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Traditional knowledge of farmers is vast and permanently evolving, as they keep learning from daily experiences and mutual exchange with other farmers. Ecological modern science is (or should be) the scientific basis for agroecology and should work in synergy with the constant accumulation of knowledge of small-scale producers. Traditional agricultural...
Mexico
article de journal
2013
"Now we live well," say both Givaldo and Nina dos Santos, after showing visiting farmers their 1.25-hectare farm in Brazil's semi-arid Northeast, which is small but has a great variety of fruit trees, thanks to innovative water and production techniques.
Brazil
Article
2018
Maize is the predominant crop in Zambia, both in terms of production and consumption, and levels of crop diversity on Zambian farms tend to be very low. The country’s maize-centric food system contributes to poverty, malnutrition, and vulnerability to drought, pests and diseases. Growing a wider variety of nutritious crops...
Zambia
Innovation
2018
Farming the land as if nature doesn’t matter has been the model for much of the Western world’s food production system for at least the past 75 years. The results haven’t been pretty: depleted soil, chemically fouled waters, true family farms all but eliminated, a worsening of public health and...
Article
2018
L’Objectif de la 4ème Conférence de l’Afrique de l’Ouest est de contribuer à une meilleure intégration de l’agriculture écologique et biologique dans les programmes nationaux de développement agricole et d’influencer les politiques agricoles vers des pratiques agricoles durables dans un contexte de changement climatique.
Mali
Événement
2017
During its 44th Plenary Session, the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) requested the High Level Panel of Experts (HLPE) to produce a report on "Agroecological apporaches and other innovations for sustainable agriculture and food systems that enhance food security and nutrition".
As part of its elaboration process, the HLPE is...
Événement
2017
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