1. 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...
  2. Ce catalogue a été compilé pour la première fois en septembre 1988. Il est mis à jour régulièrement, à mesure que nous avons connaissance de nouvelles publications. La plupart des tables ne sont pas gérées par le Secrétariat d’INFOODS et beaucoup sont épuisées sur support papier. Des exemplaires...
  3. 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...
  4. 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...
  5. 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...
  6. e-Agriculture SURVEY on the PRINCIPLES for DIGITAL DEVELOPMENT
  7. Les thèmes traités dans cette section mettent en évidence les priorités définies par la FAO. La liste sera mise à jour périodiquement pour présenter de nouveaux thèmes et sujets.
  8. 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...
  9. L'outil de rationnement de la FAO pour les vaches laitières permet de concevoir des rations au moindre coût en utilisant les ressources disponibles localement.Il a été spécialement conçu pour des techniciens qui recherchent un outil de formulation simple et facile à utiliser. Répondre aux besoins...
  10. 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...