The latest draft of the Farm to Fork strategy (F2F), obtained by EURACTIV, features a few notable changes from the previous version, including an emphasis on the possible role of animal farming on the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and on options for animal welfare labelling.

A small scale farmer illustrates how to do mulching in the garden. Mulching using grass helps him retain enough water for his crops and prevents fast growth of weeds. To learn more about our work on promoting organic agriculture, please visit: https://organic.esaffuganda.org/

The cocoa (Theobroma cacao L) crop has become very important for Colombia in recent years, due to the increasing in cultivated areas and the exportation commitment of the national government. For 2018, there were in the country approximately 170,000 planted hectares. This species is cultivated between 20° north latitude and...

En Colombia se siembran alrededor de 10.000 ha de arracacha, un 95% corresponde al genotipo comúnmente denominado amarilla común con rendimientos aproximados de 10 t ha-1(Ministerio de Tecnologías de la Información y las Comunicaciones - MINTIC, 2018). Este genotipo presenta raíces amarillas que son ampliamente demandadas en el mercado nacional...

Après avoir illustré le foisonnement d'initiatives de développement durable dans le domaine de l'aquaculture, les auteurs présentent leur démarche de coconstruction des principes, critères et indicateurs, fondée sur l'hypothèse que la mise en place du développement durable nécessite l'implication des acteurs concernés ainsi qu'un processus d'apprentissage collectif. L'élaboration des indicateurs...

In this technology both the timing, the scope of the harvest, which can be expected, the dangers as well as the procedures for honey harvesting are discussed. It gives details on how to harvest honey during night and daylight. This technology is part of a series on hive management derived...

Tsetse flies (Glossina species) infest over 11 million square km of Africa and are vectors of Trypanosomosis (or Trypanosomiasis) in both humans and domestic livestock. It is estimated that tsetse occurs in over seven percent of Zimbabwe and 60 percent of United Republic of Tanzania territories. Hence Trypanosomosis has an important negative...

The Cajuns Aquaculture Research and Development Centre (KARDC) is the government research centre that is carrying out research on solving problems associated with fish growing in ponds. The KARDC has prepared this technology to address the concerns of four common predators of fish growing on ponds. The production of this...

La situación provocada por la pandemia del coronavirus ha reforzado la necesidad de crear un Banco de Alimentos alternativo, impulsado desde la agroecología y la economía social y solidaria. AlterBanc es una propuesta de cooperación entre dos colectivos precarizados por el sistema capitalista, las personas que sufren pobreza alimentaria y...

A recent workshop hosted by IIED and Royal Botanic Gardens Kew explored how the way Indigenous Peoples grow and consume food holds answers to the world’s broken food system. Modern food and farming systems are fundamentally unsustainable. They contribute around a third of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions and are responsible...

Este estudio analiza las características de los programas públicos dirigidos a los jóvenes y al desarrollo productivo rural en Colombia, Ecuador, México y Perú y su pertinencia para aportar en la inclusión económica de los jóvenes rurales. Esto en el marco de una agenda de investigación orientada evidenciar la necesidad...

In this video, a small scale farmer shows us how we can integrate animals in the farming system. It also illustrates the relationship between the animals and the crops and the benefits a small scale farmer can get through animal integration on the farm. To learn more about our work...

Sur les 210 espèces aquatiques, animales et végétales, donnant lieu à de l’aquaculture, une trentaine représente 80 % de la production totale mondiale. Pour les poissons, dont le nombre total d’espèces est évalué à 28 000, 15 espèces représentent 85 % de la production totale aquacole mondiale en 2003. Elles...

A beekeeper with a colonized hive must remember that the success in keeping bees depends on the colony management. This technology describes important colony management processes including keeping colony record, brood nest control, and robbing and its prevention. This technology is part of a series on hive management derived from...

This technology provides information and advice on egg production and sale in developing countries with an emphasis on marketing, i.e. producing in order to meet market demands. Market-led egg production enables long-term business survival, higher profits and improves the egg producers’ living standards. Improvement measures discussed in this publication have...

The preservation of fruit and vegetables by simply sun drying is practised widely throughout arid and semi-arid regions, for example in Uganda. The use of low cost, solar drying technologies, can significantly improve product quality. This provides practical opportunities for developing small-scale enterprises, particularly in rural areas, and to create...

Fish is the cheapest source of protein and provides between 50 to 100 percent of animal protein in developing countries and 12 percent worldwide. Fish is the second highest source of income in Uganda and main revenue to the country’s fisherfolk. However, it is a perishable commodity. Its quality deteriorates...

YANGON, MYANMAR – “Hitting two birds with one stone” is how we can describe this initiative of the AFFM, the AFOSP-APFP partner farmers’ organization in Myanmar, to help their members during this time of the COVID-19 pandemic. AFFM, one of the sectorial affiliates of CTUM, has more than 528 Basic Level Unions...

“Building Local Economies in East Africa through Agroecology’’ is a project implemented by Slow Food and funded by the Agroecology Fund with the aim of boosting local economies and improving the livelihood of communities in Kenya, Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Tanzania. Slow Food Uganda in collaboration with Slow Food International is working in Uganda to...

IIED and partners are reviewing the state of planet and people-positive agriculture in Kenya, Ethiopia, Rwanda and Uganda to identify entry points for environmentally sound agriculture and food systems that create social and economic benefits. The agricultural and agri-food sector is the main employer and an important generator of revenue in...