Search in the database
Newsletter article
Festival of Northern Fishing Traditions a Success in Siberia !
he Low Impact Fishers of the Kesälahti Fish Base Cooperative (Finland), took part in the Festival of Northern Fishing Traditions organized by the Snowchange Cooperative, a network supporting local and Indigenous cultures around the world.
Finland - Russian Federation - United States of America
2016 - Snowchange Cooperative
Book
E-Agriculture Strategy Guide
The E-agriculture strategy guide is an attempt to provide countries with a framework to develop their national e-agriculture strategies. E-agriculture strategies will help to rationalize both financial and human resources, and address ICT opportunities for the agricultural sector in a more holistic and efficient manner. This will help improve the...
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Event
Anuncian la celebración de la Feria Agropecuaria Nacional 2015
El Ministerio de Agricultura y el Patronato Nacional de Ganaderos anunciaron la celebración de la Feria Agropecuaria Nacional 2015, evento que tiene como objetivo principal la promoción de la conservación de las aguas y la producción sostenible de los alimentos.
La actividad, que este año está dedicada al empresario Dr. Julio...
Dominican Republic
2016 - El Ministerio de Agricultura
Blog article
UN FAO to release first post-MDG food security and nutrition report for Asia-Pacific
Released exclusively in Bangkok, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) will launch its 2016 Asia-Pacific regional report on food insecurity entitled “Investing in a Zero Hunger Generation.” This substantive report, the first of its kind since the introduction of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), examines the present state of...
Thailand
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Blog article
SEAD é reconduzida à presidência da Rede Latino Americana de Extensão Rural
A 7ª Reunião Anual da Rede Latino Americana para Serviços de Extensão Rural (RELASER), realizada no período de 25 a 27 de novembro, em Puerto Vallarta no México, contou com a participação de mais de 150 extensionistas da América Latina e Caribe. O evento aconteceu em conjunto com a Reunião...
Brazil
2016 - Secretaria Especial de Agricultura Familiar e do Desenvolvimento Agrário (Sead)
Video
Improving health in native dual-purpose cattle
The principle of organic breeding is to adapt the cow towards the local and natural production system. The one-sided genetic selection, preferring increased milk yield, complicates feeding and management of modern Holstein genetics when confronted with the strict rules defined for organic milk production. This requires a reformulation of existing...
2016 - FiBL
Book
2016 Global Food Policy Report
The Global Food Policy Report is IFPRI’s flagship publication. This year’s annual report examines major food policy issues, global and regional developments, and commitments made in 2015, and presents data on key food policy indicators. The report also proposes key policy options for 2016 and beyond to achieve the Sustainable...
2016 - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Conference paper
Nota conceptual: Primera Reunión de alto nivel de la Américas Sendai 2015-2030
El objetivo de la reunión es:
establecer una agenda prioritaria y las bases para un plan de acción regional para el proceso de implementación del Marco de Sendai para la Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres en las Américas que cuenta con el mayor respaldo político de representantes nacionales.
identificar logros, retos y...
2016 - Oficina de las Naciones Unidas para la Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres (UNISDR)
Newsletter
Cadena de achira: anexo 5
Este capítulo presenta información básica sobre la cadena de achira, su información de producción, comercialización y consumo, sus vínculos con la ciencia, la tecnología y la innovación y las demandas del sector sobre conocimiento técnico, a fin de dar solución a los problemas productivos, mejorar la sostenibilidad y aprovechar oportunidades...
Colombia
2016 - Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA)
Report
Fostering inclusive outcomes in sub-Saharan African agriculture
Improving agricultural productivity and expanding agribusiness opportunities
Despite strong per capita income growth, the structure of sub-Saharan Africa’s economies has not changed markedly in recent decades. In spite of a rapidly growing labour force and urbanizing populations, employment growth in rural areas in general and in non-farm sectors in particular has been slow, and poverty levels in...
