AGROVOC

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  • December2022

    Seed health

    AGROVOC URI
    http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_fad814e9

    FAO/Sebastian Liste

    The safe conservation and exchange of germplasm requires seeds free of pests and diseases that are of quarantine risk. Seed health concerns the presence or absence of disease-causing organisms like fungi, bacteria and viruses, and insect pests.

  • Concept of the month
    December2021

    Beer

    Beer is one of the ancient beverage known today the first mentions of which is ten thousand years old. After...

  • Concept of the month
    November2021

    Conservation agriculture

    Conservation agriculture is considered as an environmentally friendly production system. It stops the degradation of the soil which is the...

  • Concept of the month
    October2021

    Livestock feed

    The production of high quality livestock feed is a growing demand of small farmers and one of the objectives of...

  • Concept of the month
    September2021

    Food systems

    Motivation: A sustainable food system is one that delivers food security and nutrition for all in such a way that...

  • Concept of the month
    July2021

    Agrosilvopastoral systems

    Motivation: Sustainable production strategy that integrates agriculture, livestock and forestry within the same area, to obtain results which are synergic...