The CFP has Created a Distorted Sea

The Mainstreaming of Organic Agriculture And Agroecology in the Himalaya Region: Adequate policies that advance the transition towards sustainable agriculture and food systems to ensure healthy food for all, to overcome social and economic inequalities and to protect our environment, climate, and biodiversity, are urgently needed. After highlighting the world’s...

Agroforestry belongs to sustainable farming practices. The practice is based on ecological principles that are observed in natural ecosystems. Trees greatly help to mitigate negative effects of modern agriculture on the environment. They offset pollution from farms and make food production systems more resilient. But learning about the disadvantages of this...

Environmental non-governmental organizations can work in partnership with fishing communities to secure vibrant fishing communities and thriving marine ecosystems

Tout au long des 40 dernières années, la FAO s'est engagée dans le développement durable à long terme dans la région, en coopération avec les gouvernements des pays hôtes. Cela se reflète dans le travail de l'Organisation où, par exemple, le bureau du Liban est resté pleinement actif tout au...

Chagfood is a community-supported market garden supplying a seasonal ‘share of the harvest’ to 90 households across the north-east edge of Dartmoor. As a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farm, Chagfood’s customers become ‘members’ and commit to support the farm with an annual subscription. This subscription supports the farm with a guaranteed...

A United Nations food security assessment in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (also known as North Korea) has found that following the worst harvest in 10 years, due to dry spells, heatwaves and flooding, about 10.1 million people suffer from severe food shortages, meaning they do not have enough...

The Too Big to Ignore (TBTI) Digest contains all of the project's recent activities and outputs.

The voices of small-scale fishers and civil society organizations were loud and clear at the 3rd World Small-Scale Fisheries Congress

The excessive use of pesticides has multiple adverse effects on the environment and human health. For a long time this problem was focused on the technical, agronomic, medicinal and pest management’s aspects, while the problem is a behavioral problem and the socio-economic aspect plays an important role. In order to...

The Too Big to Ignore (TBTI) Digest contains all of the project's recent activities and outputs.

PRO-PRODUCTION is a Slovenian Operational Group (OG) developing and promoting an irrigation decision support system to increase water use productivity at farm level. “Key factors must be considered to achieve the best results with irrigation: soil properties, plant growing phase, soil water content, weather forecast, timing and quantity of water...

Nalini Nayak and Cornelie Quist reflect on the 7th Global Conference on Gender in Aquaculture and Fisheries (GAF7), held in Bangkok during 18-21 October 2018

Valorando los saberes tradicionales de las comunidades indígenas que habitan en la región del Gran Chaco Americano, el movimiento El Futuro está en el Monte busca incoporar tecnología. Con los grupos de artesanas, por ejemplo, se trabaja en la construcción de nuevos conocimientos para reducir los tiempos de trabajo y así...

Worldwide, an estimated 3.5 billion kilograms of pesticides is applied to crops each year, and that number is steadily increasing as developing nations are steadily transitioning over to chemical-based agriculture in a misguided and misinformed effort to increase yield and lower cost. The use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides has...

The Too Big to Ignore (TBTI) Digest contains all of the project's recent activities and outputs.

En Tunisie, comme dans beaucoup de pays émergents, les coopératives et autres formes d’associations de producteurs ont été principalement créées à l’initiative de l’État comme véhicules pour faciliter la mise en œuvre des stratégies de développement. Malgré la multiplicité des soutiens publics qu’elles reçoivent et même si on peut citer...

The Too Big to Ignore (TBTI) Digest contains all of the project's recent activities and outputs.

Goats in rural communities are often raised in conditions which do not allow them to achieve their maximum performance nor express their genetic potentials. For goats to perform to their full potential, they require high nutritious feed especially in the winter season when there is food shortage or during high...

This article explores livestock markets and the use of pastoralist mobility to gradually enhance the growing cattle economy in Karamoja, Uganda; cases are provided in this article of the best practices in the livestock trade and communities, involved both inside and outside of Karamoja. The challenges and recommendations that can lead to the...