En esta oportunidad el YouTuber del Agro les cuenta cuáles fueron los logros más relevantes del 2017 para Corpoica

Ao longo das últimas décadas, diversos conhecimentos, tecnologias sociais e inovações têm sido criados e experimentados por diferentes atores sociais, dentre estes agricultoras e agricultores familiares, alinhados com a perspectiva de melhor convivência com o Semiárido. O Programa Semear foi criado para facilitar o acesso a esses saberes, trabalhando a gestão...

Seeking solutions and income development systems for urban farmers with limited access to water and land. 

About 10 years ago, people in the small village of Gajoldoba on India’s stretch of the trans-boundary Teesta river started noticing significant changes in their environment. Their fields weren’t yielding the same number of crops. The water level in the wells was dropping. And the fish – once so abundant that...

A produção de alimentos orgânicos tem tudo para render ótimos resultados em 2017. Um levantamento feito pela Coordenação de Agroecologia (Coagre) da Secretaria de Desenvolvimento Agropecuário e Cooperativismo (SDC), vinculada ao Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento (Mapa), mostrou que a área de produção orgânica no país pode ultrapassar os...

Sjoerd Wartena – founder of Terre de Liens, a French landrights movement – explains to Elisabeth Winkler from the Biodynamic Land Trust, how he and his wife created a civic organisation.

El cultivo de mango en Colombia se encuentra a lo largo de dieciséis departamentos, siendo el Tolima uno de los principales productores. Este documento plantea un modelo de este sistema productivo en el valle del Alto Magdalena, con el propósito de constituirse como una herramienta de consulta necesaria para que...

Empreendedoras. Essa é a palavra que define as mulheres da Associação de Mulheres Produtoras de Broas e Outros Produtos Alimentícios da Agricultura Familiar (Asprobroas), no povoado Taboquinha, em Arapiraca, que criaram uma agroindústria especializada na produção de doces derivados da mandioca e conquistaram mercado em todo o estado de Alagoas. O...

This is part of a series of descriptive reports and later in-depth analysis of the survey data. These series are aimed to provide an assessment of the state of agricultural extension and advisory services provision in Malawi in order to inform policy and reform processes and programming by the government...

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (2030 Agenda), which lays out the principles and targets expected to guide development in the coming decade, highlights the interconnection and complexity of global challenges. Objectives related to food, nutrition, agriculture and natural resources are intrinsically interrelated. Consequently, achieving the specific targets of the...

The goal of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) is to strengthen the science-policy interface for biodiversity and ecosystem services towards conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity, long-term human well-being and sustainable development. To achieve this goal, the Platform has four functions: (i) Knowledge generation: to...

L’élevage constitue une composante indissociable des systèmes agraires oasiens. Par ses revenus complémentaires, les restitutions de matière organique aux sols et la fourniture d’une force de travail, il contribue à la sécurité alimentaire et à la résilience de ces systèmes. Toutefois, ces milieux arides ont subi récemment des changements profonds,...

Para el año 2050, el sector agrícola tiene el desafío de aumentar la producción en más del 60% para alimentar al mundo. En Latinoamérica, las zonas áridas y semiáridas, donde los agricultores familiares tienen como principal sustento la ganadería extensiva, presentan alta susceptibilidad al cambio climático, fragilidad ambiental y altos...

A violência contra as mulheres não tem uma naturalidade. Em qualquer região, estado, município, elas podem ter os seus direitos desrespeitados. E um país como o Brasil, onde a extensão territorial contempla diferentes realidades e contextos, precisa ter armas abrangentes contra esse crime. Só no meio rural são 14 milhões...

Como parte de las medidas de prevención contra el HLB, se realizó la colecta e identificación de enemigos naturales de D. citri en el departamento del Valle del Cauca, Colombia (Kondo et al. 2015b). Las colectas de enemigos naturales se llevaron a cabo en huertos de Citrus spp. y cercos...

Held for the first time in India, the 2017 ICT4D Conference: From Innovation to Impact will bring together public, private and civil society organizations from across the humanitarian and international development community to not only discuss the latest trends in digital inclusion but the wider use of data to support achievement of...

The path to fairer land governance in Europe reached a milestone today, as the European Parliament approved an own initiative report that recognizes the urgent problems of land concentration, and access to land in the EU and demands for adequate responses.

This report synthesizes the analysis and findings of a set of seven country impact evaluation studies that explore the impact of cash transfer programmes on household economic decision-making, productive activities and labour allocation in sub-Saharan Africa. The seven countries are Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Results from...

The beehives of Ethiopia, Africa’s top honey producer, make about a quarter of the continent’s honey, but travellers who come to sample the liquid gold often find there isn’t enough to go around. In a country where 85% of all jobs are in agriculture, industry experts say the beekeeping – or...

Skylark is based on the belief that in order to achieve sustainability, the whole crop rotation, in fact the whole farm management, should be taken into consideration. The foundation has 400 participating farmers and 60 knowledge and supply chain partners all working towards a more sustainable arable agriculture in the Netherlands....