La région du Sahel est aujourd’hui confrontée à de nombreux défis, à savoir une crise sécuritaire, la montée de l’extrémisme, des perspectives économiques limitées, des emplois décents qui font défaut, sans parler des difficultés pour accéder à l’éducation, à la formation professionnelle et à l’ensemble des services de base. Les...

The global population is growing, especially in Africa – and with it the demand for food. At the same time, we are reaching planetary boundaries: climate change and the loss of biodiversity are limiting conventional agriculture. Based on its 13 principles, the agroecological transformation describes a path towards resilient, productive,...

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...

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...

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...

La Plataforma de Conocimientos sobre Agricultura Familiar en colaboración con Barefoot Guide Connection organizó una serie de “talleres de escritura”, para ayudar a los profesionales a escribir sus propias experiencias, generando conocimientos que destaquen las prácticas, cambios, innovaciones e impactos de lo que hacen en apoyo a la agricultura familiar. Estos...

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)....

Long-term active restoration is often employed to restore degraded grasslands. The establishment of a viable soil seed bank is the key to successful restoration, as it enhances the resilience of vegetation. However, little is known of how the soil seed bank affects vegetation resilience following long-term active restoration of degraded...

En el marco de la implementación del programa en el país, Mesoamérica sin Hambre AMEXCID-FAO ha colaborado con el Gobierno dominicano en la socialización del contenido de la Ley 589-16 y su reglamento, así como en el diseño e implementación de otros instrumentos normativos y de política pública que promueven...

Increasing the productivity of all livestock systems through innovations for improved feeding, genetics and husbandry practices is essential to contribute to the improvement of agrifood systems leaving no one behind. From 25 to 27 September 2023, FAO will organize the first ever Global Conference on Sustainable Livestock Transformation for “better production, better nutrition,...

Non-extractive and power-equalising research involves different knowledge holders (e.g. researchers and farmers) in a process of close cooperative engagement, jointly producing new knowledge, with mutual learning. As such, this form of cooperative enquiry is a significant reversal from dominant roles, locations, and ways of knowing. I offer some examples and reflections on...

La Plataforma de Conocimientos sobre Agricultura Familiar en colaboración con Barefoot Guide Connection organizó una serie de “talleres de escritura”, para ayudar a los profesionales a escribir sus propias experiencias, generando conocimientos que destaquen las prácticas, cambios, innovaciones e impactos de lo que hacen en apoyo a la agricultura familiar. Estos...

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...

Le programme ECOFAC a été mis en place en 1992 pour promouvoir une gestion durable des ressources naturelles en Afrique centrale. Financé par l’Union européenne, il est conduit sous l’égide de la Communauté économique des États de l’Afrique centrale et intervient dans huit pays de la région. Le programme a...

The Good Food Good Farming (GFGF) movement, of which Slow Food is an active member, is launching a campaign to defend and promote the urgent need for Europe to transition towards sustainable food systems. Next September, the European Commission will propose a Sustainable Food systems Law, which could be a game-changer for...

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...

Organic mixed livestock farming offers a range of potential benefits for the environment. Due to the diversification of enterprises, this farming system can be associated with a high workload, which means that it could be socially unsustainable. The aim of this study was to understand and explain work satisfaction of farmers...

Este folleto producido en el marco del proyecto +Algodón busca presentar brevemente algunos resultados de investigaciones sobre la diversidad y distribución geográfica actual de variedades de algodón de color y mejoradas en la región del Chaco y que son producidas por campesinos e indígenas, con el objetivo de identificar el...

New research indicates that soil, often overlooked as just 'dirt', is teeming with life, hosting around 59% of all known species, from tiny bacteria to giant redwood trees. This finding, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, doubles previous estimates of soil biodiversity. Historically, quantifying the exact...

Organic farming delivers multiple benefits for the climate and biodiversity, including increased carbon sequestration in soils, lower energy input, 30% more on-farm biodiversity and increased resilience of the farming system. These are highlighted in a document on the benefits of organic farming published by IFOAM Organics Europe. Transforming how we...