Face au défi alimentaire et aux instabilités climatiques, l’agriculture du Bénin doit accroître ses performances économiques, sociales et environnementales, en particulier par le développement de l’agroécologie. Le numérique est souvent cité comme un levier majeur de la transition agroécologique, mais les innovations numériques en agriculture au Bénin restent peu visibles....

Harvest the soft okra every two days, so they don’t become ripe. But leave the smallest ones for the next harvest. If you leave the pods on the plant to become ripe, this takes energy from the plant and slows down new growth. An okra plant whose pods are harvested...

From May 24th to 26th, 2022, the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) has teamed with partners to host the first trailblazing three-day continental convening on AFRICAN AGROECOLOGICAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND TERRITORIAL MARKETS in Munyonyo, Uganda. Over 130 people in person and 80 virtual participants attended the event, which brought...

Une sixième limite planétaire vient d'être franchie selon plusieurs scientifiques. Elle concerne le cycle de l'eau et plus particulièrement l'eau verte, celle qui est absorbée par les végétaux. En Amazonie, mais partout ailleurs, l'humidité des sols change et les forêts se transforment en savanes en raison du changement climatique et...

Sub-Saharan Africa is uniquely positioned significantly increase its current agricultural productivity to lift the region’s more than 400 million people out of extreme poverty and improve the livelihood of approximately 250 million smallholder farmers and pastoralists in the region. To achieve that, substantive digital transformation of the agriculture sector is...

Le Sénégal connaît une demande croissante en travail saisonnier dans le secteur agricole. Dans le cadre de l’agriculture familiale, ce phénomène résulte d’une différenciation socioéconomique au sein de l’agriculture familiale induite par des décennies de soutien de l’État à des modèles productifs agricoles particuliers. Cet article analyse le travail saisonnier...

Les conséquences de la guerre entre la Russie et l’Ukraine doivent servir de leçon. Elles doivent même inciter dès maintenant les pays qui en souffrent de se réinventer pour se mettre à l’abri dans le futur. Ainsi, au Sénégal, l’institut sénégalais de recherche agricole (ISRA) a annoncé le 24 mars...

Poor management of the land over the years resulted in a series of problems. Cattle were not herded and grazing management was poor; livestock were overgrazing parts of the veld leading to bare lands and loss of biodiversity. The lands were badly degraded and exposed to persistent soil erosion, leaving...

RuLIS is a tool to support policies for reducing rural poverty, bringing together harmonized indicators and comparable data across countries and over time on rural incomes, livelihoods and rural development. It includes a set of harmonized household- and individual-level data and indicators on different aspects of livelihoods, including crops and...

Jeffrey Chimenya could not imagine that agriculture could one day allow him to own a decent home and have a thriving milk supplying business. Farming meant subsistence for Jeffrey; it didn’t mean success. Yet today, four years after joining the Nyadanawo Farmer Field School (FFS), Jeffrey says that his dreams...

Just over a decade ago, it seemed to Abdoulaye Wade that life was too precarious. Education was becoming a goal beyond his reach, and opportunities in his native village in Bonconto, Senegal were too limited. So he decided to try his luck at migrating to Europe. It was to be...

En 2030, près de 40% de la population mondiale vivra dans une zone de stress hydrique élevé (situation où la demande en eau est supérieure à l’offre). Le Forum Mondial de l’Eau s’est tenu au Sénégal du 21 au 26 mars 2022.  Même s’ils saluent le choix de l’organiser pour...

Somalia has experienced years of conflict and fragility resulting in chronic poverty and vulnerability, displacement, poor economic capacity and food and nutrition insecurity. Half of Somalia’s population lives in rural areas, and agriculture – i.e. crops, livestock and fisheries – is the main source of economic activity, employment and exports....

FoodTank has produced an article based on the May 2022 dialogues on agroecology and the politics of knowledge, co-organized by AFSA, Groundswell International, IPES-Food, CCRP and Agroecology Fund, with the technical assistance of FAO and supported by Global Alliance for the Future of Food.  

Plusieurs panélistes ayant pris part à  la deuxième édition de ce rendez-vous, par  l’agence AfricaPresse Paris sur le développement de l’agriculture en Afrique ont  proposé des solutions à la problématique de la souveraineté alimentaire du continent. La rencontre s’est tenue mercredi 23 mars 2022 à Paris, dans le cadre de...

Le défi alimentaire accentué par la crise géopolitique avec une inflation des prix liée aux engrais et la famine qui se pointe interpelle tout le monde.

The Third CAADP Biennial Review (BR) reporting cycle has benefited from the overall coordination of AUC-DARBE and AUDA-NEPAD throughout the process. Our sincere gratitude is extended to the logistics teams that supported the process at various stages. The Policy LINK team is highly appreciated for the excellent logistical support provided...

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...

In the semi-arid lands of southern Kenya, a dynamic process of farmer-led irrigation has developed over the past two decades. It is characterised by short-term agreements to access land and water. Resident and migrant farmers, capital providers and local landowners have engaged in diverse partnerships to benefit from water and...

On the Ugandan shores of the largest lake in Africa, fishers were increasingly coming up empty-handed. Lake Victoria once boasted 500 species of fish but in recent years overfishing and poor fishing practices have taken a heavy toll on fish stocks, the environment and the communities who depend on them. ...