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

The international community is committed to ending hunger and all forms of malnutrition worldwide by 2030. While much progress has been made, conflict and human-induced and natural disasters are causing setbacks. This year’s The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World warns that the long-term declining trend in undernourishment seems...

This document analyzes the main changes that have taken place in agriculture and the rural milieu during the 2016-2017 period. It also considers the prospects and main trends in the region, in a context characterized by a slow and uneven global economic recovery in 2016, but with signs of an...

Coastal erosion and accretion are natural processes. However, such instances have becomeabnormally highdue to human activities and sea-level rise. 

El uso de organismos genéticamente modificados (OMG) ha generado grandes expectativas en el desarrollo de agrocultivos. Sin embargo, se originan incertidumbres sobre efectos causales sobre la artropofauna benéfica asociada al cultivo de algodón. En el presente estudio se evaluó la diversidad de la artropofauna asociada al agroecosistema algodón Bt y...

En el presente folleto se explica como se identifica la variedad Corpoica V-159, luego de la evaluación de variedades tolerantes a sequía como medio de estabilizar productividad y disminuir el daño por micotoxinas como consecuencia del cambio climático, convirtiéndose así, en un genotipo comercial aprobado por el ICA en el...

Coffee farmers from various organisations in Southeast Asia gathered in Yogyakarta, Indonesia on 19-21 July 2017 to showcase their produce, share their experiences in farming, and to exchange knowledge to improve the marketing of their products for the ASEAN Learning Series and Policy Engagement on Agricultural Cooperative (ALSPEAC). The coffee farmers...

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

Projet d'Autonomisation de 6000 femmes de la Région de la Marahoué. Mise à Disposition de semences certifiées de Maïs BEERA EV-8728-SR par la Fondation Lady Jeanne.

En el presente libro el lector encontrará información y fotografías de las plagas de los cítricos, sus daños y los insectos benéficos que ayudan a mantener las plagas bajo control. Se listan una gran variedad de enemigos naturales, entre ellos parasitoides, depredadores y entomopatógenos. Se hace énfasis en el área...

El presente folleto da a conocer el procedimiento para la toma de muestras y análisis de fertilidad de suelos, para evitar la poca rentabilidad de un cultivo y determinar las necesidades de adición de fertilizantes o enmiendas para suplir dichas necesidades y corregir las condiciones adversas, sirviendo como herramienta de...

Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) is a specific right that pertains to indigenous peoples and is recognized in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP). FPIC allows indigenous peoples to give or withhold consent to any project that may affect them or their territories. Once...

A “Cartilha para Conselheiros do Programa Nacional de Alimentação Escolar – PNAE”, tem por finalidade incentivar e aprimorar a atuação dos Conselhos de Alimentação Escolar (CAEs) no acompanhamento do Programa da Alimentação Escolar, que se estende a todo o território nacional. O orçamento do programa para 2016 foi de aproximadamente R$...

The European Rural Youth Forum (ERYF) is a non-profit international NGO designed to provide a platform for young people from rural areas to discuss issues that are crucial to their countries and region. These topics are addressed during an annual summer university (7-10 days), which is held in a different...

A Confederação Nacional dos Trabalhadores na Agricultura (CONTAG) recebe os Coordenadores Nacionais da Reunião Especializada da Agricultura Familair (REAF) do Mercosul. No diálogo com a CONTAG e com a Confederación de Organizaciones de Productores Familiares del MERCOSUR (COPROFAM) reafirmou-se o papel da REAF nas políticas públicas para fortalecer a agricultua familiar...

El Centro Ceres es un Centro de investigación y desarrollo para la  innovación orientada a impulsar un modelo de desarrollo sostenible de la agricultura y de los territorios rurales, teniendo como pilares el enfoque sistémico y el desarrollo participativo de bienes públicos e innovaciones sociales para la región. El Centro Regional...

Smallholder farmers in Gambia are increasingly facing climate related induced disasters and vulnerabilities affecting their lives and livelihoods. During 2010-2012, farmers faced flash floods, periods of drought, disease infestation, saline intrusion, deforestation and massive erosion of their farmlands resulting in crop failure and reduced food security. ActionAid has introduced agroecological...

Agriculture is one of the most widespread activities in the world and has a crucial role in food production, environmental protection, landscape preservation, rural employment and food security. Agriculture is not uniform throughout, there are different elements. From a gender point of view, there are significant gaps between women and men....

In this article, we analyze opportunities and constraints for upgrading product quality in the dairy value chain in Ethiopia. Our analysis is based on an integrated understanding of supply chain performance both from producer and from consumer perspectives. We outline as main drivers for quality upgrading: (a) factors that influence...

In remote Kyaukphyu Township, members of local fishery groups are anxiously waiting to hear the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw’s decision on a draft law that could ensure the sustainable management of fisheries.