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Manor House Agricultural Center provides training in low input farming as an alternative to conventional methods, which are heavily reliant on external inputs. Farmers practicing biointensive farming techniques experience significant yield increases and improved soil fertility and grow more nutritious crops. Since 1984, over 100,000 farmers have received this training,...
Kenya
Étude de cas
2015
Banana wilt is a devastating bacterial disease caused by the Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum bacteria. The wilt dries out the male bud and causes premature ripening of the banana plant’s fruits, making it impossible to consume or commercialize the product. In 2008 Action Against Hunger (ACF-USA) implemented a food security...
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Étude de cas
2015
Launched in West and Northwest Cameroon in 1999, the Agricultural and Tree Products Program is now working with over 10,000 farmers and 50 entrepreneurs in 485 communities. In addition to establishing more than 40 nurseries where tree propagation techniques are studied and disseminated among farmers, the program improves farmers’ incomes,...
Cameroon
Étude de cas
2015
Dans le cadre de ses programmes de sécurité alimentaire, Action Contre la Faim-USA (ACFUSA)* a mis en œuvre des foires aux semences dans les zones rurales de l’Ouganda et de la République Démocratique du Congo (RDC). Les foires mises en œuvre dans les districts de Lira et d’Oyam en Ouganda...
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Étude de cas
2015
La production de coton en Afrique de l’Ouest est basée sur un système de production intensive chimique qui a des effets négatifs sur la santé humaine et l’environnement. La volatilité du marché mondial est également problématique, laissant de nombreux agriculteurs endettés lorsque les prix baissent. La production de coton biologique...
Benin - Burkina Faso - Mali
Étude de cas
2015
The global discourse on food sovereignty suggests several mechanisms for improving foodsecurity and agricultural livelihoods, including redistributive land reform and restructuringof markets to improve food distribution and access. In Brazil, the Fome Zero (ZeroHunger) social welfare programme has created innovative links between public nutritionand food security programmes and rural development...
Brazil
article de journal
2017
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