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Anders Borgen | Nurd of the Niche
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...
2019 - Arc 2020
Article
Advantages of fuzzy k-means over k-means clustering in the classification of diffuse reflectance soil spectra: A case study with West African soils
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...
2019 - Elsevier
Website
The International Year of Plant Health
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...
2019
Article
Agrobiodiversidad y semillas en la agricultura familiar campesina
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...
2019 - LEISA
Book
Good Gardening and Growing Root Crops in Rwanda
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...
Rwanda
2019 - Food Plant Solutions
Blog article
Agroecology Europe Forum | Apo Kinou – Crete’s Full Farm to Fork Social Co-op
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...
2019 - Arc 2020
Policy brief/paper
Vinculando los resultados del Informe Especial del IPCC 1.5ºC con la resiliencia climática rural en América Latina
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...
2019 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Blog article
Fostering head, heart, hands and health in Kenya’s youth
How the 4-H clubs are helping young people realize their potential in the agricultural sector
For rural youth, many of the opportunities available locally are in agriculture, but young people often view this sector as tedious, risky, low-income and generally, not a worthwhile pursuit. They prefer to migrate to larger cities in the hopes of finding a better life.
To directly address these issues, FAO is...
Kenya
2019 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statement
Lanzamiento del primer foro por un programa agrario nacional
Más de 60 organizaciones de la Agricultura Familiar, Campesina e Indigena de Argentina comenzaron a reunirse a mediados del año 2018 con las miras puestas en consolidar un Programa Agrario Nacional.
Para debatir los puntos de ese programa se realizará el 7 y 8 de mayo de 2019, en el Microestadio...
Argentina
2019
Event
Innovation week in America 2019. Smart rural communities - ICT evolution and sustainable development
Rural communities are not immune to the challenges posed by new technologies and their contribution to mobilizing local assets to take better advantage of the opportunities that arise in rural territories.
The focus of this alliance between ITU and FAO aims to empower rural communities facing the changes that social, economic,...
2019 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Blog article
Agroecology is more than science, practice and movement
When we introduce Agroecology we tend to throw out our little phrase that it’s ‘a science, a set of practices, and a citizen’s movement’. No, no, no, Agroecology is far more than this. This may be a useful summary at times but we mustn’t get stuck on that. We don’t...
2019 - Cultivate
Audio
Agricultor familiar terá cota em Institutos Federais de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia
A Comissão de Agricultura e Reforma Agrária (CRA) aprovou projeto de lei (PL 778/2019) que propõe reservar, pelo menos, 10% das vagas dos Institutos Federais de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia (Ifets) às pessoas ligadas à agricultura familiar. O autor, senador Chico Rodrigues (DEM-RR), defende a qualificação dos agricultores familiares, que...
Brazil
2019 - Comissão de Agricultura e Reforma Agrária (CRA)
Book
The making of a blue revolution in Bangladesh
A rapid increase in aquaculture production in Bangladesh has lowered fish prices, increased protein consumption, and reduced poverty. The Making of a Blue Revolution in Bangladesh offers a valuable case study of how this transformation in the fish value chain has occurred and how it has improved the lives of...
Bangladesh
2019 - IFPRI
E-learning
Organic Spice Production Course
This course, organized by Sustainable Agriculture Tanzania (SAT) prepares you to meet the standards of the organic market for cinnamon, black pepper, cloves, turmeric, and ginger. This comprehensive course includes classroom tuition, practical training in the plot, and a field visit to spice farmers in the Uluguru Mountains.
The objetive of this course...
United Republic of Tanzania
2019 - Sustainable Agriculture Tanzania (SAT)
Book
Protección social en la pesca artesanal y la acuicultura de recursos limitados en América Latina y el Caribe
En esta publicación la FAO presenta un diagnóstico sobre los riesgos y necesidades específicas de las poblaciones dedicadas a la pesca artesanal y la acuicultura de recursos limitados en América Latina y el Caribe, realiza un compendio de las principales programas e iniciativas de protección social existentes en la región...
2019 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Report
Strategies using floriculture to improve livelihoods in indigenous Australian and Pacific Island communities
The ACIAR project ‘Strategies Using Floriculture to Improve Livelihoods in Indigenous Australian and Pacific Island Communities’ utilised value chain analyses as a unifying framework in and across participating countries. The overall aim of this multifaceted project was to identify constraints and opportunities for indigenous enterprise development through floriculture. The potentially...
2019 - Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR)
Article
Interview with Indonesian Kapuas Hulu Indigenous Imanul Huda
The national Indonesian organization of indigenous peoples, Aliansi Masyarakat Adat Nusantara (AMAN), estimates that between 50 and 70 million indigenous peoples live in Indonesia, accounting for up to 25% of the country’s total population.
Ahead of Indigenous Terra Madre Asia and Pan-Pacific, running from October 11-14th 2019 in Hokkaido, Japan, we spoke to indigenous delegate Imanul Huda, member of the Kapuas Hulu Slow Food Community in Indonesia. In our interview, Imanul discusses his involvement with Slow Food and his work to protect natural resources and sustainable food sources...
Indonesia
2019 - Slow Food
Guidelines
Mapping for food system change
Researchers at the AgroecologyNow initiative at the Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience (CAWR) and Cultivate! partnered to produce this new publication.
The guide highlights the challenges and emerging opportunities that might arise when designing mapping processes. It aims to support mapping efforts to be powerful tools for food system change. The guide recommends thinking...
2019 - Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience (CAWR) and Cultivate!
Event
Conference on improving water productivity in the NENA region
Producing more food with less water is a straightforward objective that could be realized through using better production practices. The challenge is in achieving an overall optimum in using the little water available. Clarification of the WP concept in its different dimensions - economic, social and environmental – has become...
2019 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Book
Pesquisa e agricultura familiar
Intercâmbio de ações e conhecimentos para transferência tecnológica na Amazônia
Esta pesquisa faz parte de um conjunto de ações voltadas para fortalecer a rede de pesquisa e transferência de tecnologia para agricultura familiar de forma a ampliar a disponibilidade de informações sobre pesquisa agropecuária às comunidades amazônicas. São reflexões teóricas e experiências de pesquisa e de trtansferência tecnológica apresentadas e...
Brazil
2019 - Embrapa Amazônia Ocidental
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