The third fact sheet in the Save and Grow series presents the key points of the Quezungual Slash-and-Mulch Agroforestry System, or QSMAS in Honduras. The system builds up soil nutrient stocks, and produces maize yields double those of traditional shifting cultivation.It reduces the time needed…
L’AGROÉCOLOGIE est la science de la mise en oeuvre des concepts et principes de l’écologie pour la conception et à la gestion de systèmes alimentaires durables.* Elle se penche sur les interactions entre les plantes, les animaux, les humains et l’environnement. Les principes agroécologiques…
El Taller N acional de Formulación de Directrices Voluntarias de la FAO para Políticas Agroambientales en América Latina buscó reunir las percepciones de expertos en diferentes áreas (pesca, pecuario, agricultura, bosques, seguridad alimentaria y nutricional) para que, no…
This publication is a revised and updated version of World Soil Resources Reports No. 84 and 103 and presents the international soil classification system. Every soil in the world can be allocated to one of the 32 Reference Soil Groups as defined in this document, and can further be…
Meeting symbol/code: FO:LACFC/2015/REP
Session: Sess. 29
Meeting symbol/code: FO:LACFC/2015/2
Session: Sess. 29
The information in the document corresponds to the situation in October 2014, for the most recent overview of UNFCCC FREL/FRL submissions please consult <a>http://redd.unfccc.int/…
Como membro fundador da FAO, ao longo dos últimos 70 anos, o Brasil tem estabelecido parcerias com a FAO para erradicar a fome, a insegurança alimentar e a subnutrição e melhorar os meios de subsistência rural. O Brasil é um dos principais parceiros do Programa de Cooperação Sul-Sul da FAO, e…
Meeting Name: European Forestry Commission
Meeting symbol/code: FO:EFC/2015/11 - ECE/TIM/2015/11
Session: Sess.38 - Sess.73
From November 19 to 21, 2014, some of the world’s most noted specialists on forest landscape restoration gathered in Rio de Janeiro to assess Natural Regeneration as a cost-effective strategy to achieve large-scale restoration throughout the world. Natural regeneration consists, in its most…
Considerando la necesidad de implementar acciones que promuevan el manejo sostenible del suelo, principalmente en contextos donde la degradación constituye una amenaza que impacta negativamente a comunidades rurales, la FAO a través del Secretariado de la Alianza Mundial por el…