This edition addresses the risks threatening international agrifood trade in Latin America and the Caribbean. In the previous issue we reviewed the lessons learned by those who have had to manage disasters. We presented a methodology for analysing and managing the crisis in food systems from a disaster risk reduction...

This practice describes, step by step, how to convert traditional agricultural practices to organic agriculture practices. The information provided showcases how first and foremost knowledge on the functioning and the possibilities of the management of natural processes is important. Familiarization with organic practices is also recommended such as mulching, intercropping,...

The Philippines is among the most disaster prone countries in the world. More than 200 climate-related natural disasters were recorded in the last two decades. Alone in 2011 the country was hit by 33 disasters, claiming 1 430 lives. Typhoons trigger landslides, flashfloods, mudslides, widespread flooding, and cause significant destruction...

Yam productivity in the main yam-growing belt of West Africa is reduced by losses in the growing crop, and in subsequent storage, due to diseases and pests. Many of these are either spread in, or exacerbated by, poor quality planting materials. A package of crop protection technologies was developed (based...

The Europe and Central Asia Regional Synthesis for The State of the World’s Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture summarizes the state of biodiversity for food and agriculture in the region, based largely on information provided in nineteen country reports submitted to FAO as part of the reporting process for the...

Este video da cuenta del proceso de construcción del concepto de la Agricultura Familiar en Paraguay.

The physical and financial scale of EU livestock production means that it has far-reaching environmental, economic and social consequences. Livestock production is an important part of the economy and vitality in many regions including some marginal rural areas. Its social importance extends beyond employment; many of the valued landscapes and...

A través de las propuestas del plan de fomento, muchos ganaderos han reconocido las bondades y los atributos de las razas bovinas criollas para la producción de carne y leche en el país. Una de estas razas es el Sanmartinero (sm), la cual se destaca por su fertilidad y adaptación...

This document presents the results of the study conducted by the World Rural Forum (WRF) with the support of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to monitor the progress in the implementation of the United Nations Decade of Family Farming 2019-2028 (UNDFF) through National and Regional/Sub-regional Action Plans. The study,...

Without prosperous and inclusive rural territories, Latin America and the Caribbean will not be able to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Despite the enormous natural potential of the region, half of the rural inhabitants live in poverty and 20 percent in extreme poverty (United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America...

“This gathering of indigenous delegates from communities around the Americas is a way to dignify our cultures and our identity. Our youth is being bombarded by the globalization of the world and the message from multinational companies telling us what to eat, how to think and act. However, our vision...

La lactogénesis es la habilidad de producir lactosa y consiste en un período de transición caracterizado por la diferenciación funcional de las células del tejido mamario, las cuales cambian de un estado no lactante (no secretorio) a lactante (secretorio) (McManaman & Neville, 2003; Tru-chet & Honvo-Houéto, 2017). Más Información: Bibliografía completa de...

The COVID-19 pandemic is a major economic and labour market shock, presenting significant impacts in terms of unemployment and underemployment for informal workers. In rural areas, the livelihoods of especially the self-employed and wage workers are at risk, because agri-food supply chains and markets are being disrupted due to lockdowns...

SEVA in association with National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), IFAD assisted Post Tsunami Sustainable Livelihood Project trained women, self-help group members on herbal treatment for animals upto 21 days. Selected women members were trained intensively to work as Community Livestock Volunteers (CLVs). Then they train local village...

In Ecuador, for a large portion of the population, the “stay at home” measures implemented to halt the spread of COVID-19 have meant losses of income and limited access to food or even clean water. These restrictions have also put a strain on smallholder producers’ access to markets, in turn...

Homestead gardening, which is not designed for marketing/profit-making, aims primarily to improve ongoing access to nutritious food and buffer the sudden fluctuations in prices of the major crops of the farming households during calamities and enhance family nutrition. The use of hazard tolerant crop varieties (like drought-tolerant) in homestead gardening...

The project has validated a participatory breeding approach for developing superior, mosaic disease-resistant cassava, demonstrating that it can provide a means by which farmers, plant breeders and plant pathologists could work together in an effective and inclusive manner. It also provided an environment whereby farmers made a significant and consistent...

In Belgium we have an expression: “all Belgians are born with a brick in their stomach”, meaning that all citizens aspire to build their own house someday. But when bricks are literally eaten, something has gone seriously wrong.  

There is increasing attention on the importance of biodiversity for food security and nutrition, especially above-ground biodiversity such as plants and animals. However, less attention is being paid to the biodiversity beneath our feet, soil biodiversity, which drives many processes that produce food or purify soil and water. This summary...

Onion is a biennial vegetable grown in temperate regions as an annual crop. Onions are especially suitable for smallholder farming in many countries because they require a small amount of initial capital. Onions require a small piece of land and they take a relatively short time to mature. Onions can...