The ongoing humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, together with the effects of COVID-19 outbreak and an unprecedented drought across the country, have led to high levels of unemployment and lost livelihoods among most Afghan families. Like many other Afghans, Bibi Gulsoom’s husband lost his job and became a casual labourer. Since there...

Crop losses from pests threaten global food security and safety. In the last six decades, pest control using chemical pesticides has resulted in important yield gains per unit area, worldwide. However, the long-term sustainability of chemical pest control has been increasingly thrown into doubt due to the negative impact on...

In mid-December of 2022, more than 190 countries approved what was considered “a sweeping United Nations agreement” regarding the global protection of biodiversity. This took place at the COP15 UN Conference on Biological Diversity held in Montreal, Canada, and co-chaired by Canada and China. The agreement calls for the protection...

Crop losses from pests threaten global food security and safety. In the last six decades, pest control using chemical pesticides has resulted in important yield gains per unit area, worldwide. However, the long-term sustainability of chemical pest control has been increasingly thrown into doubt due to the negative impact on...

The Naoberhoeve is a Bio-dynamic social farm. The name of the farm refers to an old social system of neighbours who help each-other. In our modern interpretation of ‘’Naobership’’we share the beauty, the space and the opportunities for development of the farm with people in need of care.           The Naoberhoeve is...

FAO Namibia Newsletter March 2023 / Issue #1

Koraput district, in South Odisha, India, is characterized by warm and humid climate with 80% of the total annual rainfall received from the south-west monsoon in the months from June to mid-October. Agriculture is primarily rainfed with kharif (June-September) being the main cropping season. Finger millet is a major staple...

World Water Day 2023 is about accelerating change to solve the water and sanitation crisis. Dysfunction throughout the water cycle undermines progress on all major global issues, from health to hunger, gender equality to jobs, education to industry, and disasters to peace. In 2015, the world committed to Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6 as part...

Este documento elaborado en el marco del Proyecto “Caracterización de gestiones económicas de sistemas de producción agropecuarios de pequeña y mediana escala” (vigente desde enero del 2020) presenta estimaciones sobre comportamientos de resultados económicos de modelos productivos y tiene como propósito aportar información que favorezca la inclusión de productores, mejore...

O Mapa de Feiras Orgânicas é uma ferramenta de busca, idealizada pelo Idec (Instituto Brasileiro de Defesa do Consumidor), com o objetivo de estimular a alimentação saudável e sustentável em todo o Brasil e mostrar que os produtos orgânicos e agroecológicos podem ser mais acessíveis aos consumidores. O Mapa visa a...

Acknowledging the negative impacts of climate change on agriculture and food production, ministers from the five Central Asian countries discuss today potential solutions for addressing regional and global food and climate change challenges. The meeting was fostered by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Global and regional...

La contrainte majeure évoquée par les exploitations agricoles des zones cotonnières est la baisse progressive de la capacité des sols cultivables à produire à cause de la mauvaise gestion de la fertilité. L'intégration agriculture-élevage en est une solution à travers l'amendement de la matière organique dont elle offre. L'objectif de...

In a graphic illustration of consolidation in the seed industry through 2018, and how corporations control our seeds, Phil Howard tells the story of how farmers have been losing control of their seeds for quite some time (Howard 2020). From a narrowing of the genetic foundation of agriculture to the...

This report presents the latest updates related to food security and nutrition in Europe and Central Asia, including estimates on the cost and affordability of healthy diets. It also explores how governments are supporting the food and agriculture sector and how to repurpose policies and incentives to make healthy diets...

À Arusha, en Tanzanie, un consortium d’ONG, dont Îles de Paix, accompagne les agriculteurs dans le déploiement de cultures biologiques, alors que la région est confrontée à un réel problème de qualité des aliments, avec des impacts significatifs sur la santé des habitants.

The interactive map of this website on Pastoralism presents the different pastoral groups present in the world. A pastoral group is defined there as a community that manages animals in a pastoral system (where animals move to feed). The map provides details on each group (species bred, location, language, des- description, etc.) as...

Este video trata sobre XXXVIII Reaunión Especializada de la Agricultura Familiar (REAF) en el marco de la Presindencia Protémpore de Argentina (primer semestre 2023), que tiene como tema "Los desafíos y oportunidades del Decenio de la Agricultura Familiar: Avanzando hacia la Transformación de los Sistemas Alimentarios con Políticas Diferenciadas para...

Dakar 2 a vécu fin janvier 2023 sur le thème « Nourrir l’Afrique : souveraineté et résilience alimentaires », organisé par la Banque africaine de développement (Bad). Trente-quatre (34) chefs d’État et 70 ministres rentrent y ont porté les négociations sur des « pactes nationaux pour l’alimentation et agriculture ».A travers une déclaration, l’Afsa...

L’Association tunisienne de la permaculture (ATP), ONG tunisienne active, depuis 2015, dans l’agriculture durable et la valorisation de la diversité des semences paysannes tunisiennes, a soumis au gouvernement une proposition pour l’adoption d’un label Haute Valeur Environnementale (HVE) à appliquer sur les exploitations agricoles basées sur les principes de l’agro-écologie,...

Produced by UNDP's Africa Borderlands Centre, this report constitutes a wealth of insights to build better programming and make sure our development actions are relevant and efficient. Through direct testimonies from agropastoralists living in Africa's borderland regions, communities describe their strengths and vulnerabilities; detail the current challenges of rising forced displacement,...