A well designed redistributive payment is an essential tool to reduce inequalities among CAP beneficiaries and farming systems. But as is often the case, the best design strongly depends on national and regional specificities. The Czech Republic’s approach to the redistributive payment is a good example of that. The Czech...

In low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), agricultural investment remains a priority for economic development. Sustainability is a key challenge in LMICs, as many of the current agricultural practices reduce soil fertility and greatly depend on external inputs. Agroecological approaches are increasingly recognized as a means to improve sustainable development of...

Les successions et les rotations sur une même parcelle sont très importantes pour maintenir l’équilibre écologique et limiter l’épuisement des sols ainsi que la prolifération des ravageurs et maladies.

Fiche technique sur les cultures en courbe de niveau.

Increases in organic production contribute significantly to reducing the use of chemical fertilisers, pesticides and antimicrobials and have positive effects on our climate, the environment, biodiversity and animal welfare. That is why organic production has been identified as playing a key role in achieving the objectives of the European Green Deal,...

Topics include Animal welfare; Funding opportunities for academia; Coop&Grow 2: Multifund sustainable LDSs; Cities2030 meeting & other relevant topics.

Dans le Sahel, les systèmes agricoles sont caractérisés par une forte vulnérabilité face à différents risques (climatiques, économiques, sanitaires, sécuritaires), une perte de diversification des activités de production agricole et des chaînes de valeurs agricoles peu favorables à la rentabilité des systèmes. Sous la pression démographique, s’exerce une compétition pour...

Organic Aquaculture and Agroecology - What’s up? The views and opinions expressed in this video are those of the presenter and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience (CAWR). We are driving innovative transdisciplinary research on socially just resilient food...

This was an interactive zoom discussion between youth and guest experts. We had the Key note speech from the Policy and advocacy officer from Bio-vision Foundation who unpacked how Agroecology can fix our food systems. We also had a representative from the ministry of Agriculture, a representative from Local government...

Se placer dans une optique « zéro pesticide » permet aux scientifiques d’INRAE d’explorer des fronts de science très novateurs. Parmi les pistes : mobiliser des actions préventives, détecter au plus tôt l’apparition des maladies et ravageurs, stimuler l’immunité de la plante, sélectionner des variétés aptes à la cohabitation, démultiplier le biocontrôle… Le...

This manual is a consolidation of information from different sources on agroecology and basic production practices. It aims at imparting knowledge to those who intend to implement or facilitate/train on agroecology farming The manual has been arranged into 2 parts. Part 1 elaborates on the basic practices implemented under agroecology...

Augmenter le potentiel d'un champ avec la culture en zaï amélioré

El presente libro documenta reflexiones en torno al proceso de fortalecimiento de capacidades para la innovación en la agricultura campesina, familiar y comunitaria de la subregión centro en el departamento de Nariño, con un enfoque agroecológico. En este contexto, el Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación, a través del Fondo de...

In the first edition of its newsletter, the Coalition for food systems transformation through agroecology (Agroecology Coalition) has cited EcoAgtube among the important resources from its members. The Agroecology Coalition brings together countries and stakeholders to accelerate the transformation of food systems through agroecology. It has a membership of more than...

Le modèle agroécologique est basé sur un ensemble de leviers, de l’échelle de l’exploitation au paysage, qui permettent de créer un écosystème autoprotecteur et de limiter l’usage de pesticides. Il met en œuvre de nouvelles formes d’occupation des sols pour maximiser la couverture du sol et diversifier les paysages :...

The Forest and Farm Facility (FFF) is a partnership aimed at strengthening forest and farm producer organisations. A cross-cutting goal of FFF is to support the empowerment and entrepreneurship of women forest and farm producers. Women’s organisations around the world are trailblazing transformative approaches to economic empowerment and livelihood improvement. One such organisation is...

En el marco del trabajo articulado entre el equipo de Capacitación de Cambio Rural y la Dirección Nacional de Agroecología, se realizó la capacitación virtual para Promotores/as Asesores/as y Agentes de Proyecto vinculados a grupos Agroecológicos o en Transición Agroecológica. La capacitación estuvo a cargo del Ing. Eduardo Cerdá (Director...

A sunny day in March is the one chosen for cutting off the Gatinho watermelons (mini striped) that Esther Molina has cultivated on her organic greenhouse farm in Los Grillos without the use of insecticides thanks to conservation biological control. Esther is one of the farmers of the Spanish greenhouse...

Le sol, ressource essentielle à protéger.

Women livestock rearers, who attended the ‘Animal Rearer Award for Women’ ceremony organised by the NGO Anthra, led by Dr. Nitya Ghotge, in Pune, Maharashtra, India, greatly appreciated the farmer-training videos on herbal medicines in animal healthcare, that were jointly developed by Anthra and Access Agriculture.