The adoption of organic farming practices could help countries across the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals. In December 2019, our Resilient Mountain Solutions initiative collaborated with the Agriculture Research and Development Centre, Bhutan to organize a regional symposium on “Organic agriculture: Youth engagement and enterprise...

The impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on a small-scale fishing in Lorient is vividly captured in the pages of a diary maintained by a gillnetter skipper’s spouse. In March 2020, Emmanuelle Yheul-Bertin, wife of a gillnet skipper who runs a 13-metre gillnetter vessel with four men on board, began recording the...

La conferencia está asociada a la publicación de la Serie 2030: Agricultura Familiar y Transformación Rural. Debate sobre las políticas entorno a la AF y cómo se puede construir herramientas para profundizar el trabajo y el fortalecimiento de la agricultura familiar.

In 2018, the government of Nicaragua requested technical assistance from FAO to carry out a prospective analysis of the Nicaraguan economy and the evolution of rural poverty, in the context of the restrictive economic conditions experienced in the country that year. Thus, the FAO Agricultural Development Economics Division (ESA) in...

This work aims to contribute to the knowledge about the state of acceptance of C015 Eggplant variety, generated by Agrosavia in 2011, under the participatory plant breeding approach with farmers, who selected the material for high yields, the largest number of fruits per plant and lilac color. A study was...

The COVID-19 pandemic is also affecting agricultural census activities. Currently, 62 countries are preparing (45 countries) or have conducted (17 countries) censuses of agriculture in the WCA 2020 round. A rapid appraisal and informal consultations with national agricultural census authorities reveal that some 34 countries reported delays or suspension of several...

300 kilometers south of Tunis, in the Gulf of Gabes, women have long harvested clams to generate an income. The seasonal work is often labor intensive and poorly paid. That is why FAO, in collaboration with the Tunisian government and a local women’s association, have created a pilot project to...

Con los restaurantes y eventos cancelados, Juan Carlos pasó de criar conejos y codornices a cultivar vegetales, una habilidad que aprendió el año pasado gracias a la FAO, y que ahora sirve a un nuevo propósito durante la pandemia. Conoce su historia.

The following technology provides information on the use of aloe vera as a cross-slope barrier structure. This structure is particularly effective barrier to retain soil erosion by decreasing surface runoff and increasing soil infiltration. Aloe vera is a durable herbaceous plant, which is planted in the form of living barriers...

The technology addresses the issue of two maize diseases: Grey Leaf Spot (GLS), and Maize Streak Virus (MSV) on upland maize. Research focussed on identifying and breeding for genetic resistance has been conducted in the southern highlands of Tanzania. Two hybrids have been released (UH615 and UH6303) with high levels...

A honey press is a tool that allows the beekeeper to extract honey from few honeycombs at the same time. The model of honey press presented here is a basic manual model that can be easily made locally as it requires only wood, a plastic bucket, screws, and the work...

Changing land use patterns threaten the livelihood of female crab collectors in Merauke, Papua, Indonesia. Over the years, crab collection in mangrove and wetland forests has been a major source of income for women of the indigenous Asmat and Mappi communities of the island of Papua in Indonesia. These women harvest...

Iniciaron los primeros días de septiembre los nacimientos de larvas de las centollas (Lithodes santolla) mantenidas en el acuario del Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo Pesquero (INIDEP).Las “madres”, que corresponden a dos camadas de hembras procedentes de aguas de plataforma en el Área Central de administración de la pesquería...

One of the greatest challenges humanity faces is feeding the world’s human population in a sustainable, nutritious, equitable and ethical way under a changing climate. Urgent transformations are needed that allow farmers to adapt and develop while also being climate resilient and contributing minimal emissions. This paper identifies several illustrative...

Collective entrepreneurship has been found to alleviate extreme poverty by helping poor individuals integrate into their societies and overcome their multiple intertwined liabilities. We complement this line of inquiry by exploring the conditions under which group structures may instead reinforce economic and gendered poverty constraints. We conducted grounded-theoretical interviews with 104...

The latest Atlantic tragedy reaches thousands in Brazil and remains unsolved. Oil spill disasters in the ocean often devastate marine and coastal ecosystems, profoundly affecting fisheries resources and fishing communities. Urgent and early-warning actions are needed to avoid a tragedy in biomes and communities when such accidents occur. In late-July 2019,...

En raison des nouvelles techniques de culture et de la pression croissante des parasites, il devient de plus en plus important de surveiller efficacement les populations de ravageurs dans les champs. Dans cette vidéo, Cindy Lassoureille de la société cap2020 présente les pièges connectés. cap2020 utilise des pièges disponibles dans...

Se está frente a una crisis compleja global que se manifiesta en un entramado de relaciones múltiples y complejas que la pandemia obliga a considerar entre la sociedad, el ambiente y la economía. En este artículo se pretende realizar este entretejido partiendo primero del nivel mundo, para posteriormente resaltar los...

This technology describes the cost-benefit analysis of of rearing improved chicken breeds in chicken houses in Uganda. The improved breeds are more resistant to climatic stresses and diseases. Rearing chicken in chicken houses enhances the profitability of poultry production. The transition from free range to chicken houses allows keeping track...

Simón Laura y su hija se ocupan de su huerto familiar en las afueras de El Alto-La Paz, ayudando a garantizar el suministro de productos frescos a las ciudades cercanas