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Home gardens are found in many humid and sub-humid parts of the world. They are sometimes called backyard or kitchen gardens. These gardens have an established tradition and offer great potential for improving household food security and alleviating micronutrient deficiencies. Gardening can...
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El DIRECTORIO se elaboró en septiembre de 1988 y es actualizado periódicamente a medida que conocemos la existencia de nuevas publicaciones. La mayoría de las tablas no obran en posesión de la Secretaría de INFOODS y muchos de ellos están descatalogados. No obstante, existen ejemplares en...
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Trends towards 2050 predict a steady population increase to 9 billion people, forcing an increased food/feed output from available agro-ecosystems resulting in an even greater pressure on the environment. Scarcities of agricultural land, water, forest, fishery and biodiversity resources, as well...
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Nutrition and biodiversity converge to a common path leading to food security and sustainable development. They feature directly theMillennium Development Goals (MDGs): halve the proportion of people who suffer from hunger; and ensure environmental sustainability. In combination, nutrition and...
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One way to intensify fish culture without an input of expensive feed is through polyculture. In this way the natural food produced in the culture environment is utilized to a greater extent through compatible or complementary feeding habits of fish which do not compete with each other. In order...
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e-Agriculture SURVEY on the PRINCIPLES for DIGITAL DEVELOPMENT
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Los temas tratados en esta sección destacan las diversas prioridades de la FAO. La lista a continuación será actualizada periódicamente para ofrecer nuevos temas.
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The marked rise in rabbit project development activities in developing countries, observed over the past ten years, may be attributable to the increased awareness of subsistence rural and peri-urban inhabitants to the potential of small-scale rabbit production. The need for descriptive data of...
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Esta herramienta de racionamiento de la FAO para vacas lecheras permite de diseñar raciónes con formulaciónde menor costo utilizando recursos disponibles a nivel local. La satisfacción de los requerimientos nutricionales de las vacas lecheras a través de una dieta equilibrada es vital para...
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FAO The annual world production of cereal straws and stovers is approximately 2 000 million tons, however, the energy contained in this vast bulk of material is on the whole poorly utilized and its nitrogen incompletely returned to the soil. With the rising prices of both energy and nitrogen...