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Blog article
Reconnaître et protéger l’agriculture familiale en Guinée: itinéraire d’un plaidoyer réussi

La Guinée a récemment adopté la première loi d’orientation agricole du pays, laquelle doit maintenant être mise en œuvre. Cela fait suite à quatre années de concertation et de plaidoyer, pendant lesquelles la société civile guinéenne a pu s’impliquer activement auprès du gouvernement dans l’élaboration de cette loi. Aïssata Yattara...
Guinea
2024 - International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)

Report
Feria FAO Transforma 2023

Conectando el conocimiento de América Latina y el Caribe
En este informe se profundiza en las 14 experiencias presentadas durante la segunda edición de la Feria FAO Transforma para que los equipos interesados en incorporar buenas prácticas o lecciones aprendidas de estas iniciativas puedan acceder a esta información de forma sistematizada y detallada. En el presente documento se consolida...
2024 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)

Newsletter article
SSF-LEX: A Robust Platform

The database SSF-LEX provides detailed information on the legal and policy frameworks governing small-scale fisheries across several countries.  The 10th anniversary of the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication (the SSF Guidelines) is just the occasion to celebrate and highlight SSF-LEX,...
2024 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)

Blog article
Problem With Termites? How Using Plants Offers a Cheap and Sustainable Solution

As an informed farmer looking to integrate Euphorbia tirucalli, aka pencil euphorbia, into your pest management strategy, you’re likely well aware of the challenges termites pose to your crops. These pests can devastate agricultural productivity, prompting the need for effective and sustainable control methods. Euphorbia tirucalli, known for its termite-repellent properties, offers an...
2024 - Knowledge Centre for Organic Agriculture and Agroecology in Africa (KCOA)

Blog article
Reinventing salt-tolerant rice breeding on ground zero

Salinity is an agricultural problem that significantly affects rice production and is spreading in fields across the world. Poor irrigation practices, insufficient irrigation water during cropping seasons with low rainfall, high evaporation, increasing saline groundwater levels, and saltwater intrusion in coastal areas are among the significant causes of salinity. Salinity cuts...
2024 - International Rice Research Insitute IRRI

Blog article
Côte d’Ivoire: l’agroforesterie rempart contre la dégradation des terres dans les zones cacaoyères

  La Côte d’Ivoire, premier producteur mondial de cacao, a perdu environ 80 % de son couvert forestier. C’est ce que note le programme onusien pour la réduction des émissions de gaz à effet de serre dues à la déforestation REDD +. En cause, la culture intensive du cacao. Cela cause...
Côte d'Ivoire
2024

Manual
Buenas prácticas para un manejo sostenible de la ganadería camélida en el territorio altoandino

Guía de Campo
La ganadería camélida es una práctica extensiva tradicional y ancestral que data de tiempos prehispánicos. El manejo sostenible de esta práctica, desarrollada por las comunidades indígenas en el territorio Altoandino, busca preservar los recursos naturales y promover la subsistencia de las comunidades locales contribuyendo a la seguridad y soberanía alimentaria....
2024 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)

Newsletter article
South Pacific Islands: Parametric Insurance

A comprehensive approach through insurance programmes to protecting small-scale fisheries and fisherfolk from the increasing risks that result from climate change.  The World Risk Report 2020 identifies the Pacific as a hotspot for climate change and disaster risk. Vanuatu, Tonga, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, Fiji and Kiribati are listed in...
2024 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)

Video
Boyeros Solares- Jujuy

Los Boyeros Solares son energía para el desarrollo productivo de las familias rurales. Con el foco puesto en mejorar las condiciones productivas, el INTA Argentina, junto a la Secretaría de Energía de la Nación, promueve el uso de energía fotovoltaica en pequeños emprendimientos rurales ubicados en zonas aisladas de la...
Argentina
2024 - INTA Agricultura Familiar CIPAF

Practices
Prácticas sostenibles para el manejo del algodón de la agricultura familiar en el Ecuador

