The Food for the Cities Programme aims at assessing and planning more sustainable city region food systems (CRFS). It is a global programme implemented by FAO and the RUAF Foundation in eight (8) city regions in the world. In collaboration with the Copperbelt University, a food system assessment was conducted...

The European Commission proposes to modernise and simplify the common agricultural policy, giving greater flexibility and responsibility to European Union countries implementing the policy on the ground.

A new initiative led by IIED is generating lessons on how rural producers, their associations and their wider communities can best be empowered to articulate their development priorities, make informed choices, and negotiate effectively for equitable partnerships with progressive private sector actors in commercial agriculture.  This webinar, part of the 'Empowering...

‘UshauriKilimo’(http://ushaurikilimo.org) is a Swahili word from ‘Ushauri’ and ‘Kilimo’ which means ‘advisory’ and ‘agriculture’ respectively. ‘UshauriKilimo’ is an information system for agricultural advisory services. It is an agro-advisory and extension service system that allows any actor in the agricultural sector to ask for advisory services to an agriculture extension officer...

Climate change is being considered as a serious threat to the livelihood of Indian farmers. Depleting groundwater table is one of the consequences of climate change. Practicing water saving technologies at the farm and household level can mitigate the effects of climate change. Thus, to study the gender-based knowledge disparities...

Encompassed by the Caucasus mountains with heights of 5 000 meters – offering breathtaking views and, at the same time, damming them – lies Georgia’s Tusheti region. Its inhabitants are strongly attached to this remote area, but the natural beauty alone is not sufficient for a healthy life. The short movie...

The Roundup includes recent publications, films added to our Documentation centre, meetings coming up, websites  which are important to small-scale fisheries, flashback of editorial from old issues of samudra report related to the theme  and Endquote from the world of literature related to fisheries. 

Este trabajo presenta un marco de orientación o diagnóstico para la megatendencia TIC, específicamente en CTeI, a partir del análisis de directrices particulares de los entornos global y local, identificando líneas de investigación en relación con el contexto particular del sector agropecuario, así como referentes nacionales e internacionales que podrían...

The non-production requisite on land lying fallow for farmers under crop diversification and/ or ecological focus area requirements have been lifted in eight EU member states for 2018. A severe drought significantly affected agricultural activities, especially in relation to animal feed resources, in those countries.

Esta publicación tiene como objetivo ayudar a quienes diseñan políticas y proyectos, y a profesionales de campo a conceptualizar el nexo entre la existente desigualdad de género y la pérdida de alimentos, ofreciendo orientación práctica y herramientas para integrar las cuestiones de género en la planificación e implementación de estudios...

Farming in the EU is poised on the brink of change with the CAP 2020 negotiations in full swing. Young farmers face an uncertain future in a rapidly evolving sector. While agriculture in the EU strives to be dynamic, it continues to encounter difficulties. One of the most important hurdles for...

La versión resumida de la publicación de la FAO El estado de la seguridad alimentaria y la nutrición en el mundo (SOFI) 2018 contiene los mensajes clave y los puntos principales de la publicación y está dirigida a los medios, los responsables políticos y al público general.

The newsletter of March 2018 includes:The Mediterranean team pursues with the preparation works in the view of Malta in September, The BANS project celebrates its closure with well-attended event in Brussels, Other news from around the EU, News from our members and Press review

Como se mostró en el capítulo anterior, el desarrollo tecnológico de un bioplaguicida inicia con la etapa de prueba, la cual enmarca una serie de actividades e iniciativas de carácter investigativo y experimental para generar una línea base apropiada para la aplicación de las etapas posteriores. En el presente capítulo...

La variedad Sanjuanera-151 OMG es una variedad de fibra media con tolerancia al herbicida glifosato (gen cp4 epsps) y a algunas especies de insectos de importancia económica de la familia Lepidopterae (genes cry 1Ac y cry 2Ab), lo que permite obtener beneficios como reducción en el número de aplicaciones de...

Milan Kouřil, Operational Group coordinator, says that climate change is impacting the quality of grasslands in the Czech Republic: “There has been a change in the composition of grasslands (and indirectly on microbiological soil activity), increased photosynthetic activity and a longer growing season.” Milan is part of an Operational Group...

For the third year in a row, hunger is on the rise again and affects 821 million people in the world. In addition, one third of the global population suffers from malnutrition. Eradicating hunger and malnutrition by 2030 requires strategies, public policies, national laws and programs that guarantee the right...

UNACMA is the only association, at a national level, representing traders and repairers of agricultural machinery, and of machinery for the maintenance of green areas. It is associated with CONFCOMMERCIO MOBILITA and carries forward its objectives mainly in institutions at regional, national and European level. It carries out training and...

Cassava is worldwide considered a staple food for over one billion people, so it has great importance for food security. In Colombia, the highest production (45%) of cassava comes from the sub-humid environment witch yield very low. The selection process favors genotypes with high dry matter productivity through either high...

Wild bees and other pollinators play an essential part in agriculture, but as in many places, farming practices have contributed to their declining numbers. Six Welsh dairy farmers have set up an Operational Group aiming to boost pollinator populations. It will look at innovative management options in grass-based livestock farming,...