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N2Africa - Putting Nitrogen Fixation to Work for Smallholder Farmers in Africa was a 10-yr large development-to-research project focused on tapping expertise from all around the world to ensure the best technologies find their way into the hands of smallholder farmers in Africa which concluded late last year. N2Africa reached...
Event
2020
Climate change has severe negative impacts on livelihoods and food systems worldwide. According to the latest scenarios, the world's future is in jeopardy in the face of the challenges of improving food security and nutrition, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. There is an urgent need to transform the food systems to...
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The production and availability of nutritious, healthy, and culturally adequate food depends on functioning ecosystems, but also on our ability to recognize human rights and the intrinsic values of other living beings, from animals and plants to microorganisms.
The articles in this edition called for an overhaul of how societies produce,...
Policy brief/paper
2020
There is a consensus that the global food system is not delivering good nutrition for all and is causing environmental degradation and biodiversity loss. A profound transformation is needed to meet the challenges of persistent malnutrition and rural poverty, aggravated by climate change consequences. Agroecological approaches have gained prominence in...
Journal article
2020
The Latin American Scientific Society of Agroecology (SOCLA), with the support of the Brazilian Association of Agroecology (ABA), initiated a process of mapping of agroecological experiences in Latin America. The "Mapping of Agroecology Units in Latin America" is a collaborative approach to visualize the multiple and diverse initiatives that promote...
Video
2020
The world's agriculture and food systems are not presently delivering desirable outcomes on food security and nutrition. In 2015, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted, with SDG2 committing to 'end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture' by 2030. The SDGs recognized, well beyond previous...
Event
2020
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