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Youth and generational renewal
Youth in rural areas, and young farmers in particular, enhance rural vitality and pave the way for stronger value chains and rural prosperity. Generational renewal is one of the preconditions for improved competitiveness of the agricultural sector over the longer term and for sustainable food production in Europe. Rural Development...
European Union
2019 - European Network for Rural Development
Ouvrage
Tree Foods For Healthy Diets in South Sudan
Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which:
identify highly nutritious local food plants,
explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way,
detail the nutritional value of the plants and
describe why human bodies require those nutrients.
The resources created by FPS allows people to better...
South Sudan
2019 - Food Plant Solutions
Fiche d'information
Agroecology: Key to agricultural resilience and ecosystem recovery
Both the IPCC and IPBES claim that a “transformative” change that can still reverse the catastrophic trends through an agroecological approach.
Within this context, this fact sheet, elaborated by the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) calls for an increase in awareness among decision-makers of the significant potential of agroecology to tackle challenges...
2019 - Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP)
Article de revue spécialisée
From Transition to Domains of Transformation: Getting to Sustainable and Just Food Systems through Agroecology
The acceleration of ecological crises has driven a growing body of thinking on sustainability transitions. Agroecology is being promoted as an approach that can address multiple crises in the food system while addressing climate change and contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals. Beyond the more technical definition as, “the ecology...
2019
Site web
Agroecology and Rural Livelihoods Groups (ARLG)
Agroecology and Rural Livelihoods Groups (ARLG) does transdisciplinary and participatory action research (PAR) in agroecology in the United States and Latin America. Research and teaching efforts focus on developing and applying transdisciplinary approaches that analyze interactions between agriculture, livelihoods, and environmental conservation in tropical and temperate rural landscapes. Most of this...
2019 - University of Vermont
Étude de cas
ENRD workshop Biodiversity and the CAP – working together to reach conservation goals
The workshop explored how to ensure the most effective contribution of current RDPs and future CAP Strategic Plans to support the implementation of EU biodiversity policy, by encouraging dialogue and facilitating exchanges among the relevant agriculture and environmental actors involved in biodiversity conservation in rural Europe. Through presentations and group...
European Union
2019 - ENRD
Fiche d'information
ECOLOGICAL APPROACHES AND ORGANIC FARMING
Agriculture and forestry have to meet the changing needs of society both in terms of consumption and with regards to the environmental issues related to primary production (e.g. biodiversity, habitats, water quality and quantity, climate change, air quality). A deeper understanding of ecological principles is changing perceptions on the functioning...
European Union
2019 - European Commission
Étude de cas
Sustainable smallholder cocoa farming through 4R nutrient management
Cocoa is a key crop for many Indonesian smallholder farmers, who own over 90 percent of the country’s cocoa production land. However, cocoa bean yields have fallen from around 750 kg/ha in the 1980s to below 400 kg/ha over the last two decades, with ageing trees, pests, diseases, poor soil...
Indonesia
2018 - International Fertilizer Association
Ouvrage
Potentially Important Food Plants of Zambia
Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which:
identify highly nutritious local food plants,
explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way,
detail the nutritional value of the plants and
describe why human bodies require those nutrients.
The resources created by FPS allows people to better...
Zambia
2018
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Optimising irrigation in Spanish greenhouses
Sensors and irrigation control systems are a growing solution to manage water use in horticulture. These are proving to be particularly effective in Almería, Spain where you can find one of the largest concentrations of greenhouses in the world. In this arid area on the south coast, water is a...
Spain
2018 - EIP Agri
Vidéos
La historia de Marcela, agricultora chilena
Fundación Microfinanzas BBVA, en el marco de la campaña regional #MujeresRurales, #MujeresconDerechos nos presenta #HistoriasqueEmpoderan.
Este video es de Marcela quien se dedica a la agricultura ecológica, que solo representa el 0,1% de la producción agrícola chilena. Con el apoyo de la Fundación Microfinanzas BBVA ha podido progresar y darles un...
Chile
2018 - Fundación Microfinanzas BBVA
Article de blog
Re-going organic in Nepal
There are hints of ecological farming everywhere you look on Jit Bahadur Singar’s farm. Plastic bottles holding a few drops of imitation pheromones hang among bitter gourd plants to attract pests. A home brew of animal urine, leaves, and remnants of garlic, hot pepper and tobacco – a bio-pesticide –...
Nepal
2018 - SeedChange
Projet
Art as a leverage of local development in a mountain area
In order to revive a remote mountainous area with harsh conditions and stimulate economic activity, a LEADER funded project facilitated the creation of a new touristic offer. This new offer was based on artwork inspired by the surrounding landscape, accompanied with an integrated package of activities, such as the organisation...
France
2018 - European Network for Rural Development
Note/document d'orientation
German Parliamentarian groups recognize and support agroecology approaches
German Parliamentarian groups have pointed out that the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) recognizes the potential and approaches of agroecology as an important response to social problems such as poverty, inequality, hunger and lack of gender equality. In addition, environmental challenges such as deforestation, water scarcity, rising carbon...
Germany
2018 - German Parliament
Rapport
Livestock and Agroecology
How they can support the transition towards sustainable food and agriculture
This brief reviews opportunities and challenges related to livestock’s potential to contribute to agroecological transition, focusing on four main themes, which rely on different elements of agroecology: supporting better livelihoods and creating added value; conserving and using diversity; recycling for better efficiency and finally climate change mitigation and adaptation. It...
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Article de blog
Indonesian Smallholder farmers contribute trillion of rupiahs to investment in food
ice is Indonesia’s main food, and it is important to consider the role of small scale farmers and women in the production of rice and other food. Small farmers and women have contributed immensely to meet the nutritional needs of the Indonesian population. According to national statistics, 73 millions tonnes...
Indonesia
2018 - The Medium Term Cooperation Programme with Farmers’ Organisations in Asia and the Pacific,
Article
Un réseau de fermes agroécologiques pour autonomiser des femmes au Togo et au Bénin
Adaptation Basée sur les Ecosystèmes
Des groupements de paysans et paysannes ont pu tirer profit du projet de promotion de la souveraineté alimentaire axé sur la valorisation des pratiques agroécologiques au Bénin et au Togo. Avec l’appui du Service chrétien d’appui à l’animation rurale (Secaar), ils se sont organisés en réseaux de paysans et de...
Benin - Togo
2018 - IED Afrique
Projet
Resilience through biodiverse cropping and millet recipes driven by Indian women network
This project is currently being implemented in the North of India since 2018 and focuses mainly on female smallholder farmers. The scope is to strengthen resilience through biodiverse cropping and seed system and broaden the type of crop produced in this region. The project is particularly in line with the...
India
2018 - Agroecology Coalition
Rapport
Breaking away from industrial food and farming systems: Seven case studies of agroecological transition
How have farmers, entrepreneurs, social movements, and innovative political actors managed to move away from or circumvent industrial agriculture and move towards a sustainable food system? This report describes seven case studies of agroecological transition to draw insights on how the lock-ins of industrial food systems can be overcome, where the key leverage points for transition...
2018 - IPES-Food
Article de blog
FAO, EU see prospects for a strong digital agriculture
The digital revolution, with its avalanche of information and communication technology tools, is penetrating all spheres of life, and agriculture is no exception. Experts of e-agriculture, as it is called, are discussing the topic at an international event this week in Sofia, Bulgaria, together with representatives of governments, civil society...
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
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