Farmers need to take decisions every day. Smallholders living in remote areas often have no one to turn to ask advice. Nobody tells them which crop to grow or when is a good time to plant. The Yapuchiris are experienced organic farmers on the Bolivian altiplano who started recording their...

The National Plans of Action for Small-Scale Fisheries help implement the SSF Guidelines at the country level, factoring in varying national and regional legal and policy frameworks. No matter where in the world, small-scale fisheries (SSF) represent a critical source of food security, nutrition and livelihoods for coastal and riverine communities....

The World Wide Fund for Nature defines a food system as “the complete set of people, institutions, activities, processes, and infrastructure involved in producing and consuming food for a given population.” (WWF, 2017). The food system has a bearing on human capital development, provision of jobs, industrial growth, structural transformation...

The intertwined nature of food, livelihoods, health, and natural resource management underscores the growing importance of agroecology. In Ethiopia, the Centre for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF)'s Measuring Agroecology Performance (MAP) project has been assessing the impact of agroecological practices. The evaluation focused on farms in the Hula,...

The Japanese tenure rights system is primarily responsible for the sustainability of small-scale fisheries. The TBTI Global Book Series, Life Above Water (Jentoft 2019), has resonated with the public and received a great response in Japan. In a remarkable display of collaboration, dozens of researchers, government officials, and fishers have worked...

As the need for sustainable use peatlands increases, the aim of this study is to identify ways to increase the application of agrosilvofishery as an alternative to the traditional sonor system. Herein, the researchers investigate the perception of peatland degradation and the willingness to participate in agrosilvofishery among peatland residents....

Family farming plays a pivotal role in ensuring household food security and bolstering the resilience of food systems against climate change. Traditional agricultural practices are evolving into context-specific, climate-resilient systems such as family farming, homestead gardening, and urban agriculture. This study examines the ways in which family farming can foster...

Following the launch of the IPES-Food report entitled Food From Somewhere, Million Belay, AFSA General Coordinator, gave an interview with @ffinlocostain of 8point9.com. In his interview, he explained the importance of resilient territorial markets. Territorial markets can be local, national, or transboundary, and exist in rural, peri-urban, or urban areas....

Millions have found livelihood due to co-management practices that protect aquatic resources, contributing to the sustainable development of small-scale fisheries in Vietnam.  Vietnam’s 3,260-km coastline spans 28 provinces and cities, supporting thousands of fishing villages and millions of families. About five million people work in the fisheries sector, directly or indirectly,...

Million Belay, AFSA General Coordinator, highlights the importance of agroecology in his article for the joint Rosa Luxemburg Foundation and Alameda dossier "Seeds of Sovereignty: Contesting the Politics of Food." He emphasizes that agroecology strengthens community bonds through the sharing of knowledge, seeds, and labor, fostering food sovereignty by advocating...

The absence of tenure security threatens the traditional livelihoods of the fixed bag-net fishworkers in India’s eastern state of West Bengal. Conflicts over use of natural resources are common in coastal areas globally. Fluid environmental frontiers, historical marginalization of fisher communities, and overlapping tenure systems coded in formal law or customary...

Comment accompagner l’engagement des territoires dans une trajectoire de développement agroécologique conciliant résilience hydrique, sécurité alimentaire et qualité nutritionnelle ? Coordonné par le Cirad et INRAE, le projet MAHDIA vise à articuler les enjeux agricoles, alimentaires, environnementaux et de santé des régions de Meknès au Maroc, Kairouan en Tunisie et...

A group of young people from the Saamaka communities in Suriname have become more knowledgeable and interested in governance, leadership, and rights concerning their lands as a result of the efforts of the Association of Saamaka Communities (VSG) and Tropenbos Suriname. This interest was sparked after the youth participated in...

The Government of Indonesia and FAO have recognized the need for thorough analysis and modelling of Indonesia’s food systems to support food systems transformation efforts in the country. This is needed to provide a better understanding of the governance context in food systems, including the political economy dynamics influencing performance,...

The affordability of nutritious food for “all people, at all times” is a critically important dimension of food security. Yet surprisingly, timely high-frequency indicators of food affordability are rarely collected in any systematic fashion despite price volatility emerging as major source of food insecurity in the 21st Century. The 2008...

About 30 rural advisory service (RAS) facilitators from five districts of Uganda – Buikwe, Bugiri, Sembabule, Lira and Soroti – were introduced to Access Agriculture’s resources and tools to enhance their digital skills during a RAS Facilitator orientation training and project commissioning, which was conducted from 15 April to 17 May 2024. ...

Agroecology and related sustainable ways of producing food started receiving attention in the past few years compared to industrial agriculture practices some which are more than 100 years old. This means big industries that advance agroecology at a big scale are yet to be developed. However, the increasing demand for...

The bad smell of pig waste undermines the health of your animals and your own health and can create tensions with your neighbours. Washing the dung and urine into waterways also pollutes the environment. By using deep bedding sprayed with good microorganisms you can avoid all of this. You can...

In a groundbreaking move, as part of MoMo4C, Tropenbos Ghana has launched a Waste-to-Energy pilot project in the Sefwi Wiawso Juaboso Bia (SWJB) landscape with an all-women cocoa cooperative. By turning cocoa waste into a valuable resource, this model aims to create new avenues for income generation, livelihood diversification, and...

As part of the ‘Global Programme for Small-scale Agroecology Producers and Sustainable Food Systems Transformation (GP-SAEP) Project implementation in Madagascar, a Master Trainers’ training programme was held from 29 April to 3 May 2024 in Antananarivo, Madagascar.