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January 2023
Sustainable agriculture
AGROVOC URI: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_33561
FAO/Precious N. Chitembwe
Sustainable agriculture with its three components:
- economic (production viability to meet the growing needs for food of present and future generations),
- ecological (environmental health) and
- social (quality of life for rural population).
It contributes to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals aimed at eliminating hunger, poverty, solving environmental changes, ensuring well-being.
Potato harvesters
March 2023
Potato harvesters are used to dig potatoes from the ground and collect them. Since the 1960s, these machines have saved...
AGROVOC URI: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_7bde518a
Hive management
February 2023
Hive management, monitoring and responding to the needs of beehives in relation to the time of year and local climate...
AGROVOC URI: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3639
Seed health
December 2022
The safe conservation and exchange of germplasm requires seeds free of pests and diseases that are of quarantine risk. Seed...
AGROVOC URI: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_fad814e9
Agrobiodiversity
November 2022
Agricultural biodiversity is a broad term that includes all components of biological diversity of relevance to food and agriculture, and...
AGROVOC URI: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_37977
Functional foods
October 2022
Functional foods containing significant levels of biologically active components which provide desirable health benefits beyond basic nutrition. These are especially...
AGROVOC URI: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_2f007684