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...

At the request of the government, an FAO Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission (CFSAM) visited the country from 10 to 28 October 2022 to estimate the 2022 crop production and forecast the country’s import requirements during the 2022/23 marketing year (July/June). The mission’s aim was to provide an accurate...

In the last decade, solar energy has experienced a rapid growth, which brings both environmental and economic benefits. In many countries, there is still no electricity grid extension in rural areas, and in the absence of a reliable electricity supply, farmers have to resort to diesel-based pumping irrigation systems. The...

The Sustainable Wildlife Management (SWM) Programme, in Guyana is encouraging coordinated community-driven initiatives that support food security and traditional livelihoods. These will contribute to maintaining healthy fish and terrestrial wildlife populations. It is being implemented by the Guyana Wildlife Conservation and Management Commission in coordination with CIFOR. The SWM Programme is...

Modernizing irrigation systems in Central Asia could increase the productivity of the irrigation sector to meet growing food and export demand, while also improving farmers’ livelihoods. It could ensure greater irrigation efficiency and crop productivity amid growing water scarcity in the region and deliver cost-effective and reliable irrigation services to...

U.S. agriculture is both a major source of global food and a key contributor to multiple interconnected crises. Climate change, biodiversity loss, and severe impacts on soil and water quality are among the challenges caused by U.S. industrial agriculture. Regenerative methods of farming are necessary to confront all these challenges...

La nueva serie Informes País Mujeres Rurales, la Iniciativa Mujer Rural y Derecho a la Tierra ofrece una mirada a la situación de las mujeres rurales en distintos países de Latinoamérica. Presenta datos unificados para entender sus condiciones demográficas, analizamos los mecanismos institucionales con los que cuentan para la garantía de...

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 »...

Familias campesinas de Coyuca de Benítez, Guerrero, optan por la producción agroecológica de alimentos. En las diferentes comunidades de México, la milpa mesoamericana se manipula de acuerdo al entorno agroecológico de cada región. Su diversidad poliforme es un agroecosistema polifuncional en donde el maíz es el cultivo principal y cohabita simbióticamente...

Mobility is a vital strategy employed by pastoralists to capitalize on the scarce availability of resources in variable environments, making pastoralism economically feasible and environmentally sustainable. Through mobility, pastoralists can produce animal-sourced products that provide food and income security to populations in the world’s rangelands. Such a practice also provides...

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...

The guts, heads, skin or any other part of the fish that people do not eat can be turned into organic fertiliser by fermenting or composting it. Fish waste is rich in nitrogen, phosphorus, calcium and vitamins. By applying fish fertiliser, we can increase the good microbes in the soil,...

Due to the droughts and reduced domestic production, cereal import requirements have increased in 2022/23 in Arab countries. However, various factors limit the room for manoeuvre of regional governments to procure cereals from abroad, such as high international grain and transport prices, the Ukraine crisis, more expensive alternative import sources,...

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....

Le projet LIFE Coteaux Gascons (LIFE CG) a émergé sur le département du Gers sous l’impulsion de l’ADASEA 32. Ce projet, d’une durée de 5 ans (2021 – 2025), cherche à répondre aux enjeux d'interdépendance entre élevage et biodiversité dans les coteaux gascons ainsi qu’aux enjeux de préservation du patrimoine...

Hoy en día, la trazabilidad es una herramienta valiosa para solucionar problemas de seguridad y confianza entre las organizaciones de productores y el cliente final, pues el mercado es cada vez más exigente en los atributos de calidad del producto y su información, en un mundo globalizado conectado con la...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) will fast track an impact-oriented project in Central America and in sub-Saharan Africa for digital soil nutrient mapping thanks to a $20 million contribution from the Government of the United States of America. This type of soil mapping can improve...