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Pesticide manufacturers’ own tests reveal serious harm to honeybees
Unpublished field trials by pesticide manufacturers show their products cause serious harm to honeybees at high levels, leading to calls from senior scientists for the companies to end the secrecy which cloaks much of their research.
European Union
2016 - EurActiv
Vídeo
Reviving soils with mucuna
In the coastal savanna of West Africa, farmers explain how a mucuna cover crop helped to revive their highly degraded soil, and suppress the noxious weeds Striga and Imperata. They show how to grow it to benefit your maize and cassava, and why discussing land tenure in your community really...
Togo
2016 - Access Agriculture
Acto
Expositores participam de oficina de capacitação para a Biofach
Nos dias 13 e 14 de dezembro começa a Oficina de Capacitação para a feira Biofach, que acontece em fevereiro de 2017 na Alemanha. O evento acontece em Brasília e os agricultores familiares que levarão os produtos para o evento receberão orientação para alavancar as vendas.
Além de técnicos da Secretaria Especial de...
Germany
2016 - Secretaria Especial de Agricultura Familiar e do Desenvolvimento Agrário (SEAD)
Artículo
Traditional and new women’s roles in rural areas
Entering Poland to European Union which resulted in accepting The Common Agricultural Policy caused a variety of changes in polish villages and countries. Previous problems of rural areas like fragmentation and low efficiency of farms, bad financial situation of inhabitants, high rate of unemployment, relatively low educational level and lack...
Poland
2016
Artículo de blog
Reports confirm the importance of the two specific CAP schemes to support Outermost Regions and Small Aegean Islands
The POSEI scheme in the EU outermost regions* is vital to address their particular agricultural challenges, notably in bridging the difference in costs and prices relative to mainland Europe and in maintaining agricultural production, according to a new report published today. Looking at the scheme from 2006-2014 – at a cost...
2016 - European Commission
Artículo
Avances en producción porcina ecológica
La producción porcina ecológica permite la obtención de productos de alta calidad mediante la utilización de técnicas que respetan ampliamente el medio ambiente y el bienestar animal, y puede ser una alternativa viable para ganaderos que ven comprometido su futuro en el mercado convencional. Además, estas técnicas pueden ser interesantes...
Spain
2016
Vídeo
WORKSHOP Participatory research design - SUSTURBANFOODS
ustUrbanFoods “Integrated sustainability assessment of social and technological innovations towards urban food systems” is a Marie Skolodowska-Curie Action (MSCA) individual fellowship. The project has a duration of 24 months and is funded by the European Commission. SustUrbanFoods aims to develop an interdisciplinary methodological framework to assess the sustainability of urban...
2016
Acto
Civil society groups to seek consensus on FAO regional issues
To make sure civil society has a voice at the upcoming FAO Regional Conference for Europe, a special civil society consultation will take place on 2-3 May in Antalya, Turkey, immediately before the Conference.
Participating civil society organizations will discuss cooperation with FAO’s Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia, results...
Türkiye
2016 - Food and Agriculture of United Nations
Libro
Hacia una ganadería sustentable y amigable con la biodiversidad
Estudio de caso: Xico, Veracruz
La ganadería bovina fue introducida durante la Colonia, procedente de España, pasando por Cuba y La Española (conocidos ahora como Haití y República Dominicana), hasta llegar al continente vía México. Esta introducción se llevó a cabo justamente por el Estado de Veracruz, donde arribaron las primeras reses en la entonces...
2016 - INECOL
Artículo de revista
Adding value throughout food and drink supply chains
The concept of added value in food and drink supply chains is not new, but it is re-emerging as a highly popular tool for promoting rural development. The value of a product or service can be increased at different stages of its production or delivery by the addition of features...
European Union
2016 - ENRD
Artículo de blog
Engrandecer Europa con los territorios rurales. Estrategia EU-Rural 2030
Europa está en el centro de un rápido proceso de cambio a nivel planetario, marcado tanto por las mutaciones económicas como por los desafíos medioambientales a escala global. Para responder a todo esto, muchos Estados optan por un fortalecimiento de sus políticas urbanas, considerando que las dinámicas económicas descansan en...
Spain
2016 - La Unión de Pequeños Agricultores y Ganaderos (UPA)
Documento/nota de orientación
Changes in Ghanaian farming systems
Stagnation or a quiet transformation?
This research was designed to understand better the patterns of agricultural intensification and transformation occurring in Africa South of the Sahara using the Ghanaian case. The paper examines changes in farming systems and the role of various endogenous and exogenous factors in driving the conversion of arable lands to agricultural...
Ghana
2016 - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Artículo de blog
The Commission increases the budget for promoting EU agricultural products
The Commission adopted the 2017 promotion strategy for EU agricultural products with a total budget of €133 million compared to the €111 million available for 2016. This amount will co-finance several programmes, most of which will target third countries and regions, including China, Middle East, North America, South-East Asia and...
European Union
2016 - European Commission
Sitio web
Asia and the Pacific's Blue Growth Initiative
The world’s marine and freshwater ecosystems – the Blue World – provide essential ecosystem services, biodiversity, food and livelihoods for hundreds of millions of people. The concept of a "blue economy" came out of the 2012 Rio+20 Conference. It is based on the premise that healthy and sustainable ocean ecosystems are more productive...
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Vídeo
Contour bunds
In the semi-arid savannas where rainfall is limited and highly unpredictable, retaining more water in the soil can make the difference between a poor and a good harvest. You can slow down the runoff water by establishing contour bunds. Contour bunds are permanent ridges of earth that follow positions located...
Burkina Faso
2016 - Access Agriculture
Artículo de blog
FAO encourages farmers to increase growing of pulses
2016, International Year of Pulses
Encouraging smallholder farmers to grow pulses and teaching them how to conserve the nutritious seeds is the best approach to promoting pluses.
According to Elizabeth Mpofu, one of the six special ambassadors appointed by FAO to strengthen the campaign for this year’s International Year of Pulses (IYP), smallholderfarmers and family farmers should be...
Nigeria
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Libro
Farming - At the heart of our life : teacher’s resource pack
A learning pack for teachers and young Europeans aged 11-15, about food and the importance of farming in our life. The teacher's pack contains a DVD, a usb key, worksheets and a map. This set can be a great help for geography, ecology and healthy nutrition lessons.
European Union
2016 - European Commission
Artículo de blog
Extensionismo aliado ao turismo
Circuito Rajadinha no DF
Turismo e agricultura estão lado a lado no núcleo de Rajadinha. Uma vez por ano, a Feira da Colônia movimenta a região e contribui para melhoria da renda das famílias que moram e trabalham no local. Segundo a extensionista Zaida, o evento reúne turistas e agricultores familiares de outras localidades...
Brazil
2016 - Empresa de Assistência Técnica e Extensão Rural do Distrito Federal (Emater-DF).
Sitio web
E-Learning Courses - Responsable Gouvernance of Tenure
Learn about: making access to land, fisheries and forests more equitable, how to protect people's tenure rights, options to simplify the administration of tenure and make it accessible to all, how to ensure disputes are resolved before they degenerate into conflict
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Artículo de blog
Breaking poverty cycles through Africa Solidarity Trust Fund in Ethiopia’s Somali Region
Irrigation and crop intensification transforms livelihoods of rural communities
High levels of food insecurity and malnutrition affects Ethiopia’s Somali Region despite general long-term improvements in the overall food security situation of the country. The impacts of recurrent droughts, climate change, environmental degradation and insufficient livelihood options have trapped rural communities in a perpetual cycle of poverty. To help tackle...
Ethiopia
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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