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Agricultural & Rural Convention ARC2020 Newsletter Autumn 2023

Change can be difficult. Sometimes a big general idea is well supported - like a just transition - but when it comes to the details, the specifics, there is uncertainty. And often this uncertainty is sown by the sheer weight and style of the lobbying machine. It has always been...
European Union
2023 - ARC2020

Video
Café, Cacao, Banane : trois filières sur le grill - Transition(s) Ép.5

Vous avez certainement bu un café ce matin, peut-être croqué dans une barre de chocolat ou dégusté une banane au dessert? Café, cacao, banane : ces trois produits de grande consommation sont incontournables de notre quotidien. Dans cette émission, nous faisons le tour d’horizon de ces filières clés pour l’agriculture mondiale. Après...
2023 - Fondation pour l'Agriculture et la Ruralité dans le Monde (FARM)

Article
L’accès collectif au foncier irrigué à Ross Béthio, Sénégal : entre inégalités de genre et dynamiques de pouvoir entre femmes

Cet article a pour objectif d’évaluer l’efficacité de l’accès collectif à la terre pour améliorer les droits fonciers des femmes dans un contexte d’agriculture irriguée dans le delta du fleuve Sénégal. L’expérience des périmètres irrigués villageois aménagés pour les femmes des groupements de l’Union des femmes productrices de Ross Béthio,...
Senegal
2023

Event
Digitalisation on Eradicating Poverty and Malnutrition in the Region

AsiaDHRRA participated in the 7th Southeast Asia Multi-Stakeholder Forum “Reinforcing the 2030 Agenda and Eradicating Poverty in Times of Multiple Crises,” organized by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) on 6-8 November 2023, via hybrid modality, Bangkok, Thailand. Ms. Marlene Ramirez, AsiaDHRRA Secretary-General, presented...
2023 - AsiaDHRRA

Blog article
Países de América Latina avanzan en la preparación del próximo Informe de Evaluación de los Recursos Forestales Mundiales de la FAO

El equipo de la Evaluación de Recursos Forestales Mundiales de la División Forestal de la Sede de FAO en Roma, realiza en la ciudad de Panamá el taller del Programa para la Evaluación de los Recursos Forestales Mundiales 2025 en América Latina, con el cual los países de la región...
2023 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)

Report
Slow Food Annual Report 2022

The Annual Report is a tool for information sharing, transparency and accountability that Slow Food uses to report on its varous actions and projects around the world.  Three key areas of intervention: Biodiversity: defending cultural and biological diversity Education: educating, inspiring and mobilizing citizens Advocacy: influencing policies in the public and private sectors Chapters: Our mission,...
2023 - Slow Food

Blog article
Intercrops will benefit the farming and food systems of tomorrow

A new European project, coordinated by CIRAD and involving 27 organizations in 14 countries, launched recently. Named IntercropValuES, it aims to use the advantages of intercrops to build productive, diverse, resilient, profitable, environmentally friendly cropping systems that are acceptable to farmers and agrifood chain stakeholders. Food production is resource-intensive, and currently...
2023 - Cirad

Blog article
Press release: “We need concrete support for the Soil Mission” – A call by the research and innovation platform for organic and agroecology, TP Organics

Healthy soils are essential for food production but are under threat: over 60% of soils in Europe are unhealthy, thus not able to deliver vital ecosystem services, including climate change mitigation and adaptation. With the EU Mission ‘A Soil Deal for Europe’, the European Commission is pioneering a novel instrument...
European Union
2023 - TP Organics

Blog article
Agroecology holds promise in Congo Basin — if funding woes can be overcome

Emmanuel Eku used his skills in agroecology to make the soil in his village in the southwestern part of Cameroon more productive. His five-year project, which was helped by an NGO, shows how hard it is for farmers to stop using synthetic fertilisers and other standard inputs. Now, Eku shares...
2023

Event
Bienvenidos a la Cumbre Alimentaria de los Pueblos 2023. Capítulo 1

Regeneration International impulsó la Cumbre Alimentaria de los Pueblos 2023 en diversos continentes. Aquí presentamos la versión de América Latina y el Caribe. En este evento se presentan una serie de experiencias y proyectos que buscan recuperar la agrobiodiversidad, los ecosistemas, reducir el impacto del climática en los sistemas alimentarios, la...
Mexico
2023 - Regeneration International

