Patna: From agricultural fields to financial institutions, from public sanitation to self-employment and governance, the spirit of women’s self-reliance and empowerment was on full display at an event marking International Women’s Day in Bihar. Organised by the Rural Development Department at Dashrath Manjhi Labour and Employment Study Institute, the event...

Eggplants are rich in vitamins, minerals and antioxidants. As there is a high demand, eggplants can offer farmers a good source of income. However, several pests can attack eggplants, of which the shoot and fruit borer is the most damaging one. A severe attack may cause plants to completely die....

En este manual se proporcionan pautas e información actualizada para que los países y las organizaciones nacionales y regionales de protección fitosanitaria refuercen su capacidad para reducir el riesgo fitosanitario, manejar adecuadamente las emergencias fitosanitarias y minimizar su impacto socioeconómico.Para ello, se describen el proceso y los principios del desarrollo...

Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which: identify highly nutritious local food plants, explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way, detail the nutritional value of the plants and describe why human bodies require those nutrients. The resources created by FPS allows people to better...

Anu Rai and her team at Wetlands for Nepal along with Sustainability and Environmental Studies Endeavor (SENSE), took this complex challenge head-on. Rather than imposing solutions, they employed Appreciative Inquiry to engage with farmers, listen to their concerns, and co-create a sustainable path forward. Farmers expressed a desire to transition away...

(VAN) Vietnamese agroecology is shifting from local models to policy frameworks, becoming both an economic driver and a standard for sustainable development. From organic farms to green credit With over 10 years devoted to organic agriculture, Ms. Nguyen Thi Thinh, CEO of Muc Dong Organic, has chosen the difficult path: transforming farmers'...

Dans un environnement changeant d’un point de vue climatique, économique et social, les oasis des pays d’Afrique du Nord sont confrontées à des enjeux majeurs en termes de pérennité, alors même qu’elles représentent les derniers bastions aux portes du désert. Ces agroécosystèmes voient leur état se dégrader progressivement, aux prises...

Students working in school gardens as part of a Junior Farmer Field School project in South Sudan. To translate potential into practice, young people need access to training, technology, finance, and to the institutions that shape their futures.

Smallholders are sometimes thought to be conservative, fearful of change, when the opposite is true. I was in Colomi, a potato-growing municipality in the Bolivian Andes, making a video with Paul and Marcella. Local farmer, don Isidro, was kindly helping us find tuber moths to star in the video.  Don Isidro...

Decenio de las Naciones Unidas para la Agricultura Familiar 2019–28: Principales Resultados hasta 2024

The SustainSahel project, and in particular work package 6: Benefits of shrub foliage for livestock husbandry, has made significant strides in disseminating its research findings on the use of woody fodder for enhancing livestock production and health across the projects’ focus areas in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Senegal.

Rice is a major source of greenhouse gas (GHG) and nitrogen pollution. While best management practices have been developed to enhance the sustainability of rice production under current climates, their adaptability and efficacy under future climate scenarios remain uncertain. Here we evaluated 49 best management practices across global grid cells...

Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which: identify highly nutritious local food plants, explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way, detail the nutritional value of the plants and describe why human bodies require those nutrients. The resources created by FPS allows people to better...

The Heirloom Gardens Oral History Project (HGP) started as a collaboration of Princeton University, Spelman College, and the Ujamaa Cooperative FarmingAlliance to collect oral histories of people who have worked to preserve Black and Indigenous seed and foodways through the Southeastern United States and Appalachia.  Working across six sites over two years...

La agricultura ha sido históricamente un motor clave para el desarrollo de las sociedades. No obstante, durante la última década, ha experimentado una transformación profunda, resultado de la incorporación de tecnologías provenientes de otras industrias, tales como la informática y la automatización. A nivel global, países como Estados Unidos, China...

Did you know that a single tree could help combat malnutrition, purify water, and restore degraded land? Moringa, often called the miracle tree,  holds immense promise for addressing nutritional, medicinal, and economic challenges. Native to India and sub-Saharan Africa, it thrives in dry conditions, is packed with essential nutrients, and...

The Solomon Islands are made up of about 1,000 islands spread over a vast expanse of the western Pacific Ocean. Like other Small Island Developing States (SIDS), the country is particularly vulnerable to external shocks and environmental crises due to its small size, remote location and limited resources. This became especially apparent during the...

 联合国家庭农业十年 2019–2028

Climate change alters the climatic suitability of croplands, likely shifting the spatial distribution and diversity of global food crop production. Analyses of future potential food crop diversity have been limited to a small number of crops. Here we project geographical shifts in the climatic niches of 30 major food crops...

In this video you will learn how to make a kiln for producing biochar and wood vinegar. Wood vinegar is packed with beneficial ingredients due to the slow but intense heating process. It has insecticidal, bactericidal and many other benefits, making it the liquid gold of agriculture.