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An assessment of support for agroecology in South Africa’s policy landscape Report
Background document
In March 2023, civil society organisations and farmers met with thePortfolio Committee on Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Developmentto share views on agroecology and to promote a call from 58 organisationsfor a national agroecology strategy.In support of the process, the ACB conducted a detailed review of 22 key policies across...
South Africa
2023 - The African Centre for Biodiversity (ACB)
Newsletter
Access Agriculture Panorama - August 2023
The Access Agriculture Panorama features information on new videos, audio podcasts, blog posts, articles contributed by experts, partner highlights, voices from the field and upcoming events.
Belgium
2023 - Access Agriculture
Report
Rapid capacity assessment tool - Strengthening capacities to enhance responsible investment in agriculture and food systems
This rapid capacity assessment tool aims to help interested practitioners (such as government agencies, producer organizations, or development partners) to carry out a multi-stakeholder assessment of existing and needed capacities to enhance responsible investment in agriculture and food systems at country level. It is designed to support the application of...
2023 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Video
Introduction To Irrigation For Small Scale Farmers - Pt 01 - The presentation
Join Pete Dollimore as he talks us through his updated guide to irrigation for small-scale growers.
The guide gives an overview of the commonly used installations with details of concepts, terminology, equipment, design and some related aspects to consider. It will also provide tools and techniques to help growers estimate...
2023 - CSA Network UK
Report
State of Global Water Resources report 2022
WMO’s State of Global Water Resources report for 2022 has been launched, following the success of the first pilot report launched last year in response to calls made at various global forums for an independent and consistent assessment of global water resources to guide policy discussions. The State of Global...
2023 - World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
Book
Stories of Resilience Built Through Agroecology
Biowatch farmers speak out about living and thriving in troubled times: 2020–2022
The resilience of KwaZulu-Natal farmers during the Covid-19 pandemic and intersecting crises is highlighted in “Stories of Resilience Built Through Agroecology”, a new book launched by Biowatch.
The book includes the experiences of 24 farmers who have adopted agroecology methods. These farmers have improved household food security and nutrition and built...
South Africa
2023 - Biowatch South Africa
Article
Assessment of community perceptions and risk to common zoonotic diseases among communities living at the human-livestock-wildlife interface in Nakuru West, Kenya: A participatory epidemiology approach
Zoonoses account for most of the emerging and re-emerging infections in Kenya and in other low to medium-income countries across the world. The human-livestock-wildlife interface provides a nexus where transmission and spread of these zoonotic diseases could occur among communities farming in these areas. We sought to identify perceptions of...
Kenya
2023
Photo gallery
SSF Guidelines - Inland Fisheries
The Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Small-Scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication (SSF Guidelines) are relevant to both marine and inland fisheries. Inland fisheries are.
2023 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Video
Managing the potato tuber moth
When the worm of the potato tuber moth enters the potato, in the field or in storage, it destroys it completely. Once the worm is inside the potato, nothing can kill it, not even chemicals. If there are a lot of moths, they can destroy an entire harvest in store...
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
2023 - Access Agriculture
Fact sheet
Policy Insights - Strengthening sustainable food systems
2023 is the year when the EU’s Farm to Fork Strategy aims to confirm policy proposals for establishing an EU legislative framework covering sustainable food systems.
The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) plays many instrumental roles in supporting Member States’ transition to sustainable food systems. Networking CAP know-how in such fields offers useful added value opportunities...
European Union
2023 - EU CAP Network
Manual
La formation professionnelle en milieu rural
Manuel générique sur la formation pour le renforcement de l'autonomie économique des populations rurales (TREE)
La Formation pour le renforcement de l’autonomie économique des populations rurales (TREE) est un programme élaboré par le Département des compétences et de l’employabilité du BIT et conceptualisé en suivant les principes de la formation au niveau communautaire. Ce guide a été élaboré pour planifier, concevoir et mettre en œuvre...
2023 - Organisation internationale du Travail
Blog article
Stratégies nationales d’agriculture digitale en Afrique : Pistes pour plus d’efficacité
Les réflexions relatives aux stratégies nationales d’agriculture digitale prennent de l’ampleur actuellement en Afrique, en particulier au niveau des gouvernements et des organisations venant en appui au secteur. Où en est-on dans leur mise en place ? Quelles sont les limites observées dans ces processus et comment s’assurer qu’ils contribuent...
2023 - Inter-Réseaux Développement Rural
Report
Africa - Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition 2023
Statistics and trends
Africa is facing a food crisis of unprecedented proportions. Millions are expected to be at risk of worsening hunger in the near future due to the rippling effects of the war in Ukraine, which are compounding the devastating impacts that conflicts, climate variability and extremes, economic slowdowns and downturns, and...
2023 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Article
Ageing threatens sustainability of smallholder farming in China
Rapid demographic ageing substantially affects socioeconomic development1,2,3,4 and presents considerable challenges for food security and agricultural sustainability5,6,7,8, which have so far not been well understood. Here, by using data from more than 15,000 rural households with crops but no livestock across China, we show that rural population ageing reduced farm...
China
2023
Blog article
GIPRO roundtables at the territorial level in Meta and Cordoba and at the national level in Bogota
Within the framework of the SocPro4Fish project developed by FAO and INVEMAR with the support of the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD), meetings were held with institutions from the departments of Meta and Córdoba to strengthen the actions of the Inter-institutional Group for Social Protection in the Fisheries and...
2023 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Newsletter
IFOAM Organics Europe newsletter no. 133- May 2023
To stand out, organic farming must continue to improve and to raise the bar, refusing to settle for minimum standards. Companies are more and more seeking to align their brands with sustainability, but we must remain vigilant to avoid greenwashing and ensure genuine commitment to organic principles.
To thrive in this...
European Union
2023 - Ifoam Organics Europe
Report
Agroecological farm visit with policy makers: how can agroecology help reduce pesticides use and improve farm viability and resilience?
On 21 March 2023, Agroecology Europe organised an agroecological farm visit for Members of the European Parliament and their team members of the AGRI and ENVI Committees of different political groups including the Renew Group, the EPP Group and the Greens.
In the fields of the Warelles Farm in Petit-Enghien, thirty...
European Union
2023 - Agroecology Europe
Event
Regeneración Internacional llevará a cabo la tercera Cumbre Alimentaria de los Pueblos, en el Día Mundial de la Alimentación, el 16 de octubre de 2023
Esta será la tercera ocasión que Regeneration International realice la Cumbre Alimentaria de los Pueblos. Este evento único en su clase, es una gran celebración de 24 horas del Día Mundial de la Alimentación, el 16 de octubre de 2023, en la que participarán ponentes apasionantes de todas las regiones...
2023 - Regeneration International (RI)
Journal article
Mixed farming systems: potentials and barriers for climate change adaptation in food systems
Mixed production systems, in which producers have some combination of perennial and annual crops, livestock, and/or fisheries, are the most common form of farming in low- and medium-income countries, and they are increasingly of interest in high-income countries as an adaptive approach to climate change. Diversification in mixed systems can...
2023
Manual
¿Cómo apoyar desde las políticas locales los servicios ambientales que presta la agroecología frente a la emergencia climática?
Con objeto de catalizar la adopción de prácticas agrarias sostenibles y saludables para la mitigación y adaptación a la emergencia climática, la Red de Municipios por la Agroecología presenta su última publicación: “¿Cómo apoyar desde las políticas locales los servicios ambientales que presta la agroecología frente a la emergencia climática?”.
Este...
Spain
2023 - Red de Municipios por la Agroecología
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