Le Conseil de la FAO a adopté le Deuxième Plan d’action mondial pour les ressources phytogénétiques pour l’alimentation et l’agriculture lors de sa 143 ème session en 2011. Il s’agit de la mise à jour du Plan d’action mondial pour la conservation et l’utilisation durable des...[En savoir plus]

The sterile insect technique has in many countries become an important control tactic for integration in area-wide integrated pest management programmes against fruit flies of economic importance. An important prerequisite of these programmes is the availability of adequate...[En savoir plus]

A second meeting for the Integral Use of Cactus Pear and Other Cacti, and the 1st  South America meeting of Fao-ICARDA CactusNet was recently held in Argentina. The main objectives were;to promote and share knowledge on the importance and use of cacti for the semi-arid regions...[En savoir plus]

Crop losses to pests are a major problem in sustaining production, and often, pesticides are used as the first line of defense against pests. However, the indiscriminate use of pesticides often impacts negatively on beneficial insects – insects that provide essential ecosystem...[En savoir plus]

Future food security relies not only on higher production and access to food but also on the need to address the destructive effects of current agricultural production systems on ecosystem services and increase the resilience of production systems to the effects of climate...[En savoir plus]