En 2013, la FAO a lancé l’Initiative Croissance bleue visant à stimuler le développement économique et social des communautés qui dépendent des ressources aquatiques pour leur alimentation et leurs moyens d’existence. Ces dernières années ont vu l’émergence d’une nouvelle vague d’innovateurs Croissance bleue qui luttent contre la pêche illégale qui...

The problems related to the lack of land and financial capacity to buy agricultural inputs, especially in slums can be solved by using sack gardens. Earth-filled sacks are placed on doorsteps and used to grow vegetables in. Sack gardens do not require much agricultural land nor much water. They are...

In Spain earth-banked terraces are constructed on moderately gentle slopes by agricultural machines to reduce slope gradient and length and improve soil organic matter and structure. Terraces reduce the formation of gullies and retain water from upslope and often stones are used to reinforce the terrace ridge. The terrace ridges...

Together with others, URGENCI, the international network of Local and Solidarity -based Partnerships for Agroecology, has asked European Union Commissioners and their teams to provide guidance and a clear perspective of the road forward, meeting citizens’ expectations across Europe, by publishing the #EUFarm2Fork by end of April 2020

Unsafe food is a major threat to human health and economies globally. A new project has been kicked off to strengthen official food safety control and risk communication systems in Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Republic of Moldova, Tajikistan, and Turkey. Implemented under the FAO-Turkey Partnership Programme on Food and Agriculture, funded by Turkey,...

Ce rapport décrit: (i) les mesures politiques adoptées par le Gouvernement pour contenir la propagation de la covid-19; (ii) les politiques et mesures visant à stabiliser le fonctionnement des systèmes agroalimentaires; (iii) les effets potentiels des politiques sur les systèmes agroalimentaires et les groupes vulnérables. Enfin, ce profil évalue également...

With the death of Sidney Holt late last year, the world lost a man blessed with a towering intellect, boundless curiosity and an unwavering commitment to conservation. Sidney began his professional life in 1947 at the Fisheries Laboratory in Lowestoft, UK. Michael Graham was the lab’s director then and he set...

Noémie Graff du domaine du Satyre à Begnins (VD) nous présente l’importance des mesures prophylactiques pour la conduite de la vigne en bio. La suppression des pampres et l’aération précoce de la zone des grappes sont essentielles pour optimiser la protection en bio de la vigne et limiter les interventions...

The food crisis in 2007-2008 triggered a global race among large agribusiness corporations for the acquisition and control of large tracts of agricultural lands in developing countries in Africa and Asia. Coinciding with growing global demand for food, mainly due to rapid population growth, and the dominance of the growth...

Measures that empower young agri-entrepreneurs should be a key component of a sustainable development-centred investment promotion strategy. The very realization of future generations’ food security, the sustainable transformation of food systems and the combat against unemployment and distress migration all depend upon the successful implementation of strategies that make the...

Bench terraces with narrow beds are built on hillsides cleared from forests and used for growing tea, coffee and horticultural crops. This technology describes how terraces can be used to improve crop cultivation on hillsides.

El Consentimiento Libre, Previo e Informado (CLPI) es un derecho específico de los Pueblos Indígenas reconocido en la Declaración de las Naciones Unidas sobre los Derechos de los Pueblos Indígenas (UNDRIP, por sus siglas en inglés). A través del CLPI los Pueblos Indígenas pueden dar o negar su consentimiento a...

A project that has made a difference in the lives of thousands of people living in the semi-arid region of Bahia, helping to produce and even export the most adapted to the biome and adverse climatic conditions, was considered the best in the world by the United Nations (UN).

The rapid spread of COVID-19 has introduced multiple challenges in the lives of small-scale fishers in Indonesia. The COVID-19 pandemic that affected Indonesia in early March 2020 has impacted coastal communities, fisher households and fisher women. Information collected by women fisher activists in 12 provinces revealed that the pandemic has dealt...

• Soybeans are a major food crop in the world and they are grown in some parts of Uganda and form an integral and important component in the human and animal nutrition. • It is successful in areas where rainfall is moderate to light during the latter part of the growing...

En el contexto de la crisis generada por la pandemia del Covid-19, nosotras, Organizaciones de Agricultores y Agricultoras Familiares y otras OSCs comprometidas durante décadas en el fortalecimiento y la promoción de la Agricultura Familiar y los Sistemas Alimentarios Sostenibles en diferentes regiones del mundo, queremos hacer el presente llamamiento...

Almost one-third of the population in Europe and Central Asia live in rural areas and face multiple challenges, in view of the predominance of small family farms in many countries of the region. There are several concurrent and interconnected development constraints, including poverty, food insecurity, inequality, unemployment, and risk of...

This report describes: (i) policy measures enacted by the Government of Fiji to contain the spread of the virus; (ii) policies and measures to stabilize the functioning of agri-food systems; (iii) potential effects of policies on agri-food systems and vulnerable groups. Finally, the profile also assesses longer-term options for agri-food...

Reflections on the ICSF workshop and recommendations to India’s draft National Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture Policy (NIFAP), September 2019. The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF) organized a national workshop to discuss the draft National Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture Policy (NIFAP), being finalized by India’s Union Ministry of Agriculture...

En Tunisie, le taux de chômage des jeunes de 15 à 35 ans est très élevé, se situant autour de 35 pour cent, chez les diplômés du supérieur des régions de l’intérieur et en milieu rural, ce qui pousse un nombre important à l’exode et à l’émigration souvent au péril...