El papel fundamental de los bancos de germoplasma en la reactivación de la diversidad de cultivos, la reconexión de los agricultores con variedades de cultivos infrautilizadas y el fortalecimiento de los sistemas alimentarios locales fue el tema del seminario web Conectar los bancos de germoplasma con los agricultores y las
Las actividades humanas, como la contaminación y el cambio climático, están alterando los ecosistemas en todo el mundo, pero la tendencia anticipada de homogeneización biótica no es tan sencilla como se esperaba. Un estudio a gran escala en 97.000 sitios revela que, si bien la biodiversidad disminuye y la composición
«The state of food systems worldwide in the countdown to 2030«, published by The Food Systems Countdown to 2030 Initiative (FSCI), provides the first science-based monitoring to guide decision-makers as they seek wholesale transformation of the global agriculture and food systems. This transformation is needed urgently both to reduce the environmental impact
Climate talks at the COP26 conference included attention on indigenous groups. “Indigenous peoples are at the center because they are the ones that are walking the walk,” said Yon Fernández de Larrinoa, head of the Indigenous Peoples’ unit at the UN. “They are living in communion and harmony with the environment, and that’s
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), together with the Alliance of Bioversity International and The International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) released a new study identifying hundreds of diverse plant and animal species that Indigenous Peoples around the world depend on and care for to generate food sustainably
Last year, the UN General Assembly designated 29 September as the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste Reduction, recognizing the fundamental role that sustainable food production plays in promoting food security and nutrition and highlighting the essential need to reduce food loss and waste. In addition, with the COVID-19 pandemic underlining
There are more than 815 million malnourished people in the world today. Almost 243 million of these are in Africa, where the problem is highest. Unfortunately, development organisations may be making food insecurity worse as they push the most advanced forms of agriculture to the detriment of other food systems. These include
