Los patrones fenológicos (tiempo, frecuencia, duración, grado de sincronía, etc.) son el resultado de una gran variedad de presiones selectivas, como cambios climáticos estacionales y disponibilidad de recursos. En el caso del caucho, además de la oferta genética, se debe tomar en cuenta aspectos como la respuesta fenológica del cultivo...

Ce document présente les travaux de l’atelier d’échanges organisé les 14 et 15 décembre 2017 par le Groupe de travail sur les Transitions Agroécologiques (GTAE), créé par AVSF, Agrisud, CARI et Gret, et consacré aux méthodes pour évaluer les performances de l’agroécologie et conditions de son développement. L’évènement a réuni une...

A newly established network of women fish processors and traders promises to improve the prospects of women in Africa’s post-harvest sector. The vast fish resources of the African continent offer many benefits. Fishery and aquaculture products supply food, nutrition, income and livelihoods to hundreds of millions of people; they help earn...

Los continuos cambios que se produjeron desde la década del 80' con el avance de la sojización en la pampa húmeda argentina, han condicionado la permanencia de ciertos sistemas de producción que compiten con este cultivo en especial por el recurso suelo. Este proceso de transformación social provocó importantes consecuencias...

This paper sets out to clarify the factors in soil erosion and soil conservation. The Czech Republic struggles with soil conservation. Shifts in the rural economy, the loss of good-quality agricultural soil to urbanisation, and sub-optimal land management leading to erosion are at issue. Here, we apply quantitative and qualitative...

En Colombia para el año 2014 se registró un total de 55.660 ha establecidas con caucho natural (Hevea brasiliensis), siendo el departamento del Meta el más representativo a nivel nacional con el 35.7 % del área. En el municipio de Puerto López a partir del 2006 se han sembrado aproximadamente...

Science Field Shops (SFSs) in Indonesia promote farmers’ agrometeorological learning enabling them to adapt their farming activities to cope with increasing climate variability. Seven climate services forming the core of SFSs are based on transdisciplinary collaboration between farmers and scientists. Farmers from all over the world have reported that both the...

The Smallholder Farmers’ Dataportrait of the ESA Small Family Farms Team is a comprehensive, systematic and standardized data set on the profile of smallholder farmers, bringing out the characteristics of family farms across the world. It is designed in such a way that differences between countries and regions can be...

EU Commissioner for Agriculture & Rural Development Phil Hogan stated that his top priority in the ongoing EU budget negotiation is "protecting the small and medium sized farmer who remains the backbone of Europe's food production and rural communities".

A desigualdade de gênero se revela nas questões de educação, renda eacesso a Segurança Alimentar e Nutricional. No Brasil, o Programa Nacional MulheresMil tem como objetivo intensificar o processo de desenvolvimento regional einstitucional, pela melhoria do acesso de mulheres em situação de vulnerabilidade socialà educação e ao mundo do trabalho....

Info-poster on the activities and results of Action Against Desertification. Action Against Desertification is an initiative of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) in support of the Great Green Wall initiative and UNCCD national action programmes to combat desertification, implemented by FAO and partners with funding of...

Beauveria bassiana (Bals.) Vuill. (Ascomycota: Cordycipitaceae) es una alternativa para el control de Cerotoma tingomariana (Bechyné) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), una de las plagas de soya más limitantes en Colombia. Un granulado dispersable (WG) y un concentrado emulsionable (EC) a base del aislamiento Bv060, fueron caracterizados microbiológica, sicoquímica y biológicamente. Se establecieron...

El importante papel económico y social que desempeña la agricultura en la mayoría de países de la región de América Latina y Caribe y la alta concentración de vulnerabilidad en áreas rurales hacen que, según el IPCC, la producción de alimentos constituya uno de los riesgos identificados para la región...

Este documento presenta una versión resumida y gráfica del documento técnico que acompaña a la Re- solución 464 de 2017 del Ministerio de Agricultura y Desarrollo rural, por medio de la cual se adoptan los Lineamientos Estratégicos de Política Pública para la Agricultura Campesina, Familiar y Comunitaria.Por tratarse de un...

Farm holidays, or agritourism for short, have been experiencing a significant increase in overnight stays for years. At the same time, it is more and more developing into a high-quality holiday offer. The striving for ever more demanding customers is to be seen quite sceptically. All too touristic structures endanger...

France has promised to phase out glyphosate at a quicker rate than the EU. However, successive “Ecophyto plans” have not produced any results and meanwhile, the use of phytosanitary products continues to grow.

The new Global Gender Gap Report released by the World Economic Forum, estimates that, especially when it comes to women’s workplace equality, it will be another 217 years before we achieve gender parity. The report ranks a total of 144 countries by economic opportunities, education, political participation and health. The...

Animal excrements, especially those of pigs, are produced in large volumes in Southeast Asia . Where these wastes are not properly treated, negative impacts on natural environment and health of local inhabitants are a consequence. Manure is generated in large volumes in the entire Southeast Asia. When properly treated, the volume...

News and meeting about he Common Agricultural Policy post 2020.

Cet article présente et décrit le contenu d’une base de données construite à partir d’une enquête menée dans le gouvernorat de Sidi-Bouzid, situé dans le centre de la Tunisie. Sur ce territoire en transition, le secteur agricole, qui tient une place prédominante dans l’activité économique, est caractérisé par la diversité...