong seedlings and giving crop a good start.

Achieving food and nutrition security for all in a changing and globalized world remains a critical challenge of utmost importance. The development of solutions benefits from insights derived from modelling and simulating the complex interactions of the agri-food system, which range from global to household scales and transcend disciplinary boundaries....

Dans cette vidéo, nous allons apprendre à reconnaître la maladie de Newcastle, et les signes, les causes, les moyens de prévention, de contrôle et de gestion de cette maladie dévastatrice.