This year’s Oxford Real Farming Conference (ORFC) felt more necessary than ever. Gathering in person for the first time since January 2020, the great and the good of agroecology turned their attention to the pressing matters of the day: the intersectional crises of biodiversity, climate, energy and cost of living....

Hoeksche Waard is an island located in the south of the Netherlands. This rural area lies below sea level, and controlling water on agricultural fields is a major issue, especially in the case of heavy rainfall. An Operational Group was set up to test and optimise a sub-soil system to...

BIZnet, a Polish LEADER project, has successfully used fun and engaging innovative digital tools to promote youth entrepreneurship. © Association «Razem na wyżyny »  LEADER has been at the vanguard of efforts to value young people’s potential to improve the current and future prospects of rural communities within the EU. Local Action Groups...

On 25 April, the Food Policy Coalition (FPC) held its first in person-meeting in Brussels to launch its report “Sustainable Food Systems Law: Policy recommendations for a meaningful transition“. The FPC urged the need for a new legal framework for Sustainable Food Systems that looks at the whole food system: from production to...

L’élevage constitue un secteur stratégique en Afrique de l’Ouest et au Sahel, qu’il s’agisse de l’ampleur du cheptel et des productions, de l’importance dans les moyens d’existence et la sécurité alimentaire de millions de ménages. Historiquement, les systèmes d’élevage des ruminants sont constitutifs des économies et de la gestion des...

Soil degradation threatens agricultural production and soil multifunctionality. Efforts for private and public governance are increasingly emerging to leverage sustainable soil management. They require consensus across science, policy, and practice about what sustainable soil management entails. Such agreement does not yet exist to a sufficient extent in agronomic terms; what...

This study uses social accounting matrix multipliers and structural path analyses to estimate effects of COVID-19 and related fiscal stimuli on five household groups. The COVID-19 lockdown increased poverty in Pakistan by 15%, which was addressed using a $1.5 billion, digitally implemented Ehsaas Emergency Cash (EEC) program that reached 14.8 million poor...

This course is the second of the series on the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries (EAF), which has been adopted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Committee on Fisheries (COFI) as the appropriate and practical way to fully implement the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries....

L’intérêt du développement de grands périmètres irrigués pour répondre aux enjeux de sécurité alimentaire des pays du Sahel demeure l’objet de nombreuses critiques quant aux effets négatifs de leur mise en place et de leur exploitation : accaparement des terres, dégradation environnementale, vulnérabilité accrue des ménages… Certaines de ces critiques sont...

Depuis Octobre 2021, une alliance innovante entre ACED, ESFB et La Bonne Viande est nouée pour soutenir le produire local et le consommer local. L'initiative portée par ce consortium vise à : - soutenir la production locale de viandes et produits carnés de qualité et, - encourager la consommation de...

From the steppes of Kyrgyzstan to the vast plains around Mount Kenya, the Agroecology Fund is proud to support pastoralist initiatives demonstrating that agroecology is an approach that can be applied to different food systems. An age-old, traditional way of life for Indigenous communities across the world, pastoralism upholds many...

Expanding the benefits of LEADER is a key goal for Sweden in the context of the new CAP. More rural areas are now included in LAG territories and the country’s new LAGs are already operational. Each edition of the LEADER newsletter will feature a “what’s happening with LEADER in …” story....

Cocoa production has been one of the main drivers of forest loss in West Africa. In the resulting post-forest landscapes, agroforestry has often been recognised as a solution to reconcile the preservation of trees and agriculture. Thus, a large number of tree plantation programs have been carried out in cocoa...

Sustainable public procurement has countless benefits that make it a strategic lever to trigger a change in the food system. Indeed, increasing the share of organic food products in public procurement makes it more sustainable and can generate a positive impact on kitchen staff training, waste reduction, health, canteen budgets,...

Can cooperatives and other producer organizations (POs) combine good performance with the inclusion of poor producers?   A research study on nine POs in different regions, carried out by the Department of Economics of Roma Tre University and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), suggests that this is...

Populations in the G5 Sahel countries are growing rapidly. Given these large cohorts of young populations, over the next five years 11.4 million youth will turn 16 years old, and most will then start to seek jobs in the region. Although the countries are urbanizing, meaning that future economic growth...

Women are vital actors in the agricultural sector – making up as much as 80% of the workforce in some parts of the world – yet their work is often not valued or recognised in the way men’s work might be. Agriculture is often still perceived as a man’s business, removing women from...

Formation agricole et rurale : un panorama des enjeux Après une traversée du désert et une dégradation de la formation agricole et rurale, celle-ci connaît un regain d’intérêt auprès des décideurs, bailleurs ou partenaires techniques. Porteuse de solutions pour répondre au défi de l’emploi des jeunes en Afrique sub-saharienne, il faut...

The course introduces the FAO Pesticide Registration Toolkit, a decision support system for pesticide registrars.

Dans la zone sahélienne au Burkina Faso, les sols sont pauvres, mal protégés par une végétation clairsemée et ont tendance à s’éroder sous l’effet des pluies de mousson. La pression démographique, la diminution du temps de jachère, le surpâturage et les effets des dérèglements climatiques ont conduit, au fil du...