In 2022, the Agroecology Fund took important steps forward in strengthening agroecology movements worldwide. It approved a new five year strategic plan, featuring creative actions that offer timely resources to agroecology organizations and networks as they push food systems towards justice and sustainability. The present report shares insights about where...

The objective of this technical study was to identify the main trends and practices for the allocation of marine space for the development of aquaculture across the EU, within the Maritime Spatial Plans (MSPs) produced to date. Based on consultation with EU Member States, the study presents the main enablers,...

People who traditionally eat insects, such as grasshoppers, termites, white ants or crickets catch them in the wild when they are in season. In some places there are now fewer edible insects because the environment has been damaged. Rearing insects on your farm can provide proteins throughout the year. Edible...

Irish LEADER support for the Water Biodiversity Training Programme for the Duhallow Communities project acted as a catalyst in helping local authorities design popular and productive environmental actions attracting larger sources of funding. LEADER is good at building social capacity in rural community organisations that can be directed to develop and...

Début mai, les prix des céréales restent globalement élevés (par rapport aux cinq dernières années) au Burkina, au Mali et au Niger. Le bulletin donne aussi une série d’informations sur le niveau d’approvisionnement des marchés, la situation alimentaire des ménages ou encore les différentes activités génératrices de revenus développées par...

In response to the sustainability issues that agriculture faces in advanced economies, agroecology has gained increasing relevance in scientific, political, and social debates. This has promoted discussion about transitions to agroecology, which represents a significant advancement. Accordingly, it has become a growing field of research. We reviewed the literature on...

El proyecto de “Respuesta y recuperación al impacto del Covid-19 en los medios de vida rurales y los sistemas alimentarios en los países de la Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños (CELAC) a través de la Cooperación Sur-Sur” se desarrolla en 12 países de la región y tiene como resultados...

La metodología tiene como propósito producir evidencia que permita incentivar el diálogo técnico-político entre la comunidad de práctica de los sectores de gestión del riesgo de desastres,la protección social, agricultura y de seguridad alimentaria; con énfasis en las comunidades rurales cuyos medios de vida agrícolas y seguridad alimentaria se ven...

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Health In Harmony (HIH), an international nonprofit organisation through its community-designed solutions approach has introduced sustainable farming practices among local farmers and reduce reliance on logging for income further easing pressure off Madagascar’s Manombo Rainforest.

Although the global food system increasingly is viewed as unsustainable for human and planetary health, the policy pathways for transforming the status quo are often highly contentious. This book brings together inter-disciplinary scholars to analyze the political economy dynamics central to food system transformation and to identify pathways for enhancing...

The impacts of climate change are many and distributed. While extreme events, enhanced in frequency or intensity by climate change, may not cause as many causalities as they did in the past, they disrupt many services. Among these, disruption in health services, including those that address sexual and reproductive health...

Le One Forest Summit s'est achève ce jeudi 2 mars 2023 à Libreville au Gabon, au cœur du bassin du Congo, l'un des trois bassins forestiers tropicaux les plus importants du globe. L'enjeu était de trouver des solutions pour inciter financièrement les pays du Sud à préserver leurs forêts afin de...

This report describes the rationale for a series of common and broadly accepted soil health indicators to support policy. The focus is on soil threats, and indicators were selected in view of their appropriateness for assessing the condition of soil, its degradation, its resilience and its valuable services. For each...

La revolución del AgTech avanza rápidamente en América Latina, a partir de una amplia gama de nuevas tecnologías aplicadas a los sistemas agroalimentarios. Sin embargo, estas innovaciones y avances tecnológicos no siempre llegan a los pequeños productores, que representan más del 40% de la población productiva de la región. Para enfrentar...

The president of the UN’s desertification conference, Alain-Richard Donwahi, warns of imminent threats to global food supplies due to the combined effects of climate change, water scarcity, and poor farming practices. Donwahi, who presided over the UN Cop15 summit on desertification, emphasized that the detrimental impacts of climate change, particularly...

Smoking fish is one of the most common methods of food preservation among fishing communities in Uganda. The most common species that fishing communities smoke include Nile Perch and Tilapia. However, one of the main hazards associated with traditional smoking methods is the risk of cancer due to Polycyclic Aromatic...

As the drought in Kenya persists, pastoralists in the region are struggling as millions of livestock die and vast swaths of crops perish. Food insecurity affects approximately 4.4 million people in the country. International food agencies have described the situation as a dire humanitarian crisis, emphasizing the critical need to...

The Regional Agroecology Fund in Eastern Africa is a financing and learning tool to support agroecology networks and organizations across the region, which form the core of Eastern Africa’s agroecology movement. The purpose of the fund is to: • Offer donors a simple way to fund grassroots organizations, networks, and...

The book of proceedings of the GSOIL4N contains the papers presented during the Global Symposium on Soils for Nutrition that was held from 26 to 29 July 2022. The papers provide the latest research findings and multisectoral insights which evidenced that nutrient imbalance is a global and crosscutting threat with multifactorial drivers...