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Malawi: Equal work, unequal earnings
A recent case study in Malawi explores the trading roles of women in fisheries in quantitative and qualitative terms.
Women play important roles in fish food systems, especially post-harvest processing and trading of fish products. However, gendered inequities in fish food systems are common around the globe, limiting livelihood benefits for...
Malawi
2023 - The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
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Le système alimentaire de la ville de Ziguinchor
Focus sur l’environnement alimentaire
De nombreuses mutations socio-économiques sont en cours en Afrique de l’ouest et s’accompagnent de défis croissants pour les systèmes alimentaires urbains. Les villes africaines voient leur population s’accroître rapidement, du fait de la croissance démographique et des migrations rural-urbain. Le triple fardeau de la malnutrition y est important avec une...
Senegal
2023 - Etude coordonnée par le Grdr
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A Guelmim, un trio franco-marocain force le destin agroécologique du désert
Wissal Ben Moussa, Benjamin Rombaut et Gautier de Carcouet sont cofondateurs de Sand to Green, une startup dédiée à l’agroécologie qui vient de lever 1 million de dollars pour son expansion. En déploiement au Sud du Maroc, le trio entend dupliquer l’expérience en Afrique subsaharienne avec, en toile de fond,...
2023
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Rearing crickets for food and feed
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...
Uganda
2023 - Access Agriculture
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Point sur la situation alimentaire au Sahel (PSA)
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...
2023 - Afrique Verte
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How community-designed solutions take pressure off Madagascar’s Manombo Rainforest, spur food production
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.
Madagascar
2023 - https://farmersreviewafrica.com
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Au One forest summit, l'enjeu de la survie des forêts tropicales
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...
2023
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Africa: The NARO PAH-safe fish smoking kiln
Greater support is needed for the adoption of a safe and effective fish smoking technology, associated with numerous positive socio-economic outcomes
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...
Uganda
2023 - The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
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‘During droughts, pivot to agroecology’: Q&A with soil expert at the World Agroforestry Centre
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...
Kenya
2023
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The regional agroecology fund in eastern Africa
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...
2023 - The Agroecology Fund
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What’s New, Webby?: CAOPA Profiles
CAOPA, the African Confederation of Professional Organizations of Artisanal Fisheries, recently launched an exciting new series on its website that captures the stories, lives, struggles, challenges and achievements of women leaders in African fisheries.
2023 - The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
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What’s new with technologies in Africa? Newsletter #3
The third newsletter of the African Technology Assessment Platform (AfriTAP) has been released, highlighting recent developments in various technology areas, including geoengineering, agriculture, genetics, and digital technologies. AfriTAP is a collaborative effort by African and international civil society groups to monitor and respond to the impacts of new technologies on...
2023 - https://assess.technology
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The sound and vision of organic farming for rural audiences: Webinar dedicated to media houses
A webinar titled ‘The sound and vision of organic farming for rural audiences’ was held by Access Agriculture on 14th March for the English-speaking audience. For the French-speaking audience, a webinar on the same theme, titled ‘Le son et la vision de l’agriculture biologique pour les audiences rurales’ was held...
Kenya
2023 - Access Agriculture
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Rapport de capitalisation - Partenariats économiques responsables : passerelle innovante entre organisations de producteurs
Cette capitalisation restitue les expériences des quatre premiers partenariats économiques responsables, impliquant des organisations agricoles françaises et africaines, mis en œuvre par Afdi (en Nouvelle-Aquitaine et Pays de la Loire ) dans les filières ananas bio-équitable et noix de cajou bio et équitable au Bénin, soja bio au Burkina-Faso, et...
2023 - Afdi
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Africa: Making fish smoking safe and sustainable
A simple yet efficient new technique to smoke fish prototyped recently holds great promise for effective and sustainable postharvest fish processing
In a bid to revolutionize fish processing methods and promote sustainability, a pilot study of a prototype fish drum oven was recently carried out. The study used innovative technology to address the limitations of traditional fish smoking techniques while ensuring the preservation of nutritional value and product quality. Based on...
2023 - The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
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Women Smallholders Will Drive Africa’s Transition to Regenerative Agriculture
Regenerative agriculture techniques provide a lifeline to the world's poorest farmers, restoring soils and increasing yields and incomes while sequestering carbon emissions. Because women account for 80% of Kenyan farmers, women must drive the transition to regenerative farming at scale. According to a report released last year by the IUCN and...
2023
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The challenges of being a female farmer in Uganda
Nambiro Fatuma is a single mother of 4 kids that fully depend on her. She, on the other hand, depends on her income that comes from a family farm owned by her father. “I produce bananas, maize, beans, cassava, sweet potatoes, mangoes and avocados…” she says. “I once thought about starting a poultry...
Uganda
2023 - Food Security Center
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Young entrepreneurs in Uganda empowered with digital skills
As part of a joint project with FAO Farmer Field School (FFS) in Uganda, eight youths belonging to three entrepreneur teams from Karamoja region in Uganda took part in an orientation course, 15-17 March, to master the use of a solar-powered Digisoft smart projector (containing all Access Agriculture farmer-training videos)....
Rwanda
2023 - Access Agriculture
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First Access Agriculture videos in South African languages
Access Agriculture conducted a translation workshop 7-9 March 2023 for South Africa, under the Knowledge Centers for Organic Agriculture (KCOA) Project, in Cala, Eastern Cape, in South Africa.
The training brought together nine participants, four from Vukani Community Radio Station in the Eastern Cape Province and another four from Muletsi Community...
2023 - Access Agriculture
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Maintaining biodiversity-friendly landscapes
Protecting our ecosystems requires more than the enlargement of protected areas. With the right incentives, farmed landscapes could be managed in a way that enhances the numerous benefits nature offers to society and that support the biodiversity conservation targets of protected areas.
The enlargement of protected areas and carbon price incentives...
2023
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