2016 - International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Magazine article
Colombia. Paro Nacional Agrario 2016 y Proceso de Paz – El fin de la guerra interna
Descripción y análisis de dos hechos que para el autor, resultan muy relevantes para el agro en Colombia: el Paro Nacional Agrario, Campesino, Étnico y Popular que se realizó entre el 30 de mayo y el 12 de junio de 2016 y la firma del acuerdo sobre cese al fuego...
Colombia
2016 - Consejo Latinomaericano de Ciencias Sociales (CLACSO)
Case study
La Aurora: Agroecological production of cereals and meat in an extensive farm in the south of Buenos Aires
The "La Aurora" farm is located 400 km southeast of Buenos Aires, within an area dedicated to mixed agricultural and livestock production. The combined effect of an increased use of agro-chemicals and the area under monocrops was the endangerment or the region's natural resources.
From 1997, La Aurora started to use...
Argentina
2016 - Productor Agropecuario
Video
Semis direct de maïs sans herbicide - Quatre années d'essais pratiques
Pour la culture du maïs en agriculture biologique, on a d’ordinaire recours au labour en raison de son effet désherbant. Toutefois, en ce qui concerne l’érosion et le compactage du sol ainsi que le lessivage, l’utilisation de la charrue ne s’avère pas optimale, surtout dans cette culture. Le semis direct...
2016 - FiBL
Newsletter
Cadena de agroalimentaria de la papa: anexo 5
El presente documento se preparó con el fin de proveer información básica sobre el desempeño de la cadena productiva, sus vínculos con la orientación de la ciencia, la tecnología y la innovación y las demandas del sector sobre conocimiento técnico, para superar problemas productivos, mejorar la competitividad, la sostenibilidad, aprovechar...
Colombia
2016 - Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA)
Book
Cosecha y poscosecha de la lechuga, el brócoli y la coliflor
En este libro se presentan las técnicas de manejo de la cosecha y la poscosecha de tres hortalizas que se producen extensamente en la sabana de Bogotá y tienen importancia económica para el país: el brócoli, la lechuga y la coliflor. Se revisa la importancia del buen manejo de la...
Colombia
2016 - Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA)
Report part
The State of Mediterranean and Black Sea Fisheries 2016
Chapter 6: small-scale fisheries
Artisanal or small-scale fisheries (see definition in Box 9) represent an important share of the fisheries sector in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea and the considerable role that they play in the region has long been recognized. Small-scale fisheries have the potential to make a significant contribution to food...
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Conference proceedings
Informe Final: Jornadas Mesoamericanas de Agricultura Familiar: Instrumentos para la Planificación de Políticas Públicas Diferenciadas
La FAO y la SECAC organizaron los días 28 y 29 de junio las “Jornadas mesoamericanas de Agricultura Familiar: Instrumentos para la planificación de políticas públicas diferenciadas”, como un espacio de intercambio de experiencias entre los países involucrados en “Mesoamérica sin Hambre”, que a su vez permitiese conocer la experiencia...
Colombia - Costa Rica - Dominican Republic - El Salvador - Guatemala - Honduras - Mexico - Panama
2016 - Secretaría Ejecutiva del Consejo Agropecuario Centroamericano (CAC)
Working paper
The rapid expansion of herbicide use in smallholder agriculture in Ethiopia
Patterns, drivers, and implications
We use qualitative and quantitative information from a number of datasets to study the adoption patterns and labor productivity impacts of herbicide use in Ethiopia. We find a four-fold increase in the value of herbicides imported into Ethiopia over the last decade, primarily by the private-sector. Adoption of herbicides by...
Ethiopia
2016 - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Case study
Farmer to Farmer Spread of Agroecology in the Eastern Region of Burkina Faso
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...
Burkina Faso
2016 - Groundswell International
Report
National Gender Profile of Agricultural and Rural Livelihoods. Republic of Tajikistan
The National Gender Profile of Agricultural and Rural Livelihoods is part of the project GCP/SEC/008/TUR, which contributes to the Regional Initiative 1 for the REU Region and to the SO3 by improving knowledge for evidence-based policies. The purpose of the National Gender Profile of Agricultural and Rural Livelihoods for Tajikistan...
Tajikistan
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Total results:22238