Face aux enjeux de sécurité et de souveraineté alimentaires, couplés aux impératifs environnementaux, l’agriculture africaine doit se transformer pour s’inscrire dans une logique de durabilité. Das sa note d’analyse d’avril 2023, l’Observatoire de l’action climat en Afrique s'intéresse aux approches adaptatives conciliant savoir-faire locaux et approches exogènes.

Urban development trajectories in sub-Saharan Africa are unsustainable. Fast-growing cities constitute nutrient sinks relying on nutrient-poor hinterlands. We propose a pragmatic waste flow assessment providing authorities with a cross-sectoral view of a city’s nutrient sink status. Following a nested approach, we focus on the origin and fate of a city’s...

Mise en défend d'un champ avec une haie vive antiérosive.  

The "FAO in the Pacific 2022" report provides an overview of FAO's activities and achievements in the Pacific Islands region throughout the year 2022. It highlights the Organization's efforts to promote sustainable agriculture, fisheries, and forestry, and to improve food security and nutrition in the region. The report also includes...

Low-carbon agricultural practices have received increasing attention, and the rapid development of agricultural product quality certification in China has provided a potential way to implement low-carbon agriculture. This study employs an endogenous switching regession to examine the effects of quality certification on low-carbon production behaviors using the survey data of...

At first, there didn't seem to be much reason for concern. By the end of it, the trail of destruction had left few homes, crops and livestock unscathed. Nguyen Hue, an 84-year-old farmer, recalls: “When the first warnings came through over the loudspeakers, we went to take shelter nearby in a...

This course aims to support parliamentarians in ensuring that adequate financial resources are allocated to achieve food security and gender equality. It is designed to equip parliamentarians with the knowledge and tools to effectively address the gender dimensions in budgeting and drive positive change as parliamentarians. This course is part of...

Local varieties often cope better with drought and other stresses, and outperform modern varieties when grown under ecological conditions. Collect traditional varieties by visiting seed savers in their homes, or while attending seed festivals and farmer training events. Seed savers and seed producers select the varieties they like most. These...

Il existe une grande variété de formes d'agriculture qui se distinguent par leur projet, leur approche, leurs pratiques et leurs technologies. Parmi elles, l'agriculture biodynamique et la syntropie ont été peu étudiées par les scientifiques. Les recherches conduites par INRAE contribuent à la production de connaissances scientifiques sur les cahiers...

Fiche technique sur les diguettes anti-érosives filtrantes pour augmenter le potentiel d'un champ.

En prélude à la 5e conférence ministérielle Union Africaine-Union Européenne (UA-UE) sur l’agriculture, prévue pour le 30 juin 2023 à Rome en Italie, les plus grands mouvements populaires et organisations de la société civile d’Afrique ont animé une conférence de presse virtuelle le mardi 27 octobre 2023, pour réclamer une...

Significant detrimental effects of agricultural intensification and specialization are becoming increasingly evident. Reliance on monocultures, few varieties, and intensive use of agrochemicals is a major factor in climate change, biodiversity decline, soil health deterioration, and pollution, putting our food system at risk. This requires sustainable agricultural processes, such as crop...

This brief examines some of the key legal considerations related to school gardens, and also explores regulatory options for strengthening the legislative environment for sustainable school food and nutrition in the country. This brief is rooted in a holistic approach to school food and nutrition and the analysis provided in...

La agroecología constituye un cambio de paradigma en términos productivos, socio-ambientales, filosóficos y espirituales, basado en una relación armoniosa con la naturaleza de la que somos parte como humanidad. El enfoque agroecológico procura el desarrollo de agroecosistemas sustentados en los procesos de los ecosistemas naturales y promueve la independencia de...

Food security without food sovereignty cannot be a reality. The future of the world depends on sustainable and regenerative food production systems. We produce enough food to feed the population of over 8 billion souls, yet as many as 828 million people don’t have enough food to eat every day....

This publication serves as a guide for countries in exploring how reporting for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) indicators under FAO custodianship serves the scope of compiling information for the biennial transparency reports (BRT) under the Enhanced Transparency Framework (ETF). The paper intends to demonstrate the potential integration of adaptation...

Uncover the truths behind the big rallying cries of the current climate moment – technological savourism, regenerative ag, the sanctity of plant-based diets, you get the picture. Alongside our guest Ayla Fenton, the team will give their hot takes on some of the biggest myths and falsehoods when it comes...

Feeding Ourselves as an event grew out of the Cloughjordan Community Farm (CCF). CCF had itself as a member owned and operated CSA – Community Supported Agriculture – initiative 13 years ago. Then, this farm, which itself emerged from a newly established ecovillage, wanted to tell the world about this...

Au collège d’El Maâmoura, les élèves s’initient aux joies de la permaculture, une belle façon de joindre l’utile à l’agréable. «La terre m’a enseigné la plus belle des vertus : la patience. Plus on y sème de l’amour et de la persévérance, plus la récolte sera fructueuse».Voilà des paroles empreintes...

This article explores the transformative potential of an agroecological project in addressing challenges faced by vulnerable smallholder farmers in Kembata Tembaro, Ethiopia. Four key indicators of farmers’ food security – enset stock, land sharing, agricultural biodiversity, and fodder production – were assessed before and after the project implementation. The findings...