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The Resources section holds archived publications and multimedia materials related to family farming general issues.

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Agroecological stories from practices and experiences in South Africa

Agroecologie enables the improvement of agricultural production through the enhancement of local natural resources and traditional know-how. It contributes to maintaining biodiversity and restoring land in drylands, which are particularly threatened by global warming and food insecurity, while contributing to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. Within the framework of the AVACLIM...
South Africa
2022 - AVACLIM

Manual
Visiting Friends of Agrobiodiversity Across Europe

A tour to explore how organic plant and animal breeding contributes to sustainable food systems
The publication takes readers on a journey to 15 organic plant and animal breeding initiatives in Europe. Every initiative is presented by a person involved in the initiative. For each initiative, the aims and challenges are described. The selected examples give a good insight into the great diversity of initiatives...
European Union
2022 - FIBL

Audio
The Food for Europe podcast - A European podcast series on food and farming.

Episode 14 episode of Food for Europe is dedicated to the new EU Organic Awards which will acknowledge different actors of the organic value chain- launch date for applications March 25 – and many of the issues surrounding organic production and consumption. Key speaker is Commissioner for Agriculture, Janusz Wojciechowski, who...
European Union
2022 - European Commission

Practices
Variétés de blés panifiables cultivées en agriculture biologique

Le FiBL Suisse et Agroscope ont analysé des variétés de blés panifiables en termes de stabilité du rendement et de la qualité. Il ressort des résultats que le choix variétal doit être adapté au site et que le haut potentiel de rendement ne va pas de pair avec des grains...
2022 - Fibl

Blog article
EcoAgtube Spotlight on Nawaya: an NGO in Egypt that promotes heritage food systems

Nawaya-Egypt works with small-scale farming families on programmes that focus on ecological farming practices and heritage food systems through a community-based network. It helps rural communities set up enterprises that generate new sources of income for rural communities from making compost to raising poultry and agro-tourism.
Egypt
2022 - Access Agriculture

Technical paper
Cartographie des acteurs et des pratiques de l'agroécologie au Cameroun

Dans le cadre du projet “Scaling up agroecology to strengthen food security and improving fooddiversity in the Congo Basin”, la première étape est de cartographier les acteurs de l’agroécologie etd’identifier ses pratiques dans le Bassin du Congo. Ce travail a porté sur la cartographie des acteurs,leurs pratiques respectives et certaines...
Cameroon
2022 - Institut de Recherche Agricole pour le Développement, IRAD, Cameroun

Video
Agroecological stories from practices and experiences in India

Agroecology enables the improvement of agricultural production through the enhancement of local natural resources and traditional know-how. It contributes to maintaining biodiversity and restoring land in drylands, which are particularly threatened by global warming and food insecurity while contributing to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. Within the framework of the AVACLIM project, the...
India
2022 - AVACLIM

Blog article
Access Agriculture partners with FAO elearning Academy

The FAO elearning Academy, which offers over 500 multilingual certified e-learning courses as a global public good, now features Access Agriculture as a partner and a valued resource for information and knowledge on agroecological principles and rural entrepreneurship.
Italy
2022 - Access Agriculture

Video
Agroecological stories from practices and experiences in Eastern Senegal

Agroecologie enables the improvement of agricultural production through the enhancement of local natural resources and traditional know-how. It contributes to maintaining biodiversity and restoring land in drylands, which are particularly threatened by global warming and food insecurity, while contributing to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. Within the framework of the AVACLIM project, the Senegalese...
Senegal
2022 - AVACLIM

Fact sheet
Criteria for becoming a member of a European Network of Living Labs and Research Infrastructures for Agroecology Transition

In the ALL-Ready project, we are interested in connecting with groups and organisations  involved  in  the  agroecology transition, and whose activities correspond to the ‘living lab’ or ‘research infrastructure’ model. However, we acknowledge that not everyone involved  in  these  activities  will recognize such labels or be aware of own capacities...
European Union
2022 - ALL-Ready - The European Agroecology Living Lab and Research Infrastructure Network

Video
Agroecological stories from practices and experiences in Morocco

Agroecologie enables the improvement of agricultural production through the enhancement of local natural resources and traditional know-how. It contributes to maintaining biodiversity and restoring land in drylands, which are particularly threatened by global warming and food insecurity, while contributing to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. Within the framework of the AVACLIM project, the...
Morocco
2022 - AVACLIM , Agrisud International, NORSYS Foundation

Blog article
Access Agriculture honoured with the 2022 Arrell Global Food Innovation Award for excellence in community impact

Access Agriculture is delighted to announce that it has been named the winner of the 2022 Arrell Global Food Innovation Award in the category of ‘Community Engagement Innovation.’ The Arrell Global Food Innovation Awards from the Arrell Food Institute at the University of Guelph, in Canada, recognise global excellence in the broad area of...
2022 - Access Agriculture

Video
Agroecological stories from practices and experiences of farmers in Ethiopia

Agroecology enables the improvement of agricultural production through the enhancement of local natural resources and traditional know-how. It contributes to maintaining biodiversity and restoring land in drylands, which are particularly threatened by global warming and food insecurity, while contributing to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. Within the framework of the AVACLIM project,...
Ethiopia
2022 - AVACLIM , CARI

Video
Organic plant breeding and its contribution to food production - LIVESEED

Why does organic farming need organic seed? Discover this and more in LIVESEED's animated video "Organic plant breeding and its contribution to food production". This animation was produced within the LIVESEED project, which has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No....
2022 - Ifoam Organics Europe

Report
Report on the added value of the European Network

This document is Deliverable D4.1 in the Work package (WP) 4 “Implementation and Sustainability of the Network” of the ALL-Ready project. WP 4 aims to provide an implementation plan that ensures the added value and sustainability of the European Network of Living Labs and Research Infrastructures capturing and promoting long-term...
European Union
2022 - ALL-Ready - The European Agroecology Living Lab and Research Infrastructure Network

Article
Recognising the benefits of organic farming

A transformation of our agriculture and food systems is urgently needed to combat climate change and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations. For that reason, the European Commission has initiated several policies to make the EU food systems sustainable and climate-neutral by 2050. High targets have...
European Union
2022 - Organic Farm Knowledge

Website
#IGrowYourFood

It’s the first global action day celebrating the people who sustainably grow and handle our food. Organic & agroecological farmers and advocates take to social media to share the challenges they face, how we can support them, and why they choose organic.
2022 - IFoam Organics International

Video
Comment encourager les paysans du fouta djallon à passer à l’agroécologie?

La Fédération des paysans du Fouta Djallon ne pouvait orienter ses membres vers l’agroécologie sans en vérifier l’efficacité selon les terroirs.La Fédération a recensé auprès de ses membres les meilleures pratiques agricoles respectueuses des ressources naturelles, dans le but de les diffuser largement, avec l’appui scientifique de la recherche guinéenne.  ...
Guinea
2022 - CCFD-Terre Solidaire

Video
Agroecological stories from practices and experiences in Burkina Faso

Agroecology enables the improvement of agricultural production through the enhancement of local natural resources and traditional know-how. It contributes to maintaining biodiversity and restoring land in drylands, which are particularly threatened by global warming and food insecurity, while contributing to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. Within the framework of the AVACLIM project,...
Burkina Faso
2022 - AVACLIM , CARI

Blog article
A common ground

Farmers need new ideas, and researchers need data. When these two professional groups meet in the framework of collaborative or participatory research, it is often not clear who has to evolve in what direction: do farmers need to learn about research protocols, systematically collecting and analysing data, or do researchers...
2022 - Access Agriculture
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