Blog article
Kazakhstan to host dialogue on responsible land governance to support land restoration

Kazakhstan will be the first country to host a national dialogue supported by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). The consultation will be convened by the UNCCD Focal Point for the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Committee...
Kazakhstan
2023 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Event
Segundo Diplomado Virtual Agaves y Mezquites. Regenerando Zonas Semi-Áridas

Debido al éxito obtenido, este 2023 repetimos nuestro diplomado de agaves y mezquites para regenerar zonas semiáridas.
Mexico
2023 - Vía Orgánica

Report
Workshop Report - Dana + 20: Mobile Indigenous Peoples, Conservation, Sustainable Development, and Climate Change Two Decades after the Dana Declaration

Mobile Peoples – including many Indigenous, traditional, nomadic and tribal peoples – are confronted with unprecedented challenges, including increasingly frequent floods and droughts associated with climate change; desertification, deforestation and other forms of land degradation; and loss of biodiversity, all of which threaten their food sovereignty, security and access to...
2023 - Nomadic Peoples, Volume 27, Number 1, March 2023, pp. 100-140(41)

Event
Bienvenidos a la Cumbre Alimentaria de los Pueblos. Capítulo 2

Regeneration International impulsó la Cumbre Alimentaria de los Pueblos 2023 en diversos continentes. Aquí presentamos la versión de América Latina y el Caribe. En este evento, se presentan experiencias y proyectos que buscan recuperar la agrobiodiversidad, los ecosistemas, reducir el impacto del cambio climático en los sistemas alimentarios, la escasez hídrica,...
Mexico
2023 - Regeneration International

Working paper
Digital innovation for promoting decent rural employment in agriculture for youth and women in the Near East and North Africa

This paper examines how information and communications (ICT) technologies can contribute to decent employment of youth and women in the agrifood sector. In other regions, the widespread adoption and integration of ICTs has reduced information and transaction costs, improved service delivery, created new jobs, generated new revenue streams and saved...
2023 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Policy brief/paper
The human right to the environment in Latin America and the Caribbean, and its relationship with food and agriculture

This Legal Brief aims to highlight the importance of the human right to the environment in Latin America and the Caribbean, and its relationship with food, agriculture and other areas relevant to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) mandate.
2023 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Event
2º Diplomado Agaves & Mezquites

Las y los participantes recibirán herramientas para detonar acciones que trasformen su paisaje mediante el desarrollo de un programa educativo virtual, impartido por docentes dedicados a la investigación de sistemas productivos y regenerativos en zonas semiáridas. PERFIL DE INGRESO: Dirigido a toda persona interesada en transformar su paisaje, en impulsar y...
Mexico
2023 - Vía Orgánica

Blog article
Driving the transition towards healthy soils in Europe: IFOAM Organics Europe supports Soil Living Labs

It is estimated that more than 60% of EU soils are unhealthy. The EU Mission “A Soil Deal for Europe” aims to accelerate the transition to healthy soils by 2030. The creation of 100 Living Labs and Lighthouses under the Soil Mission will accelerate the forming and uptake of solutions by land managers and improve citizen...
European Union
2023 - TP Organics

Article
The transformative value chain: rethinking food system interventions

Food value chains (VC) are an integral part of food systems, and (VC) programs remain central in the work of development agencies. Despite their popularity among donors and their attempts to tackle food and nutrition security, poverty alleviation and environmental sustainability, food value chain interventions are at crossroads. The ongoing...
2023

Case study
Côte d’Ivoire-Ghana : une filière cacao plus juste et durable avec le DRD ?

Ces dernières années, l’accès à un revenu décent pour les producteurs est devenu une priorité de la filière cacao, notamment en Côte d’Ivoire et au Ghana, les deux premiers exportateurs mondiaux. Les gouvernements de ces pays en ont pris conscience en adoptant, en octobre 2020, le Différentiel de revenu décent...
Côte d'Ivoire - Ghana
2023 - Fondation pour l'Agriculture et la Ruralité dans le Monde (FARM)
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