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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.
Colluvium
September 2022
Soil erosion is a global phenomenon that is exacerbated by intensive agriculture and reinforce the small-scale soil heterogeneity. While reduced...
AGROVOC URI: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_ce89717c
Seedling emergence
July 2022
Seedling emergence is one of the most important phenological event that influences the success of an annual plant. Emergence represents...
AGROVOC URI: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_2547
Hydroacoustics
June 2022
Hydroacoustic techniques are currently the most efficient tool to study the aquatic environments remotely, giving a continuous high spatial resolution...
AGROVOC URI: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_820db5f7
Artisanal fisheries
May 2022
The United Nations General Assembly has declared 2022 the International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture (IYAFA 2022). FAO is...
AGROVOC URI: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_644
Flowering
April 2022
The incredible process of flowering affects every living being in nature. Flowering is closely connected with the awakening of nature...
AGROVOC URI: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_2992