La agricultura sostenible tiene como objetivo reducir el impacto sobre el medio ambiente, ser justa y social y económicamente viable para las familias campesinas. A su vez, el algodón sostenible busca una producción con las mejores prácticas desde una perspectiva ambiental, con uso eficiente del agua, fertilizantes, pesticidas, reducción de...
Brazil - Ecuador
2024 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)

Journal article
China’s nature-based solutions in the Global South: Evidence from Asia, Africa, and Latin America

China increasingly engages in environmental diplomacy through South-South cooperation across the developing world. Since 2019, the rise of the discourse of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) within this cooperation has been exponential. Coined just over ten years ago, NbS refers to the underexplored potential of leveraging the natural world to address socio-environmental...
China
2024 - Wageningen University, Netherlands

Newsletter article
Ghana: Go Back, Retrieve It

The Sankofa Project seeks to investigate the gendered socio-economic effects of the fisheries closure in four coastal regions of Ghana to understand how the policy affects communities. A research project was launched in Ghana to focus on equitable, inclusive and sustainable fisheries management. Titled Creating Synergies between Indigenous Practices and Scientific...
Ghana
2024 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)

Newsletter article
From the Editor, Yemaya Newsletter No.69, June 2024

Yemaya No. 69, dated June 2024, features articles from Barbados, India, Spain, a regional study focusing on Kenya, Sri Lanka and Cambodia  and Women in Fisheries Action plans from ICSF’s IYAFA workshops  from Asia, Africa, Europe and  Latin America and the Caribbean  Islands. A series of regional workshops were held through...
2024 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)

Blog article
Green Manures: You Can Use Them to Improve Your Soils

Green manures boost soil fertility, improve soil structure and support the biodiversity of life in the soil. They typically have high nutrient content and when put back into the soil, also contribute to soil organic matter. Soil organic matter is critical for good plant growth. They improve soil structure even...
2024 - Knowledge Centre for Organic Agriculture and Agroecology in Africa (KCOA)

Case study
Construcción de cisternas para cosecha de agua de lluvia en tres comunidades indígenas de Charagua

Una tecnología socialmente adaptable
Esta publicación describe el proceso de transformación comunitaria vivido en el Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia, donde las dinámicas climáticas pueden oscilar entre la sequía y las lluvias torrenciales, con enfoque en la participación colectiva intergeneracional y el desarrollo de innovaciones gracias a la implementación de cisternas para cosecha de agua...
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
2024 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)

Newsletter article
India: Spawning, Banning, Learning

An analysis of spawning periods of marine fish resources along both India’s west coast and east coast reveals differences in the peak spawning periods for pelagic and demersal stocks. A new analysis of the spawning period of species along both the coasts of India suggests it may be appropriate to review...
India
2024 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)

Newsletter article
IYAFA/Asia, Africa, Europe and Latin America and the Caribbean Workshops: What Women Want

Learnings from ICSF’s regional workshops held across the world to mark the 2022 International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture The invisibility of women in fisheries has been discussed for some time now, but was brought into sharp focus in a series of regional workshops that took place from 2022 to...
2024 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)

Book part
Mass Scale Seed Production of Indigenous Small Fish Species

A promising solution to scale nutrition-sensitive aquaculture
This book chapter explores the potential of indigenous small fsh (ISF) species as a solution to address undernutrition and promote nutrition-sensitive aquaculture. ISF, characterized by their small size and remarkable reproductive capacity, offer a rich source of protein, micronutrients, and essential fatty acids. Despite their nutritional advantages, ISF populations are...
India
2024 - WorldFish

Blog article
Transition écologique et genre : quelles transformations du travail ?

La transition écologique nécessite de revisiter nos organisations de travail en tenant compte des inégalités environnementales, sociales, professionnelles et de genre. Cette démarche requiert une approche intégrée pour préserver à la fois la santé au travail des femmes et des hommes et les écosystèmes naturels.
2024 - AgriGenre

Book
The State of Food and Agriculture 2024

Value-driven transformation of agrifood systems
Uncovering the true cost of food is the first step in making agrifood systems more inclusive, resilient and sustainable. As The State of Food and Agriculture 2023 revealed, agrifood systems activities generate significant benefits for society, but also have negative impacts on economic, social and environmental sustainability. The quantified hidden...
2024 - FAO
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