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Dispositivos jurídicos de regulación de la alimentación de proximidad en función de la realización del derecho humano a la alimentación

Este trabajo parte de la premisa acerca de la vinculación entre la alimentación indus-trializada y las crisis alimentarias, que se traducen en graves violaciones al derecho humano a la alimentación. Postula que la realización efectiva del derecho humano a la alimentación se encuentra vinculada con la recuperación de los sistemas...
Argentina
2025 - Estudios Socio Jurídicos, Universidad del Rosario,

Report
Ganadería regenerativa: Definición, caracterización y recomendaciones de políticas

El desarrollo sostenible del sector ganadero en América Latina y el Caribe puede potenciarse a través de la adopción de sistemas que contribuyan a regenerar los suelos. Además de sus ventajas ambientales en comparación con la ganadería convencional, los sistemas regenerativos ofrecen oportunidades para aumentar la rentabilidad de los predios....
2025 - Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL)

Miscellanea
Agroecology in Action: Case Studies, Challenges and Best Practices

Agroecology is rapidly gaining momentum as a transformative approach to agriculture, blending ecological science with traditional and modern farming practices. Unlike conventional methods that often prioritize yield over sustainability, agroecology integrates ecological principles while considering societal and economic factors. This holistic perspective is driving a paradigm shift, influencing traditional research...
2025 - frontiers

Report
Financing biodiversity in the face of capitalist extractivism and ecocide

Comments on the South African government’s Biodiversity Finance Plan
The African Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) welcomes the opportunity to engage with the Department of Forestry, Fisheries, and the Environment (DFFE) on finding resources to support biodiversity conservation and sustainable use in South Africa. We support the White Paper on Conservation and Sustainable Use of South Africa’s Biodiversity in its...
2025 - The African Centre for Biodiversity (ACB)

Blog article
Las compras públicas aumentan los ingresos de los agricultores familiares hasta en un 106%, revela estudio; el PNAE Brasil es destacado

Una investigación del Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (Ipea) refuerza la importancia de programas como el PNAE para mejorar los índices nutricionales de la población y promover el desarrollo territorial local.
Brazil
2025 - Red de Alimentación Escolar Sostenible (RAES)

Book
Promoting bioeconomy through agriculture practice in Eastern Europe and Central Asia

This report, published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), explores the promotion of bioeconomy through sustainable agricultural practices in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. The analysis highlights the critical role of sustainable and circular bioeconomy in addressing environmental, social, and economic challenges, particularly in the...
2025 - FAO

Policy brief/paper
The food systems countdown report 2024

The Food Systems Countdown Initiative aims to monitor the state of food systems transformation through relevant data, independent of any established monitoring processes.Such monitoring can help align decision makers around key priorities, incentivize action, hold stakeholders accountable, sustain commitment by demonstrating progress, and enable course corrections.The Initiative is producing annual...
2025 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Article
Governance and resilience as entry points for transforming food systems in the countdown to 2030

Due to complex interactions, changes in any one area of food systems are likely to impact—and possibly depend on—changes in other areas. Here we present the first annual monitoring update of the indicator framework proposed by the Food Systems Countdown Initiative, with new qualitative analysis elucidating interactions across indicators. Since...
2025 - nature briefing

Article
Local and regional food production diversity are positively associated with household dietary diversity in rural Africa

Undernutrition and low dietary quality remain widespread issues in Africa. As most rural households in the region are involved in farming, the diversification of own farm production could improve their access to nutritious foods. Here we use representative panel data from six African countries to estimate this effect across different...
2025 - nature briefing

Blog article
Forecasting the risks of deforestation: building national high-resolution maps

One way of combating deforestation effectively is to define priority zones seen as being at particular risk. The difficult part is identifying those zones. Tropical countries have recently been given access to a new free, open-access plugin that serves to map the risks on a national or local level. The...
2025 - Cirad

Book
Community-based monitoring in the context of sustainable wildlife management and biodiversity conservation in tropical countries

