El cultivo de soja en Argentina es el más importante por superficie sembrada, a nivel internacional es el tercer productor mundial después de Estados Unidos y Brasil. La calidad del grano es un aspecto de interés por ser nuestro país el primer exportador mundial de aceite y harina de soja....

This is the second annual report developed collaboratively by United Nations agencies on progress in Asia and the Pacific towards Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2 to eliminate hunger and malnutrition by 2030. Its findings are a cause for concern. The SDG hunger deadline is just over a decade away, and...

Traditional agricultural systems can sustain biodiversity and conserve genetic resources for food and agriculture, building resilence to climate change while respecting and promoting rural livelihoods and knowledge systems. It was to identify, support and safeguard these systems that FAO launched the Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) programme. An event starting today in...

Evidence from different studies has revealed a great contribution of agro-ecology in solving the world hunger sustainably. Agro-ecology addresses the problems and limitations of industrial agriculture such as inequalities, increased poverty and malnutrition rate, and environment degradation especially climate change; which are the roots causes of hunger in the world...

A new webpage dedicated to mountain areas, islands and sparsely populated areas has been launched by the European Commission, find there all news and studies related to our territories

This online and face-to-face course in French provides practical knowledge on agronomical techniques from production to marketing. The objective of the distance-learning modules is to become familiar with the environment of Miracle Farms and to acquire basic notions of Agroecology in a diversified orchard through interaction with a trainer and participation...

El objetivo de este texto es presentar una guía práctica para la evaluación ex ante de políticas y proyectos a través del método de análisis costo beneficio (ACB), en particular para su aplicación en medidas de adaptación al cambio climático en el sector agropecuario.

A campanha regional #MulheresRurais, Mulheres com Direitos, em 2019, identificará e difundirá experiências e conhecimentos sobre o poder transformador das mulheres rurais, indígenas e afrodescendentes na América Latina e Caribe e sua contribuição para os desafios estabelecidos nos Objetivos de Desenvolvimento Sustentável (ODS). Uma das prioridades da Unicopas é promover o protagonismo...

El Proyecto “Fortalecimiento de capacidades en la medición y reporte de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible en los países de América del Sur (TCP/RLA/3611)” de la Oficina Regional de la FAO para América Latina y el Caribe ha ayudado a los países sudamericanos a desarrollar sus capacidades para informar sobre...

Para aprimorar os conhecimentos de gestores públicos, representantes da sociedade civil organizada e do setor privado, o Projeto de Territorialização e Aceleração dos ODS oferece vagas a 116 Municípios para custo a distância sobre os 17 Objetivos de Desenvolvimento Sustentável (ODS). A iniciativa é uma cooperação entre a Petrobras e...

Los Servicios Participativos de Información Climática para la Agricultura (SEPICA), como las Mesas Técnicas Agroclimáticas (MTA) en Colombia, Guatemala y Nicaragua o Mesas agroclimáticas Participativas en Honduras y Chile, son estrategias clave de la gestión integral de riesgos de desastres pues proveen insumos para tomar decisiones mejor informadas sobre prácticas...

Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which: identify highly nutritious local food plants, explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way, detail the nutritional value of the plants and describe why human bodies require those nutrients. The resources created by FPS allows people to better...

According to the OECD, territorial relationships have deeply changed in recent decades. Improvements in communication technology, increasing movements of peoples and goods, and changes in land use have reshaped the relationships between urban and rural areas. This is also true for mountain areas, where large metropoles like Milano have recently...

Anders Borgen has been an organic farmer for 35 years and has for the past 15 years working as a private organic plant breeder in Northern Jutland, Denmark. He has studied agricultural science and philosophy and has a Ph.D. in Agriculture. Hannes Lorenzen meets Anders Borgen at the European Cereal Diversity...

The amount of data in soil science increased at exponential rates over the last decades, promoted by rapid technological innovation. This development led to a better understanding of processes but also required the introduction of data mininginto soil science. With diffuse reflectance Fourier transform (DRIFT) spectroscopy, one of those new methods, soil scientist could build up...

Healthy plants constitute the foundation for all life on earth, making up the oxygen we breathe and over 80% of the food we eat. Plant health is the key to the sustainable intensification of agriculture to feed the growing global population by 2050. Thus, recognition, advocacy and support for the...

En este número LEISA enfoca la agrobiodiversidad como “una amplia y compleja expresión de las interacciones entre sociedad y naturaleza, y parte fundamental del patrimonio biocultural”. Desde esa perspectiva es una tarea actual reconocer y resaltar el rol que cumple la agricultura campesina como creadora incesante de nuevas variedades de...

Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which: identify highly nutritious local food plants, explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way, detail the nutritional value of the plants and describe why human bodies require those nutrients. The resources created by FPS allows people to better...

Oliver Moore attended the 2nd Agroecology Europe Forum in Crete recently. In the first of three reports from the island and event, he tells us here about one of the field trips. This was a visit to the inspiring Apo Kinou social coop, where production, distribution, and consumption are all under collective...

Este Documento de Política Pública tiene como objetivo relacionar la resiliencia climática rural en América Latina y el Caribe (ALC) con los resultados del Reporte Especial sobre el Calentamiento Global de 1.5°C elaborado por el Panel Intergubernamental de Expertos sobre el Cambio Climático (IPCC, por sus siglas en inglés), poniendo...