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Potentially Important Fruit and Nuts of Uganda
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...
Uganda
2021 - Food Plant Solutions
Blog article
An ingenious idea to expand business by helping farmers
We can easily see the truth of the maxim “necessity is the mother of invention” – or rather “ingenuity” in the case of Osman Majid, a young video dealer, locally known as a Deejay (DJ), who lives in Nathenje, a small town on the outskirts of Malawi. Unlike most other...
Malawi
2021 - Access Agriculture
Blog article
How to encourage more young people to get involved in Africa's agri-food systems
Africa has the world's youngest population, with an estimated 420 million young people aged 15 to 35. That's a lot of young individuals entering the labor force who are looking for work. Agriculture might meet this demand, but it is generally perceived by young people as filthy, labor-intensive employment with...
2021
Book
Good Gardening and Growing Root Crops in Uganda
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...
Uganda
2021 - Food Plant Solutions
Book
Food Plants for Healthy Diets in Uganda - Luganda
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...
Uganda
2021 - Food Plant Solutions
Article
Estimating acid soil effects on selected cereal crop productivities in Ethiopia: Comparing economic cost-effectiveness of lime and fertilizer applications
Acid soils are a major constraint to agricultural productivity in many parts of sub-Saharan Africa, including Ethiopia. Restoring soil pH to optimal ranges for agriculture can have a significant impact on yields, particularly for acid intolerant crops like wheat and barley. The application of agricultural lime is the standard corrective,...
Ethiopia
2021
Report
Surmonter la crise de Covid-19 avec équité : Le combat pressant pour la souveraineté alimentaire en Afrique du Nord
La revue en ligne Transnational Institute, nous revient avec une étude de Ali Amouzai , activiste et chercheur marocain, intitulée « Surmonter la crise de Covid-19 avec équité : Le combat pressant pour la souveraineté alimentaire en Afrique du Nord ». L’auteur s’appuie sur des analyses réalisées par le Réseau et...
2021
Book
Potentially Important Fruit and Nuts of Uganda - Luganda
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...
Uganda
2021 - Food Plant Solutions
Blog article
ICTs as the key to farmer empowerment
According to the author Napoleon Hill, “all achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea.” Mori Goroubera, Head of ISADA Consulting in Benin, would certainly agree with this statement. His enterprise model was selected as one of the 25 best ideas in an Africa-wide competition in 2020 for...
Benin
2021 - Access Agriculture
Book
Good Gardening and Growing Root Crops in Uganda - Luganda
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...
Uganda
2021
Blog article
Organic Sri Lanka
We are all familiar with organic milk, organic fruit and vegetables, or organic chocolate, but when one reads “Organic Sri Lanka”, one may have difficulty grasping what this really is about. For sure, it cannot mean that the entire country is organic. Or does it?
Sri Lanka
2021 - Access Agriculture
Newsletter
Give wings to women entrepreneurs in rural India
Access Agriculture Panorama No. 14 - September 2021 Newsletter
Belgium
2021 - Access Agriculture
Report
Stories of seed activism:
Journalists from 14 countries reporting peoples solution to corporate control of Africa's life
I f agroecology, local seed systems, and indigenous livestock breeding practices in Africa were not resilient, they would not have survived the hundreds of years of infiltration from imports. Stories in this publication demonstrate how local seed systems continue to be a fundamental component of agroecology and African food systems....
2021 - Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA)
Blog article
Making a slow buck
Agro-input dealers are often thought to be only interested in making money any way that is possible, otherwise known as “making a fast buck.” But enlightened dealers can combine the profit motive with a concern for customers’ well-being to earn their trust and make a business that lasts.
Uganda
2021 - Access Agriculture
Blog article
Principles matter
In this age of restricted travel, when webinars have taken the place of conferences, at first, I missed face-to-face meetings a lot. But virtual events do allow one to get exposed to far more ideas than before.
India
2021 - Access Agriculture
Case study
Fighting hidden hunger in Zimbabwe
Vitamin A deficiency is the leading cause of preventable blindness in children globally and an important contributor to the burden of night blindness in pregnant women and severe illness and death in children under the age of five. Southern Africa is not spared.
In Zimbabwe, nearly one in five children under...
Zimbabwe
2021 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Blog article
Workshop to build capacity in quality video translation organised in Zambia
A video translation workshop was organised recently in Lusaka, Zambia, by Access Agriculture to facilitate and build capacity of 12 local media practitioners and NGO representatives in translating video scripts, recording voice-overs and audio editing.
Zambia
2021 - Access Agriculture
Newsletter
FAO in Africa, Edition 1
FAO’s Regional Office for Africa is committed to working hand-in-hand with our partners through supporting transformation to more efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable agri-food systems for better production, better nutrition, a better environment and a better life for all, leaving no one behind.
Each quarter, we aim to bring you stories...
2021 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Article
Un antidote pour l’agriculture et la reforestation, face au dérèglement climatique
Lors de la COP26 à Glasgow, le FVC (Fonds Vert pour le Climat) et le FIDA (Fonds International de Développement Agricole) ont promis de financer la Grande Muraille Verte de Dakar à Djibouti, ce rideau de verdure, à hauteur de 143,2 millions de dollars d’ici 2025. Mais concrètement, comment réussir...
2021
Fact sheet
Policies for agroecological transitions in West Africa: What approaches and alternatives?
On November 23, 2021, the Food Policy Forum for Change co-organized a roundtable in collaboration with the Alliance for Agroecology in West Africa (3AO), the National Council for Organic Agriculture (CNABio) of Burkina Faso, and the Centre Ecologique Albert Schweitzer Switzerland (CEAS). The aim was to bring together political decision-makers, other actors involved...
Burkina Faso
2021
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