The World Rural Forum (WRF), with the support of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), carried out a study to monitor the progress in the implementation of the United Nations Decade of Family Farming 2019-2028 (UNDFF) through National and Regional / Subregional Action Plans on Family...

Ollas have been used for thousands of years in agriculture and gardening practices and are traditionally unglazed terracotta “jugs” filled with water and buried into the soil, with their necks protruding slightly. Once the porous terracotta olla is in contact with the soil, water begins to seep into the surrounding...

In response to a request from the country’s authorities, the Country Office en Costa Rica of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAOCR) has contributed to improving and strengthening the marketing services provided by the State to small and medium-scale farmers in Costa Rica. In particular, FAOCR...

For the first time in Chile, a new type of autonomous social movement, including fishworker organizations, seeks to create a democratic and representative constitution. Three major organizations in Chile have rejected the Social Agenda for Artisanal Fishers that President Sebastián Piñera’s government had proposed. (The proposal is called ‘Agenda social para...

The United Nations General Assembly has proclaimed 2021–2030 as the Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, through its Resolution A/RES/73/284, following a proposal for action by over 70 countries from all latitudes. The UN Decade positions the restoration of ecosystems as a major nature-based solution towards meeting a wide range of global development goals and...

A Tip-tap is a simple water conserving hand-washing device, which helps to diminish the risks of infection contamination, improves hygiene, and reduces disease spreading. Tip-taps reduce water usage and can be operated by foot, avoiding the risk of picking up germs from tap handles. It is used to clean hands...

Runoff collection has been used to plant olive orchards in north-west Syria in areas, which are considered too dry for olives. In one trial, trees were planted 8 m apart, within and between rows. Around individual trees ‘fish-bone’ shaped furrows were dug to harvest runoff water. The furrows were constructed...

Background • In France, 50 % of organic sows are raised in free range systems • 80 % of the production cost are feed costs The Classical feed for pregnant sows consists of 40 % Cereals, 16% Maize 20% Wheat Bran, Minerals, dried Alfalfa, and about 15 % of protein...

Over the past three decades, strong economic growth, rising agricultural productivity and output, and the structural transformation of the agricultural sector have driven considerable advances in food security in Southeast Asia and enabled the region to become a net exporter of agricultural commodities. Whereas the vast majority of Southeast Asian...

The full range of activities required to deliver fish and fish products from production to the final consumer is subject to indirect impacts of the pandemic through new sanitary measures, changing consumer demands, market access or logistical problems related to transportation and border restrictions. This in turn has a damaging...

La loque américaine est considérée comme la maladie infectieuse des abeilles la plus répandue et destructrice ; elle peut causer de graves pertes économiques pour l'apiculture. Le terme «américaine» ne fait pas référence au fait que la maladie serait originaire des États-Unis d'Amérique, mais plutôt au fait qu'elle a d’abord...

By producing vegetables organically, we improve food quality both in health and nutrition.” Gary Carrasco, an organic farmer from Peru, for #IGrowYourFood

FAO Colombia, in response to the humanitarian emergency in the department of La Guajira caused by the migration and extreme drought crisis, implemented a series of actions in five municipalities, which had a rapid and undeniable impact on food security and social cohesion, benefitting more than 7 000 men, women...

This policy brief reviews on going challenges and proposes recommendations on integrated water resources management approach that embraces the value of water in all its forms and recognizes the intrinsic role of water in protecting human, animal and ecosystem health. This multi-sectoral approach to integrated water resources management under the One...

This practice consists of rectangular excavations in streambeds, named dohs, to provide temporary storage of runoff to enhance groundwater recharge, increasing water yields from shallow wells for supplementary irrigation. They also collect and impound subsurface flow. The technology is used in conjunction with shallow wells (odees), which enable farmers to...

Despite decades of work by various non-governmental organizations, most of the initiatives on agro-ecological farming and organic farming practices have either stagnated or sometimes fallen out. While a niche of farmers is able to reap the benefits of agro-ecological farming, there is a need to understand the barriers that stop...

La covid-19 ha profundizado las desigualdades a las que las sociedades latinoamericanas vienen enfrentándose desde mucho tiempo antes de esta pandemia. Según una encuesta realizada en 16 países de América Latina por el Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (PNUD), cinco países consideran el acceso a alimentos como el principal...

La Red de Gestión de la Innovación en el Sector Agroalimentario, Red INNOVAGRO, organiza el X Encuentro Anual para celebrar su aniversario y abordar temas relevantes en el marco de la innovación agroalimentaria. El tema que se ha definido para este Encuentro es Senderos de innovación para un sector agroalimentario...

Determining the factors that influence intentions towards organic farming (IOF) is a challenge. This research applied the theory of planned behaviour to determine factors which influence farmers’. There are six causal factors: attitudes towards farming behaviour, group-norm influences on farming behaviour, perceived behavioural control of farmers, comparative usefulness of behaviours,...

This document highlights key facts as well as some good practices from the members of the United Nations Inter-Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality (IANWGE) in the thematic areas of education; food security and nutrition; health; access to and control over land and other productive resources; leadership, decision-making and...