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Anthropogenic and atmospheric variability intensifies flash drought episodes in South Asia
Flash droughts are abrupt and rapid intensification of droughts that affect agriculture, water, and ecosystems and are commonplace in South Asia. Despite their potential impact, flash drought evolution characteristics and underlying mechanisms in South Asia remain underexplored. We use a multivariate approach to analyze the onset speed, frequency, severity, duration,...
Afghanistan - India - Pakistan
2024 - Hohai University, China
Directives
Standards of practice to guide ecosystem restoration: A contribution to the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021-2030
The United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021–2030 (hereafter “UN Decade”) aims to prevent, halt and reverse ecosystem degradation and recover biodiversity, and ecosystem integrity; enhance human health and well-being, including sustainable delivery of ecosystem goods and services; and mitigate climate change. To create a shared vision of ecosystem restoration,...
2024 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Manuel
Compendium of forgotten foods in Africa
A companion publication for Integrating Africa’s forgotten foods for better nutrition
The World Wide Fund for Nature defines a food system as “the complete set of people, institutions, activities, processes, and infrastructure involved in producing and consuming food for a given population.” (WWF, 2017). The food system has a bearing on human capital development, provision of jobs, industrial growth, structural transformation...
2024 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Article de blog
Ethiopia: Farmers make the shift to agroecology – but not without support
The intertwined nature of food, livelihoods, health, and natural resource management underscores the growing importance of agroecology. In Ethiopia, the Centre for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF)'s Measuring Agroecology Performance (MAP) project has been assessing the impact of agroecological practices. The evaluation focused on farms in the Hula,...
Ethiopia
2024 - CIFOR-ICRAF
Article
Family farming in climate change: Strategies for resilient and sustainable food systems
Family farming plays a pivotal role in ensuring household food security and bolstering the resilience of food systems against climate change. Traditional agricultural practices are evolving into context-specific, climate-resilient systems such as family farming, homestead gardening, and urban agriculture. This study examines the ways in which family farming can foster...
2024
Vidéos
Local markets key to tackling global hunger crisis: Million Belay
Following the launch of the IPES-Food report entitled Food From Somewhere, Million Belay, AFSA General Coordinator, gave an interview with @ffinlocostain of 8point9.com. In his interview, he explained the importance of resilient territorial markets. Territorial markets can be local, national, or transboundary, and exist in rural, peri-urban, or urban areas....
2024
Article de blog
Africa’s Agricultural Future Lies in Agroecology
Million Belay, AFSA General Coordinator, highlights the importance of agroecology in his article for the joint Rosa Luxemburg Foundation and Alameda dossier "Seeds of Sovereignty: Contesting the Politics of Food." He emphasizes that agroecology strengthens community bonds through the sharing of knowledge, seeds, and labor, fostering food sovereignty by advocating...
2024
Article de blog
Mêler agroécologie et résilience hydrique pour des systèmes alimentaires durables en Afrique
Comment accompagner l’engagement des territoires dans une trajectoire de développement agroécologique conciliant résilience hydrique, sécurité alimentaire et qualité nutritionnelle ? Coordonné par le Cirad et INRAE, le projet MAHDIA vise à articuler les enjeux agricoles, alimentaires, environnementaux et de santé des régions de Meknès au Maroc, Kairouan en Tunisie et...
Morocco - Senegal - Tunisia
2024 - CIRAD
Article de blog
Saamaka youth shares knowledge about governance and land rights with their villages
A group of young people from the Saamaka communities in Suriname have become more knowledgeable and interested in governance, leadership, and rights concerning their lands as a result of the efforts of the Association of Saamaka Communities (VSG) and Tropenbos Suriname. This interest was sparked after the youth participated in...
Suriname
2024 - Tropenbos International
Ouvrage
Modelling the impacts of policy interventions for food systems transformation in Indonesia
Governance and policy support: Report
The Government of Indonesia and FAO have recognized the need for thorough analysis and modelling of Indonesia’s food systems to support food systems transformation efforts in the country. This is needed to provide a better understanding of the governance context in food systems, including the political economy dynamics influencing performance,...
