This book was prepared under the framework of TCP/UZB/3501: Institutional capacity building to develop organic agriculture and to promote good agriculture practices in Uzbekistan to provide guidance to the stakeholders. This book brings together the status of organic agriculture in Uzbekistan including, market, legal standards, methods, experiences and useful methods...

Provides an overview of Agroecology in Europe and central Asia countries, also how agroecology can support the SDGs achievement and how countries in the region can implement agroecology at national level.

Uno de los aspectos que ha evolucionado mucho técnico e industrialmente han sido las instalaciones, referido a diseños y equipamientos – En este marco, la evolución mundial de la robótica, la ingeniería industrial, la ingeniería electrónica, la ingeniería hidráulica, la aparición de sensores, la existencia de chips y poder contar...

The opening chapters of this book examine something that never occurred but was widely believed to have existed—the late 20th century desertification crisis in the Sahel. Recent advances in climatology and changing weather patterns have effectively terminated further scientific debate about the existence of widespread Sahelian desertification, providing us with...

The benefits of cooperation and opportunities for small- and medium-sized dairy enterprises topped the agenda of the Second Caucasus Dairy Congress held in Georgia’s capital, Tbilisi, today. The event, supported by the European Union and Georgia’s Ministry of Agriculture, was the latest effort by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development...

FAO’s Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition in Europe and Central Asia 2018 (Regional SOFI 2018 in ECA) describes the current situation vis-à-vis SDG 2 in countries of the Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region. It focuses in particular on the countries’ status in relation to SDG Target 2.1...

يهدف هذا الكتيب إلى رفع مستوى الوعي لدى المزارعين والعاملين في مجال الإرشاد حول أحد الافات الهامة التي تصيب ثمار وأشجار نخيل البلح في مصر. حيث يوضح كيفية التعرف عليها وكشفها وكيفية مكافحتها وذلك من أجل حماية ثمار وأشجار النخيل من ضرر تلك الأفات. وتظهر الصور مختلف الحفارات والأضرار التي...

Le guide de sélection des projets agricoles dans un contexte de migration a été élaboré dans le cadre du projet «Mobilité des jeunes, sécurité alimentaire et réduction de la pauvreté rurale : promouvoir la diversification rurale en améliorant l’emploi et la mobilité des jeunes» (GCP/INT/240/ITA), mis en oeuvre par la...

Senior staff members of Tajikistan’s Ministry of Agriculture and its Statistics Agency are in Georgia now to meet with representatives of the National Statistics Office and the Ministry of Agriculture in Georgia. They are on a five-day study tour, sharing experiences on agriculture reforms, learning about implementation of agricultural policies,...

The focus of the study is to explore implications of the latest land and agricultural policy pronouncements, discourse and narratives by the new administration on smallholder farmers' access and security on agricultural land. To gather the perspectives, learn and share experiences of farmers, particularly women, relating to tenure security and...

Small-scale agroecological and organic farming systems require appropriate machinery and technologies, and a change of paradigm in the way they are conceived, produced, sold and patented. The mainstream agricultural model has led to machines that are getting increasingly bigger and more expensive and complicated, and thus inaccessible for many farmers...

n the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, aquaculture is an active and growing sector which plays a major role in achieving food security, employment and economic development while reducing the dependence on often overexploited wild stocks. According to some national aquaculture strategies, the production in Mediterranean and Black Sea riparian...

Cabo Verde is suffering a severe process of desertification, intensified by climate changes and hazards, such as drought. In the year 2017, there was almost no rain in the country. Most of the livestock become at risk and farmers depending on rain-fed agriculture lost most of its production. Thus, Government...

Video introduction Tam Viet Farm, produced by ALiSEA

In Cambodia, small-scale farmers are facing the issue of low economic returns from their rice farming because of low productivity and high input costs. The system of rice intensification (SRI) allows farmers to use less inputs. In dry areas, SRI could result in an average yield of 3.6 tonnes/ha, while...

There are many reasons for Pacific farmers to get involved in producing breadfruit: it is highly nutritious; it can be used as an import substitute for wheat, rice, and potatoes; there are untapped export markets; it is natural disaster and climate change resilient; and there is an expanding body of...

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...

Objetivos de la reunión El DRANIBA ofrecerá un espacio intersectorial de intercambio y discusión que permita abordar los temas de producción sostenible en los sectores agropecuario, forestal y pesquero con integración de criterios que contribuyan al uso sostenible, conservación, restauración y preservación de la biodiversidad en la región. Para esto: Se revisarán las...

One of the main problems of the páramo ecosystem (altitudinal belt of the tropical mountain between 3,000m and 4,000m) is conventional potato production. The use of agrochemicals in food production is degrading the ecosystem and polluting the water that reach more than 8 million inhabitants of the city of Bogotá, capital city...

La secretaría de Fontagro (Mecanismo de Cooperación entre países de América Latina y el Caribe y España) realizó un boletín donde presenta las actividades realizadas durante los primeros meses del año, con información sobre novedades y plataformas cofinanciadas, que está dedicado especialmente a Agricultura Familiar.