ON a beach south of Ivory Coast’s economic hub Abidjan, a group of fishermen are spending the day sitting in the shade and playing cards. Normally, they would be out on their boats – long canoes known as pirogues –and hunting the seas.   But this month, they have been banned from doing...

Our food and farming systems need to respect the planetary boundaries, be climate neutral, circular, diverse, and fair. They need to be resilient and prepared for external shocks and crises like we recently experienced with the Covid-19 pandemic, the Russian war in Ukraine and the related energy, fertiliser and food...

The case study aims to take a snapshot of the municipal waste management ecosystems of certain countries in the Global South, particularly focusing on private sector-led good practices, inclusive growth and sustainable financing. The countries were selected upon criteria such as GDP, total waste production and geographic variety. The study...

En raison des interrogations sur la capacité des services de conseil Agricole à faciliter les transitions agroécologiques, cette étude, conduite sur 5 pays (Bénin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinée et Niger), croise agroécologie et conseil agricole. Elle tente d’apporter des éléments de réponse à ces interrogations en (i) identifiant les besoins de transitions agroécologiques dans les cinq...

Usted está accediendo a la experiencia del curso facilitado "Monitoreo de bosques y tierras para la acción climática – SEPAL" disponible en la Academia de aprendizaje electrónico de la FAO en este enlace: https://elearning.fao.org/course/view.php?id=966 Se basa en la primera edición, que se impartió del 24 de marzo al 7 de mayo de 2023 en...

Through the “Women and cooperativism” project, led by the WRF together with six regional organizations, 23 successful experiences were identified and analyzed, which served as the basis for developing a cycle of exchanges and material outlining recommendations and lessons learned from women in cooperatives in Africa, Asia, and the Americas. As...

Cette sélection de la bibliothèque numérique de l’Agriculture et du développement rural au Niger (Duddal) propose des ressources documentaires sur les bonnes pratiques de fertilisation biologique des sols et en particulier sur le compost et sa fabrication. Elle contient des fiches techniques, des articles, des livrets et des guides.

Ce document résume l’essentiel du contenu du cours de formation sous-régional sur la pêche continentale pour les pays du fleuve Sénégal qui a eu lieu du 3 au 6 mars 2022 à Saly Portudal, au Sénégal. Ce cours de quatre jours a réuni les délégués du Mali, de la Mauritanie,...

Multi-stakeholder collaboration is an important process that can serve as a tool and strategy to solve complex issues and problems such as transforming national food systems towards more sustainable outcomes. This guide aims to support stakeholders working at all levels of the food system in the implementation of actions to transform...

All of a sudden, they are there. Just a moment ago, helpers had cut a cocoa pod and draped it on the table. They had straightened the cube-shaped seats while wistfully staring at the half-empty aisles. Everything was still being set up and food was still cooking in kettles on...

Cet outil vous permettra de  consulter et télécharger des ressources techniques et pédagogiques de différentes natures dans le champ de la petite irrigation et du développement rural (posters, fiches techniques, rapports, études, cartes, émissions de radios, dossiers photographiques, vidéos, ...)  Cette bibliothèque est collaborative. Nous vous invitons  à l'enrichir en proposant...

Sustainable, ecological approaches to European farming, the heart of the European Green Deal, are needed to safeguard food supplies for EU citizens and protect the long-term livelihoods of rural communities. The emergence of more support for organic systems as a form of agro-ecological production can help address these policy challenges...

• Replacement of Contentious Inputs in Organic Farming Systems • Evaluates solutions to further reduce the use of external inputs and develop cost-efficient and environmentally safe tools and technologies to: • Reduce the use of copper and mineral oil in plant protection • Identify sustainable sources for plant nutrition •...

We’re back with Shane Casey in The Burren, where it’s been a good Spring. Family and farm are thriving. For Shane, nature conservation and productivity go hand in hand. As the debate rages around the EU Nature Restoration Law, he is sympathetic to the farmers who are being asked to...

Food systems are a major driver of the triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution — and are also part of the solution. Food systems governance requires new approaches to drive the transformation of food systems towards greater environmental sustainability, equity and food security. This policy note presents...

A three-year FAO project is providing recovery and reconstruction assistance to smallholder farmers in the Republic of Albania impacted by the 2019 earthquake.  Implemented with the financial support of the governments of the  Kingdom of the Netherlands and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the project “Earthquake...

The International Summer School is a collaboration between Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW)'s research group Geography of Food, the Swiss Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL), the Hungarian Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (ÖMKi), and research institutes in Spain and Slovenia. In this International Summer School, you will learn about various perspectives on agrobiodiversity and its contribution...

Historically, before the introduction of high-yielding rice varieties (HYV), the traditional rice varieties (TRV) were predominant in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam (MDV). The TRV-based farming system is environment-friendly and has been existing for hundreds of years—now, it has been proven to be sustainable under increasing climate change conditions. It is...

The digital revolution has changed the way we work, access information and connect with each other. It offers opportunities to those who can use the new technologies, but also presents new challenges for those who are left behind. Often referred to collectively as Information and Communications Technologies or ICTs, these technologies...

The Organic Research Centre is a leading, independent, research charity working for better farming, food and health, promoting environmental sustainability, quality food and health and wellbeing for all. We work in the UK and internationally to: research and develop practical, sustainable land management and food production systems based on organic...