The industrialized food system is one of the biggest stressors on planetary health, contributing to almost a quarter of global greenhouse gas emissions and causing immense biodiversity loss. This model is no longer fit for purpose; it is failing people and the planet. The pioneering new study, Natural Farming Through a...

In this video, Gilles Libourel from GRAB describes the challenges with rootstocks. Julia Frézel explains the criteria for choosing fruit varieties at Ferme de la Durette.

“La primera manera de nombrar a estos productos comestibles altamente industrializados, que no deberíamos llamar alimentos, porque no lo son, surgió de una asociación conceptual, al nombrarlos Comida Chatarra”. La principal causa de muerte en el mundo es la mala alimentación, impulsada, principalmente, por un cambio en la dieta de la...

For Ung Bun, a 39-year-old fisherman from Cambodia’s southern Kep province, the days when he would come home with plentiful catches of flower crabs appear to be long gone. Pulling in his net one recent morning, he found just one crustacean. Ung Bun dropped the crab – a male that was...

In many parts of southern Africa, soil quality is poor due to weathering and low nutrient content. Inorganic fertilizers are often necessary, but their effectiveness can be limited. Malawi’s fertilizer subsidy program isn’t achieving food security goals due to declining soil health. Solutions like crop diversification, organic matter addition, and fertilizers...

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of key challenges and barriers to achieving greater youth inclusion in the bioeconomy. The analysis covers key factors (push/pull factors) that impact youth employment and entrepreneurship opportunities, such as education, vocational training, skills building, technology and business development. It also underscores the significance of...

L’ambition de cette étude, réalisée dans le cadre du Programme pour l’Agroécologie (PAE) de la CEDEAO, est de développer et favoriser l’intégration des savoirs et des savoir-faire sur la formation (non diplômante) aux systèmes agroécologiques.  Sur 80 centres enquêtés, il ressort de l'étude que "le changement vers une formation à l’agroécologie...

The ongoing conflict in the Sudan, which erupted on 15 April, has worsened an already fragile food security situation. Prior to the crisis, one in four people faced acute food insecurity due partly to instability, economic decline and high food prices. An estimated 2.1 million people have since been displaced...

I have worked in Community Supported Agriculture for the last 15 years in the UK. Over the last year, I have combined this activity with CAWR’s MSc Programme in Agroecology, Water and Food Sovereignty.  The gender module has allowed me to piece together new narratives through which to explore and contextualise...

Inscripciones y actividades: A partir del 21 de agosto 2023 Ejes temáticos de la conferencia EJES DEL DÍA 30 DE NOVIEMBRE (MATUTINO) Eje 1. Transición agroecológica y otros enfoques afines para la transformación de sistemas alimentarios que sean más justos, saludables, sustentables y logren la autosuficiencia alimentaria. Políticas públicas nacionales exitosas. Eje 2. Experiencias relevantes de transición...

Coffee production in Cuba has a long and fascinating history, deeply rooted in the island’s cultural traditions. Its cultivation tells a story of culture, economic shifts, and a commitment to sustainability that has gained momentum over the years. This article takes us on a journey through the history of Cuban...

L’agriculture demeure la principale activité économique des populations rurales des pays en développement. Mais les petites exploitations agricoles familiales sont soumises à de nombreuses contraintes qui les fragilisent : des conditions physiques et climatiques contraignantes (rareté ou excès de l’eau, perte de la fertilité des sols, pression sanitaire...) ; un...

Smoked fish is a delicacy in West Africa, making fish smoking the most important and widely used method for preserving fish. Fishing communities have poor access to fresh fish. What also drives the preference for this method is the scarcity of electricity, resulting in a lack of cold-chain facilities. Fish...

Au Burkina Faso, les activités minières impactent particulièrement les agropasteurs (emprise foncière, extraction d’eau, fermeture de corridors, réduction de la mobilité du bétail) et engendrent des tensions sur l’utilisation des ressources naturelles. Des instruments de concertation et des mécanismes de compensation existent. Mais la mobilité saisonnière des agropasteurs et la...

FAR Carto, carte collaborative qui recense les établissements de formation agricole et rurale, continue de s'enrichir. Une trentaine de centres de formation, essentiellement des initiatives de formation continue, ont été récemment ajoutées au Tchad, mais aussi à Madagascar, Mali, Tunisie, Bénin, RDC.

An international delegation of rural youth, formed by several members and leaders of the Family Farming Youth Core Group (Family Farming YCG) together with young representatives of COPROFAM and ILC member organisations, met in Brasilia to define their contribution to the implementation of Pillar 2 of the United Nations Decade of Family Farming (UNDFF), related to...

Life-threatening heat waves, forest fires, hurricanes, droughts and floods mean that climate change must be tackled on a ‘war footing’. With agri-food systems responsible for close to 40% of total greenhouse gas emissions, food and farming need priority attention in government negotiations at COP 28. A rapid and substantial reduction...

Redesigning agrosystems to include more ecological regulations can help feed a growing human population, preserve soils for future productivity, limit dependency on synthetic fertilizers, and reduce agriculture contribution to global changes such as eutrophication and warming. However, guidelines for redesigning cropping systems from natural systems to make them more sustainable...

La 3è foire ouest africaine des semences paysannes s’est achevée samedi 11 mars 2023 à Zoungbonou au Bénin sur des résultats très satisfaisants. Dans un entretien accordé a agridigitale.net du Togo, le  chargé de programme de l’Alliance pour la Souveraineté alimentaire en Afrique (AFSA, en anglais) en Afrique francophone, Famara...

In the Indigenous worldview, seeds are both biological entities and embodiments of immateriality: knowledge, culture and the sacred. Indigenous seed systems thus codify the human connection to nature. Yet such ‘informal’ systems, whether developed by Indigenous peoples or small-scale farmers, barely surface in policy debates. Krystyna Swiderska and Alejandro Argumedo seek...