Ernest Aubee, the former Head of Agriculture Division at ECOWAS, recently spoke to Journalists Go Organic about the potential of Ecological Organic Agriculture (EOA). According to Aubee, EOA is a sustainable production system that prioritizes the health of soils, ecosystems, and people. He noted that there are ample opportunities for...

This article develops a conceptual framework on pathways through which non-contributory social protection can contribute to a resilient and inclusive agricultural growth in rural Africa. It draws insights from a review of rigorous empirical evidence on the impacts of cash transfers and multifaceted cash plus programs on range of relevant...

Audio podcast of Access Agriculture Co-founder Phil Malone in conversation with Neeraj Kumar, Co-founder of Khetee, an NGO in Bihar, India, on his experience as Access Agriculture’s Entrepreneur for Rural Access (ERA). Listen here ...

Water and food security are closely linked. WFP and UNEP agree to work together to improve food, water and environmental security in vulnerable communities. Biodiversity and ecosystem loss, the climate crisis, and environmental degradation are having devastating impacts on the food and water security of millions of people around the world....

La diversification des cultures est un des leviers qui pourraient contribuer à stabiliser, voire améliorer, les rendements dans les régions soudano-sahéliennes contraintes par des conditions climatiques semi-arides et des sols très faiblement fertiles. Elle peut permettre aussi d’atténuer les risques liés aux marchés. Cette diversification peut être mise en œuvre...

Interview with Editrudith Lukanga, Environmental Management and Economic Development Organization (EMEDO), Tanzania. In Tanzania, I founded an organization called Environmental Management and Economic Development Organization (EMEDO). As part of implementing the SSF guidelines, under an FAO-supported project titled “Implementation of the Small-Scale Fisheries Guidelines for gender equitable and climate resilient food...

Depuis le milieu de l’année 2020, les prix des matières premières agricoles et de certains intrants utilisés en agriculture sont en hausse sur les marchés mondiaux. Ces chocs de prix accentuent la pression sur les producteurs agricoles, qui développent des stratégies d’adaptation et de résilience.

The Livelihoods Mt Elgon project aims at improving the livelihoods of 30,000 small-holder farmers by empowering farmers with sustainable agricultural practices including agroforestry, and establishing connections to markets through 15 cooperatives. The project is a partnership between Livelihoods Fund, Vi Agroforestry and Brookside Dairy. The project will lead to: -...

The year was 1998. Lydia Sasu, the notable personality being profiled in this column, was then a civil servant in the Department of Women in Agriculture in the Ghanaian Ministry of Food and Agriculture and also the Coordinator of the Freedom from Hunger Campaign of the Food and Agriculture Organization...

This essay emphasises the significance of taking action to address the enormous and severe gender disparity in agriculture. It is still a cliché that women are capable of toiling the land but not of owning it. Every day, women in agriculture confront the derogatory stereotype that farming is a man's...

A majority of virus species capable of infecting humans are zoonotic and have wildlife and/or arthropod reservoirs. The current narrative on preventing the next pandemic thus stresses the role of wildlife in the emergence of human infectious diseases. The emphasis on wildlife, while warranted, appears to underappreciate the role livestock...

Thirty-five delegates from the Ghana Federation of Forest and Farm Producers (GhaFFaP) have been taught about agroecological best practises and the introduction of microorganisms into soils using locally accessible materials. The four-day training session was co-organized by GhaFFaP and Lifeworks Global in Techiman, Bono East, and gathered participants from Ghana's...

Celebrating the contributions of rural and indigenous women to healthy food systems and a sustainable tomorrow The adoption of agroecology has united local communities by providing sharing and learning opportunities for rural women farmers. African rural and indigenous women remain undeterred in their commitment to the practice of agroecology and continue to...

L'innovation et l'application de technologies rendraient-elles les pratiques agricoles plus productives et durables ? Quelle efficacité pour l'agriculture intelligente face au climat ? Les Smart Farms ont-elles un avenir en Afrique ? Voici autant de questions autour desquelles La tribune Afrique a recueillis l’avis d’experts du domaine lors de son émission « Connect 54 »...

Inades-Formation a organisé une conférence débat le 20 octobre 2022 sur le thème « Pour des systèmes alimentaires durables et territorialisés gage d’une alimentation saine, suffisante et durable pour tous : Enjeux et défis ». Les différentes interventions ont surtout porté sur les risques liés aux pesticides chimiques de synthèse,...

The Mugisa Tadeo family lives in the west of Uganda. A couple with seven children, they all live on a five-acre patch of land that has belonged to the family for generations. They live from what grows there: bananas, maize and coffee. The coffee earns them a meagre income. Kawoda is...

Sur la base d’une revue de littérature sur le continent africain et d’une enquête de terrain financée auprès de 285 agriculteurs du nord de la Côte d’Ivoire, ce document se propose de dégager le potentiel des savoirs prévisionnels locaux dans le domaine des services climatiques aux agriculteurs.

The West African nation will let communities veto mining, farming and industrial projects. Activists say the legislation is a progressive landmark. At least one investor calls it unworkable. It is a struggle that communities across the world have faced: stopping companies from grabbing their lands, polluting their environment and forcing...

Across many parts of rural Gambia, women farmers often start their days before dawn to ensure that they have enough water to irrigate their gardens and to cook, clean and bathe at home. “Some of us would wake up as early as 3.00 a.m. to 4.00 a.m. just to get water....

Selon cet article, le modèle agro-chimique des pesticides se caractérise par une puissante inertie. Une fois les pesticides ancrés dans les pratiques agricoles, toute volonté de s’en détourner pour faire émerger des modèles plus durables se heurte à d’importants freins et obstacles. L’article explore ces enjeux à travers le cas...