Les successions et les rotations sur une même parcelle sont très importantes pour maintenir l’équilibre écologique et limiter l’épuisement des sols ainsi que la prolifération des ravageurs et maladies.

In the Central Sahel, both the climate and security crises are acute. Strengthening the ability of local communities and actors to respond and adapt to shocks is pivotal and urgent. This paper shows that regional support to local resilience is much-needed but should have a stronger focus on vulnerable areas....

Land cover change (LCC) is a complex and dynamic process influenced by social, economic, and biophysical factors that can cause significant impacts on ecological processes and biodiversity conservation. The assessment of LCC is particularly relevant in a country like Mozambique where livelihood strongly depends on natural resources. In this study,...

Fiche technique sur les cultures en courbe de niveau.

Dans le Sahel, les systèmes agricoles sont caractérisés par une forte vulnérabilité face à différents risques (climatiques, économiques, sanitaires, sécuritaires), une perte de diversification des activités de production agricole et des chaînes de valeurs agricoles peu favorables à la rentabilité des systèmes. Sous la pression démographique, s’exerce une compétition pour...

This was an interactive zoom discussion between youth and guest experts. We had the Key note speech from the Policy and advocacy officer from Bio-vision Foundation who unpacked how Agroecology can fix our food systems. We also had a representative from the ministry of Agriculture, a representative from Local government...

This manual is a consolidation of information from different sources on agroecology and basic production practices. It aims at imparting knowledge to those who intend to implement or facilitate/train on agroecology farming The manual has been arranged into 2 parts. Part 1 elaborates on the basic practices implemented under agroecology...

Augmenter le potentiel d'un champ avec la culture en zaï amélioré

The Government of Cameroon proposed Cameroon’s large shrimp value chain to the FISH4ACP programme in 2019. The country mainly wants to revive shrimp exports to the European Union, after 18 years of stoppage. Cameroon suspended exports to the European Union in 2004 following evidence of non-compliance with hygiene standards during...

L’Afrique est le continent où la prévalence de l’insécurité alimentaire est la plus forte. La pauvreté en est la principale cause même si les ralentissements des économies, les conflits et le changement climatique y contribuent individuellement. Alors que l’accès à l’alimentation était devenu la préoccupation première des décideurs, les perspectives...

In the first edition of its newsletter, the Coalition for food systems transformation through agroecology (Agroecology Coalition) has cited EcoAgtube among the important resources from its members. The Agroecology Coalition brings together countries and stakeholders to accelerate the transformation of food systems through agroecology. It has a membership of more than...

Le sol, ressource essentielle à protéger.

This document is intended to guide program staff in monitoring and evaluating the permagarden component of a project. It contains helpful tips and reminders for how to conduct Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) and surveys with project participants. It also includes example data collection tools that can be modified to suit...

Deputy Agriculture Minister Anthony Mavunde informed Parliament yesterday that the government has prohibited the use of 44 pesticides deemed detrimental to human health and the environment. He was addressing a question from Special Seats MP Asha Abdullah Juma, who inquired about the progress of government reviews to identify hazardous pesticides...

Fertilizer prices driven by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine led a number of farmers around the world to consider or reconsider non-chemical alternatives.  For some years now, family farmers in Kenya’s Kisumu area have replaced chemical fertilizers with organic ones. Organic fertilizers do more than cut input costs and increase resilience...

Africa's aquaculture sector has great potential to help feed the rising population of a continent that is affected more than any other by problems such as climate change and malnutrition. According to SOFIA 2022, Nigeria produced nearly 12 percent of all cultured aquatic animals in Africa in 2020, and the rest of...

The event takes place in Mukono Town on May 12 Unlocking community barriers for a profitable and open source agroforestry coffee value chain: this is the leading theme at the 4th Slow Food Uganda Coffee Festival. Slow Food Uganda believes that agroforestry in coffee production is the key to achieving sustainability...

Cette publication rend compte des trajectoires contrastées des politiques de sécurisation du foncier pastoral en Afrique de l’Ouest.  Il est courant de souligner qu’en Afrique de l’Ouest, la question du « foncier pastoral » est fréquemment au cœur de l’actualité notamment à travers la fréquence des conflits agro-pastoraux souvent meurtriers,...

Water scarcity is a major challenge in the Sahel region of West Africa. Water scarcity in combination with prevalent soil degradation has severely reduced the land productivity in the region. The decrease in resiliency of food security systems of marginalized population has huge societal implications which often leads to mass...

The international organic certification system can be bureaucratic and expensive, and beyond the reach of smallholder ecological farmers who produce for the local market. In many countries, Participatory Guarantee Systems, or PGS, are emerging as an alternative accreditation system. While PGS systems are created locally and differ from one country...