This document is addressed to communities and their partners, and features eight main key lessons learned that emerge from the implementation of community-based monitoring in the context of wildlife management and biodiversity conservation, across 15 countries in Africa, the Guyana Shield and the Pacific Region in which the Sustainable Wildlife...
2025 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Blog article
POLICY COHERENCE IN THE ETHIOPIAN FOOD SYSTEMS TRANSFORMATION EFFORT

The issue of policy coherence has gained growing significance in development discussions over the past few decades. It was also emphasized in the United Nations' 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and is highlighted in Sustainable Development Goal 17. Similarly, it has been noted by both experts and researchers that fragmented...
Ethiopia
2025 - IFPRI ETHIOPIA

Article
Adapting the Women's Empowerment in Nutrition Index: Lessons from Kenya

Women face a disproportionate burden of malnutrition and food insecurity. Research has shown that women's empowerment can buffer women against nutritional problems. This paper contributes to ongoing efforts to measure women's empowerment that are both context-sensitive and universal, focusing on the recently developed Women's Empowerment in Nutrition Index (WENI). Earlier...
Kenya
2025

Book
Stocktaking and situation analysis of FAO's work with cooperatives and other forms of collective action in the Near East and North Africa region

Agricultural cooperatives, Producer and Professional Organizations (PPOs), and Water Users Associations (WUAs) in the North Africa and Near East (NENA) region play a crucial role in supporting small-scale family farming, which is vital for the regional economy. Recognized as a strategic sector, agriculture benefits significantly from the contributions of cooperatives...
2025 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Article
Hard and soft climate-smart investments in aquaculture in Bangladesh: Conditioning factors and decision space

Climate change and its’ associated weather variabilities and extremes are posing significant risks to aquaculture productivity, particularly in the coastal regions of Bangladesh. Concurrently, the increasing population and shifting consumption patterns are driving higher demand for aquacultural products. This study investigates the impact of floods, heavy rainfall, tidal surges, high...
Bangladesh
2025 - International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)

Article
Hybrid rice + innovations: a path forward for climate-smart agriculture

Rice, while a staple food for half of the world’s population, is also a significant contributor to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, primarily methane and nitrous oxide. With rice cultivation accounting for nearly 48% of all GHG emissions from croplands, solutions are urgently needed to address this global environmental challenge. A...
2025 - International Rice Institute (IRI)

Article
Conservation agriculture enhances maize yields and profitability in Mexico's semi-arid highlands

Rainfed agriculture in semi-arid regions is affected by variable rainfall patterns, resulting in low yields under conventional farming systems. To address this issue, cropping systems based on conservation agriculture were evaluated in 2 field experiments on 17 farmers’ fields in the semi-arid highlands of Queretaro, Mexico, from 2013 to 2020,...
Mexico
2025 - International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)

Fact sheet
La multiplication du ver de terre Eudrilus eugeniae

Nous présentons une méthode simple, reproductible et accessible au plus grand nombre (low-tech) pour la multiplication du ver de terre Eudrilus eugeniae, une espèce épigée que nous recommandons pour la lombriculture ou le lombricompostage en Martinique. 
2025 - Cirad

Book
Learning journey on biodiversity management and sustainable farming

Capacity building related to multilateral environmental agreements in African, Caribbean and Pacific countries (ACP MEAs 3 programme) Kigali, Rwanda, 12–18 May 2024
This comprehensive guide accompanies the Learning Journey in Rwanda, known as the 'Land of a Thousand Hills' where the economy heavily relies on agriculture. This document presents a detailed look into Farmer Field Schools (FFS) established through the ACP MEAs 3 programme, highlighting innovative farmer initiatives and success stories. Within...
2025 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Book
Collective tenure rights and climate action in sub-Saharan Africa

What are priority investments in rights to achieve long-term sustainability of forest areas?
The study on collective tenure rights and climate action in sub-Saharan Africa aims to consolidate and analyse the state of the evidence on how tenure arrangements – in particular collective ownership and management of forests operating in complex systems of contingent factors – impact forest condition outcomes, as well as...
2025 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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