O governo brasileiro lançou a Política Nacional de Agroecologia e Produção Orgânica (Pnapo), com a edição do decreto 7.794, de 20 de agosto de 2012. Foi um importante passo para a ampliação e efetivação de ações de promoção do desenvolvimento rural sustentável, impulsionado pelas crescentes preocupações das organizações sociais do campo e...

Presentación que aborda un análisis crítico sobre los sistemas de innovación para un desarrollo sostenible de los territorios y sus actores realizada por FIA Chile.

This course provides an overview of the Communication for Development (ComDev) approach that aims to address the knowledge and information needs of rural stakeholders and to facilitate their active involvement in development initiatives. ComDev has proven to be a key element in improving the effectiveness and sustainability of development initiatives.The...

The two studies in this report explore these issues further using empirical quantitative surveys as well as qualitative fieldwork from a cross-section of developing economies in South and SouthEast Asia. The first study is an empirical investigation of the digital gender divide amongst the poor (broadly called the Bottom of...

Ouricuri (PE) – Araripe em tupi guarani significa “onde o dia começa primeiro”, traduz a altitude da serra, mas hoje em dia o grande significado no sertão é a conscientização de agricultores e agricultoras, a disseminação do conhecimento da agricultura camponesa e a capacidade de enfrentar a seca, com a...

Voici le modèle de ruche à barrettes « la Grande » fabriqué en palmier raphia. Ce modèle est fabriqué en bois par la Plateforme des Associations des Apiculteurs des Cataractes (PLAAC), en République Démocratique du Congo (voir la technologie TECA «Comment fabriquer une ruche a barrettes « la grande » »). Le palmier...

Este artículo da cuenta de un reciente taller realizado sobre prácticas de gestión de los bancos de germoplasma en reservas comunitarias de semillas, el cual tuvo lugar en el CIMMYT y estuvo a cargo de la doctora Denise Costich, responsable del Banco de Germoplasma. El objetivo del evento fue realizar...

La maduración del aguacate ‘Hass’ se caracteriza por un cambio de color de la cáscara de verde a púrpura, esto puede servir como índice para mejorar su manejo poscosecha. Debido a que en Colombia no hay información suficiente sobre este fenómeno, el objetivo de éste trabajo fue determinar el color...

El caucho (Hevea brasiliensis) está siendo afectado por diferentes especies de Colletotrichum spp. en Colombia. La incidencia, generalizada por alrededor de las 65.000 ha actualmente sembradas, se observa afectando plantaciones particularmente en la Orinoquia, con aproximadamente 55% del área total de caucho en Colombia (MINISTERIO de AGRICULTURA, 2016). Colletotrichum spp....

When water is scarce, irrigation scheduling and irrigation efficiency are especially important. New, innovative ways of obtaining real time feedback on irrigation management are currently being developed including digitally connected fruit measuring tools and online precise irrigation-scheduling algorithms.

“Generar capacidad local” es una expresión que se usa con frecuencia en la formulación de proyectos que buscan el desarrollo y la mejora de las condiciones de vida de una población en un territorio determinado. Sin embargo, lograr que esas capacidades se transformen en acciones innovadoras y de mejora no...

It takes a few minutes for a fruit fly to find a suitable spot on the mango and inject her eggs under the skin of the fruit. But even in that short time, the weaver ants will have either chased her away or have captured her. Their scent also helps....

A short video about Technical Exchange Workshop on sustainable agriculture in Lao

El presente trabajo se corresponde con una reflexión realizada desde la praxis, no de la teoría o de la mera especulación; es decir, deriva de mi participación profesional en el diseño de programas y proyectos de desarrollo, desarrollo e inversión agroindustrial-agroalimentario, en países de la región, como es el caso...

The landscape in Sierra de Gredos was modelled largely by the livestock that traditionally grazed in mountain pastures in the summer and descended to the valleys when the snow came. In this video, one of the few goat farmers left in this Natura 2000 site explains their pastoral management and...

Burkina Faso ranks as the sixth poorest country in the world according to the 2015 UN Human Development Report. Recent studies estimate that 46.4% of the population in the Eastern Region lives below the poverty line. These people are caught in a vicious cycle of degrading natural resources, declining soil...

Presentación realizada sobre nuevos enfoques y conceptos sobre innovación para el desarrollo rural sostenible Arilson Favareto Universidade Federal do ABC e Centro Brasileiro de Análise e Planejamento – Brasil, realizada en el II Foro Sistemas de Innovación para el Desarrollo Rural Sostenible FAO, en Santiago de Chile – Octubre /2016...

There is huge potential for an increase in urban forests, trees and green areas to counteract the negative effects of rapid urbanization and improve livelihoods in the major cities of Asia and the Pacific, a regional meeting on urban forestry heard today. The First Asia-Pacific Urban Forestry Meeting is co-convened by...

This promo video emphasizes Africa’s booming economies and determination to invest in its own potential; we also meet beneficiaries of projects funded by the Africa Solidarity Trust Fund in Sierra Leone, Rwanda and Uganda and see how their lives have been turned around. African leaders have pledged to end hunger...

Child labour hampers children’s education, and quite often has adverse effects on their health, safety and morals. However, not all tasks performed by children are considered child labour. Some activities may help children acquire important livelihood skills and contribute to their survival and food security. But much of the work...