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South Sudanese Refugee In Palorinya Settlement Embracing Agroecology To Promote Community Resilience To Climate Change
The on-and-off civil conflicts and the political instability in South Sudan have led to the largest ongoing refugee crisis in Africa. In the Palorinya refugee settlement in Obongi district, the West Nile sub-region is one the biggest settlements where a large number of them have been resettled. While here, they face...
Uganda
2023 - Knowledge Centre for Organic Agriculture and Agroecology in Africa (KCOA)
Practices
Efficient seed extraction in organic tomato cultivation
Tomato is a special case among vegetables, as its seeds can only be extracted from the pulp after a fermentation step. In order to optimise this working process, various harvesting frequencies and extraction timepoints were tested at FiBL Switzerland.
The availability of organic seed has come into focus, as derogations to...
Switzerland
2023 - FiBL Switzerland
Report
Gender Transformative Approaches to Strengthen Women’s Land and Resource Rights
International standards and policies are clear about women’s right to equality in the enjoyment of all their rights, including rights to access, use, inherit, control and own land. Sustainable Development Goal Target 5.a specifically calls for reforms to give women equal rights to economic resources, as well as access to,...
2023 - Center for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF) and International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD
Video
Family Farming Cooperatives. Ensuring Inclusive and Sustainable Food Systems
Small-scale family farmers and their organizations are at the heart of sustainable food systems. In particular, family farming cooperatives are pivotal actors in many activities which food systems encompass, from production, aggregation and processing to distribution and consumption, providing key services and being often a driver of innovation. While developing...
2023 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Blog article
Réchauffement climatique : “Comment l’agroécologie peut sauver l’agriculture”
Spécialiste de l’agroécologie, Emmanuel Torquebiau est chercheur émérite au Cirad de Montpellier. Il explique en quoi le moment est charnière, pris en étau par ce qu’il appelle des “coups durs”, ces “crises” environnementales répétées, incendies de 2022, sécheresse et canicule historique en 2023. Des crises peut-être, finalement, salutaires “pour une...
2023
Journal article
Agroforestry policy development in England: a question of knowledge transference
Agroecology as a concept for reimagining food systems has grown in popularity and is now used in several food and agriculture policy frameworks around the world. While there is a significant body of research around agroecology, its origins, applications, and as a much-needed transition pathway to sustainable food systems, there is limited understanding...
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2023
Event
First Global Forum of The United Nations Decade of Family Farming 2019–2028
The First Global Forum of the United Nations Decade of Family Farming 2019–2028 was co-organized by FAO and IFAD, with the aim of leveraging the experiences of different actors in order to take stock of the achievements and challenges faced since the launch of the UNDFF. The different sessions hosted...
2023 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Book
Fertile Ground
Scaling agroecology from the ground up
There are about 2.5 billion people in the world, on 500 million farms, involved with smallholder family agriculture and food production. Their creative capacity to farm productively and sustainably with nature, instead of against it, is perhaps the most powerful force that can be unleashed to overcome the interlinking challenges...
Brazil - Burkina Faso - Ecuador - Ghana - Haiti - Honduras - Mali - Netherlands (Kingdom of the) - United States of America
2023 - Groundswell International
Practices
Agroforestry: Combining fruit production and poultry farming (BIOFRUITNET Video)
Fruit growers have to deal with a lot of hazards in terms of climate change or phytosanitary constraints which is why many seek to diversify their farms.
Switzerland
2023 - INRAE - National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment
Book
Fruit and Nuts of Vietnam - Vietnamese
Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which:
identify highly nutritious local food plants,
explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way,
detail the nutritional value of the plants and
describe why human bodies require those nutrients.
The resources created by FPS allows people to better...
Viet Nam
2023
Project
LIFE TransilvaCooperation
Project Objectives
GOAL
Demonstrate how landscape-scale cooperation can improve conservation management of Habitats Directive grassland habitats of farmland N2000 sites in Transylvania, and improve effectiveness of agri-environment measures, halting the loss of species and habitats of European importance.
OBJECTIVES
Develop habitat, species, land use maps for Angofa and Viscri valleys including landscape features.
Develop local management plans in...
Romania
2023 - EU’s LIFE programme
Newsletter
FFKP Mothly digest #2 - March 2023
The Family Farming Knowledge Platform (FFKP) Monthly Digest showcases the latest contents uploaded in the FFKP to provide its readers with relevant and up-to-date information on family farming main themes such as agroecology, small-scale fisheries, pastoralism, indigenous people, and more.
2023 - FFKP Team
Book
Good Gardening and Growing Root and Grain Crops in Vietnam - Vietnamese
Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which:
identify highly nutritious local food plants,
explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way,
detail the nutritional value of the plants and
describe why human bodies require those nutrients.
The resources created by FPS allows people to better...
Viet Nam
2023
Newsletter
SustainSahel's Newsletter April 2023
In SustainSahel's eighth newsletter discover the latest happenings!
2023 - SustainSahel
Article
Protecting biodiversity and ensuring food security: the path forward is agroecology
A message from Slow Food on the International Day for Biological Diversity
“Biodiversity for food and agriculture is indispensable to food security, sustainable development and the supply of many vital ecosystem services.” This is the key message of Edward Mukiibi, Slow Food president, on the International Day for Biological Diversity, celebrated on...
2023 - Slow Food
Book
Leafy Greens and Vegetables of Vietnam - Vietnamese
Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which:
identify highly nutritious local food plants,
explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way,
detail the nutritional value of the plants and
describe why human bodies require those nutrients.
The resources created by FPS allows people to better...
Viet Nam
2023
Report
Evaluating the compensation for organic production in Sweden’s Rural Development Programme
This evaluation examines the effects of compensatory payments for organic production in Sweden on rural development, the environment and climate.
This evaluation from Sweden evaluated the compensation for organic production in the country’s Rural Development Programme and revealed a positive impact on farmers' profitability, competitiveness, local economies and innovation. It also...
Sweden
2023 - Rural Development Programme: SE-National
Journal article
Agroecology in the belly of the beast
Reflections and contradictions from the U.S. Agroecology Summit 2023
In February 2023, the Institute for Agroecology (IFA) was formally recognized by the University of Vermont. We are a group of scholars who aim to leverage our privileges and positions within the academy to support farmers, activists, and movements in the struggle for agroecology and food sovereignty. International collaborators have...
United States of America
2023 - University of Vermont Institute of Agroecology
Technical paper
L'espoir au-delà des crises : solutions ouest-africaines pour des systèmes alimentaires durables
Le CFSI, la Fondation de France et le Roppa, qui portent ensemble le programme de Promotion de l'agriculture familiale en Afrique de l'Ouest (Pafao), présentent un travail collectif intitulé Solutions ouest-africaines pour des systèmes alimentaires durables, sous la forme d'une publication écrite et d'un podcast.
Ce sont les agriculteurs familiaux...
2023 - Alimenterre
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