Humans depend on a thin planetary ‘skin’ made up of life in all its diversity: biodiversity. Agriculture now covers the largest portion (46%) of the global land surface area; its ecological health and resilience in the face of changing climate is therefore critical to human survival. The biodiversity found within...

The Kitarasa Banana is an important element of food culture at the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro. This banana variety is used to make flour for porridge, to produce a traditional local beer and as mixture with traditional dishes. Nevertheless, Kitarasa producers are decreasing, due to changes in culture, lifestyle, poor...

State of the World's Plants and Fungi 2023 Our fifth report in the State of the World’s series lays out the current condition of the world’s plants and fungi globally, and is titled 'Tackling the Nature Emergency: Evidence, gaps and priorities' It is the second report that is accompanied by a full volume of expert-reviewed scientific...

En el artículo, el Dr. Alejandro Espinosa de Cibiogem habla de la necesidad de preservar los maíces nativos mexicanos para cuidar la diversidad biológica y nuestras tortillas, alimento principal de México.

Face aux enjeux de sécurité et de souveraineté alimentaires, couplés aux impératifs environnementaux, l’agriculture africaine doit se transformer pour s’inscrire dans une logique de durabilité. Das sa note d’analyse d’avril 2023, l’Observatoire de l’action climat en Afrique s'intéresse aux approches adaptatives conciliant savoir-faire locaux et approches exogènes.

Long before the sun rises above the towering trees of the Panamanian rainforest, Elizabeth Méndez, a Guna Indigenous Woman, wakes up to the sound of her rooster crowing. She lives in a house made of bamboo and thatch, nestled deep in the lush green forests. This is where she and...

Beyond the interplay of land, investment and migration over time in central Mali, this book tells the story of a special attachment to the place and people of one scholar’s foundational fieldwork experience, Dlonguebougou (DBG) – which the author visited over 35 years. Its pages intertwine technical topics with personal...

Tengo 62 años y sigo trabajando en la artesanía. Este es nuestro arte”, se presenta la agricultora y artesana María Posiva, del Municipio de San Antonio de Lomerío, en Bolivia. Desde los 10 años aprendió el oficio del hilado con su abuela y el algodón está presente en su historia...

La artesana paraguaya María del Carmen, 38 años, cree en el empoderamiento de las mujeres rurales por medio de la producción y la comercialización del algodón, además de generar una importante fuente de trabajo e ingreso a las familias que se dedican a la agricultura primaria o de pequeña escala. Su...

Desde su origen la humanidad ha utilizado a la flora y la fauna de diversas maneras, como alimento, bebida, medicina, ropa, materiales de construcción y combustible. No es de sorprenderse entonces que a una escala planetaria, la diversidad cultural de la especie humana se encuentra estrechamente asociada con las principales...

Declaración de Santo Domingo: Juntos hacia una Iberoamérica justa y Sostenible, aprobada durante la XXVIII Cumbre Iberoamericana de Jefas y Jefes de Estado y de Gobierno realizada el 25 de marzo de 2023. Las Jefas y los Jefes de Estado y de Gobierno de los países iberoamericanos, reunidos el 25 de...

In recent years, extensive wildfires, characterized by dark plumes of smoke that often stretch across national borders, have captured international headlines. So far, 2023 has proven particularly severe, with fires blazing across the Amazon basin, Canada, and Europe. These fires profoundly impact people's lives, endanger ecosystems, and release large amounts...

The present study reports the population structure, genetic admixture and phylogeography of cattle breeds of Sri Lanka viz. Batu Harak, Thawalam and White cattle. Moderately high level of genetic diversity was observed in all the three Sri Lankan zebu cattle breeds. Estimates of inbreeding for Thawalam and White cattle breeds...

This interview is part of a series conducted in the lead-up to the 4th Global Conference of the One Planet Network Sustainable Food Systems programme to be held from 24-27 April in Hanoi, Vietnam.  When asked about the current moment for food systems, Lim Li Ching brings the conversation back to 2009, when...

Participatory Action Research (PAR) is a tool for fostering a new paradigm in natural resources management. Combined with an Adaptive Collaborative Management (ACM) approach, in community-based fire prevention and peatland restoration, PAR facilitates transformative change through a simultaneous process of research and taking action, linked together by critical refl ection....

Since 2000, many African countries have introduced programs aimed at providing smallholder farmers with low-cost certificates for land held un-der customary tenure. Yet there are many contending views and debates on the impact of these land policies and this book reveals how tenure security, agricultural productivity, and social inclusion were...

Dados do Censo Agro 2017, divulgado pelo IBGE em 2022, mostram que a região Norte concentra a maior proporção de produtores rurais indígenas (5%). O último Censo realizado mostrou que estabelecimentos indígenas têm maior proporção de mulheres na sua administração (25,90%). Além disso, 27,99% dos produtores indígenas têm menos de...

The Family Farming Knowledge Platform in collaboration with the Barefoot Guide Connection organized a series of “writeshops”, writing classes to support practitioners to write their own experience, generating knowledge which highlight the practices, changes, innovations and impacts of what they do in support of family farming. These writeshops represented an opportunity...

El gobierno brasileño formalizó este miércoles 22 el regreso del Programa de Adquisición de Alimentos (PAA), que consiste en la compra de frutas, verduras, leche y otros alimentos ofrecidos por pequeños productores para ser enviados a poblaciones en situación de inseguridad alimentaria. En su nueva versión, el programa quiere incentivar la participación...

Entre os dias 11 e 14 de dezembro acontece, em Brasília, a 6ª Conferência Nacional de Segurança Alimentar e Nutricional com o lema: “Erradicar a fome e garantir direitos com comida de verdade, democracia e equidade”, que resultará em recomendações para a elaboração do 3º Plano Nacional de Segurança Alimentar e...