"Este número del Boletín ILEIA describe las experiencias de agricultores e investigadores, quienes están buscando reconstruir la fertilidad del suelo perdida en las últimas décadas al tratar de incrementar la...
"Si bien este número no presenta un tema en particular, existe, sin embargo, una constante a lo largo de la mayoría de artículos: "Rejuvenecer el conocimiento local". El conocimiento, las...
"Así como el herrero utiliza fuego para forjar hierro y fabricar herramientas, el desarrollo de asociaciones para una agricultura sostenible requiere muchos esfuerzo. y energía.Los actores, o protagonistas del trabajo...
The importance of organic agriculture in the European agricultural sector is growing and has been doing so especially since the early 1990s. The total area under organic production in Western...
"A 15 años de haber iniciado el trabajo de documentación, investigación y difusión de información sobre la agricultura sostenible y de bajos insumos externos, se hace un alto en el...
This paper was prepared by Ms. Els Wynen, consultant, under the guidance of the Environment and Natural Resources Service (SDRN). The first draft of this paper was shared with experts...
It is argued here that agroecology - a science that provides ecological principles for the design and management of sustainable and resource-conserving agricultural systems - offers several advantages over the...
Too much confusion has been created by not clearly defining, in operational terms, the concepts of "sustainable" agriculture. The lack of workable indicators is perceived as a major gap, yet...
The Swiss Development Agency and the "Research Institute for Organic Agriculture" (FiBL), greatly contributed to the success of this SREN Workshop. It is hoped that the enthusiasm and the many...
The importance of partnerships with non-governmental and civil society organizations was underscored by Member Governments in the World Food Summit Plan of Action and is confirmed in FAO's Strategic Framework.
At...
Although as yet only a small industry, organic agriculture is becoming of growing importance in the agriculture sector of a number of countries, irrespective of their stage of development. For...
This document summarizes two recent surveys carried out by the Secretariat: one on organic bananas and the other on fair-trade bananas. Dealing with each successively, the paper examines the current...
Opinion now favours a shift away from the reliance on conventional insecticides towards the use of more natural, sustainable methods of protecting crops from insect damage. This bulletin considers alternatives...
The great majority of farmers in Latin America are peasants who still farm small plots of land, usually in marginal environments utilizing traditional and subsistence methods. The contribution of the...
This course is part of the 1999-2000 Socrates/Erasmus Programme on Ecological Agriculture. The two weeks’ summer course theme is on Human Context of Organic Farming. The second week is dedicated...
The adoption of more sustainable practices in agricultural production and trade is a primary concern for FAO. In the banana sector, the Horticultural Products Group of FAO’s Commodity and Trade...
Organic agriculture is frequently understood as a system of food production and consumption proper to environmentally- and health-conscious people of the developed world. The main drive of many developing countries...
Organic agriculture is one among the broad spectrum of production methods that are supportive of the environment. Organic production systems are based on specific and precise standards of production which...
These Guidelines, of global nature, are aimed at developing and implementing FFS for better management and conservation practices on ISNM, with a view to sustaining the natural resource iv base...
As a joint effort of aquaculture and farming systems specialists, this book is designed for policy-makers in agriculture with no or little prior exposure to aquaculture. Its main focus is...
