A collaborative project between farmers in northwest Tanzania’s Karagwe District, the development organization Community Habitat Environmental Management and Matunda Mema, an organic produce exporter, demonstrates that small-scale East African farmers can benefit from the growing demand for organic products.

This report is the result of the EIP-AGRI Focus Group (FG) on Soil organic matter (SOM) content in Mediterranean regions, which was launched under the European Innovation Partnership Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability (EIP-AGRI). The Focus Group brought together 19 experts with different backgrounds and experiences to make recommendations on transferable...

Starting from the early 1990s, a multitude of national and regional initiatives have emerged in the Great Mekong Sub-Region for supporting ecological intensification of agriculture or agroecology. The French Agency for Development (AFD) has been a very active supporter of these initiatives, especially in relation to the promotion of Conservation...

Small-scale, resource-poor farmers organize fair trade grower cooperatives to market certified organic cocoa exports from post-war Sierra Leone.

The conference will bring foundations together with diverse stakeholders (civil society organizations, public, multilateral institutions and others) to look at good practices supported by foundations in the fields of land use and sustainable food systems and to discuss elements of success, replicability and the potential to scale-up. This will be...

Una visita-taller a una quinta del barrio La Garita de Cañuelas fue el marco para que los productores se interiorizaran sobre las técnicas de intercultivo como alternativa de manejo para una producción agroecológica. En este caso se observó una experiencia sobre trigo y lino intercultivado con trébol.

On his experimental farm in Artemisa Province, La Finca Marta, Funes-Monzote embraces a movement to cultivate “agroecology” in Cuba. This method of sustainable farming, he believes, may be the best hope for Cuban food production, as the island nation works to overhaul its economic and agricultural systems – both of...

Cet extrait du documentaire de Christophe Joly, réalisé en mai 2013, présente la philosophie de Terre de Liens au travers du regard et de l'implication de bénévoles de la région Rhône-Alpes.

In this video FAO presents the Lao agricultural sector, which is largely based on subsistence farming. Upland rice farmers in Laos depend on agro-biodiversity resources, including native species of plants, animals and insects for food, income and medicine. However some species are now declining due to agriculture intensification and overharvesting,...

Après dix années de guerre civile, les agricultrices ivoiriennes luttent contre la pauvreté et préservent la paix en cultivant des semences de riz de haute qualité, ce qui leur permet non seulement de doubler leurs rendements et leurs profits mais aussi de gagner en indépendance.

Lemongrass, citronella, cinnamon, thyme, and so on... could these plants whose smell repels insects be used to protect horticultural crops? This is the question some researchers from CIRAD asked when looking into the repellent compounds in the extracts and essential oils of several such plants. Once identified and characterized, these...

Su misión es contribuir al desarrollo integral de las Mujeres Rurales e Indígenas, considerando los aspectos laborales, económicos, sociales y culturales, a través del estímulo a la organización y su fortalecimiento. Todo su quehacer está sustentado en una ideología que apunte a la construcción de relaciones de igualdad, considerando la...

The Federal University of Paraná (UFPR) signed today (28/10/2015) a new contract for the purchase of food from family farms. The University is a pioneer in buying products from family farms to supply their university restaurants, and, since 2012, it is an active participant of the Food Acquisition Program of...

The history of this factory in Bihor begins about 20 years ago as a family business. Its upward trajectory was driven by the desire for improvement and innovation, business developing in several steps, the first step being a small livestock farm. Thus, in 2001, it was outlined the current direction...

Healthy soils contribute to resilient food production. Soil carbon is a key to healthy soils but, today we see the long-term consequences of agricultural management that has neglected soil carbon – degraded soils, polluted waters, and unprecedented rates of hunger and malnutrition. There are good examples of agroecological practices that...

The Gîrboiu wine cellar is a family business created in 2005. The vineyards are set in the Cotești village, located in an area with a climate extremely favorable for growing grapevine and a soil rich in mineral, unique in the south-east of Romania. This area has a vast tradition in winemaking,...

Grain de sel est la revue semestrielle d’Inter-réseaux Développement rural. Chaque numéro est consacré à une thématique précise et vise à faire participer aux débats et réflexions autour de ce thème une diversité d’acteurs et de points de vue.

The area where the beneficiary of this project activates is in a vegetable area with tradition in Braila County, but which is insufficiently exploited due to the population aging process. Considering the growth of the consumption of vegetables and fruit, especially of the local and natural ones, Aurelia Dunose decided...

Cáceres (MT) – A pesquisa Promovendo Agroecologia em Rede, que a Articulação Nacional de Agroecologia (ANA) está realizando no país, envolvendo sete regiões brasileiras, com o apoio da Fundação Banco do Brasil e do BNDES na realidade traça um retrato da agricultura familiar no momento histórico. Sem contar as diferenças...

In September 2015, family farmer Jyoti Fernandes spoke at a Policy Debate in the European Parliament. The video is embedded below and a full transcript of the talk is available here. Being part of the UK Landworkers’ Alliance and the European Coordination of La Vía Campesina (host of the debate),...