Indonesia
2024 - FAO
Article de revue spécialisée
Food prices and the wages of the poor: A cost-effective addition to high-frequency food security monitoring
The affordability of nutritious food for “all people, at all times” is a critically important dimension of food security. Yet surprisingly, timely high-frequency indicators of food affordability are rarely collected in any systematic fashion despite price volatility emerging as major source of food insecurity in the 21st Century. The 2008...
Ethiopia - Myanmar - Sri Lanka
2024 - IFPRI
Article de blog
Strengthening digital skills of rural advisory service facilitators in Uganda
About 30 rural advisory service (RAS) facilitators from five districts of Uganda – Buikwe, Bugiri, Sembabule, Lira and Soroti – were introduced to Access Agriculture’s resources and tools to enhance their digital skills during a RAS Facilitator orientation training and project commissioning, which was conducted from 15 April to 17 May 2024. ...
Uganda
2024 - Access Agriculture
Article de blog
How territorial markets are nurturing Afrocentric agroecology entrepreneurs
Agroecology and related sustainable ways of producing food started receiving attention in the past few years compared to industrial agriculture practices some which are more than 100 years old. This means big industries that advance agroecology at a big scale are yet to be developed. However, the increasing demand for...
2024
Article de blog
All-women cooperative transforming cocoa waste into energy in Ghana
In a groundbreaking move, as part of MoMo4C, Tropenbos Ghana has launched a Waste-to-Energy pilot project in the Sefwi Wiawso Juaboso Bia (SWJB) landscape with an all-women cocoa cooperative. By turning cocoa waste into a valuable resource, this model aims to create new avenues for income generation, livelihood diversification, and...
Ghana
2024 - Tropenbos International
Article de blog
Getting up to speed with Access Agriculture resources: Master trainers in Madagascar undergo training
As part of the ‘Global Programme for Small-scale Agroecology Producers and Sustainable Food Systems Transformation (GP-SAEP) Project implementation in Madagascar, a Master Trainers’ training programme was held from 29 April to 3 May 2024 in Antananarivo, Madagascar.
Madagascar
2024 - Access Agriculture
Article du bulletin d’information
Bangladesh: A Perpetual Struggle
The shocks from climate change have reduced incomes and adversely affected the livelihoods of fisher communities in Bangladesh
Often called the Land of Rivers, Bangladesh boasts a remarkable riverine landscape that has nurtured a flourishing fisheries sector. With about 230 rivers crisscrossing it, the country is one of the world’s largest deltas along with the world’s largest flooded wetland. The fisheries industry is a vital pillarof the national...
Bangladesh
2024 - The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Article de revue spécialisée
Exploring climate change impacts on rural livelihoods and adaptation strategies: Reflections from marginalized communities in India
Climate change and variability affect virtually everyone and every region of the world but the effects are nowhere more prominent than among rural marginalized communities that rely heavily on agriculture and fishing for a living and they face numerous livelihood challenges including risk posed by variability of climate. Using phenomenological...
India
2024
Vidéos
A hand weeder and a ridge plough
A hand weeder is a simple tool made from a bicycle wheel and iron rods. The hand weeder can be pushed by a person, is light and does not compact your soil. As it is rather technical and you will need someone to weld, it is best to take a...
2024 - Access Agriculture
Article du bulletin d’information
Indonesia: A Top-Down Mirage
The Indonesian government’s increasing focus on the Blue Economy should not be at the cost of the knowledge gained from long years of customary or traditional management, says Susan Gui of the conservation NGO KIARA
On KIARA’s current work KIARA still does advocacy. The Indonesian government is focusing on the Blue Economy, with emphasis on massive expansion of production from marine resources, affecting the community. We have also been working on the climate crisis, especially as it relates to the sinking and drowning villages in...
Indonesia
2024 - The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Étude de cas
A Qualitative Study Exploring Women’s Empowerment in Coffee Cooperatives in Chiapas, Mexico
This study presents findings from a qualitative research study conducted in Chiapas, Mexico that is one component of a larger activity funded by the Walmart Foundation and implemented by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), titled Applying New Evidence for Women’s Empowerment (ANEW). ANEW seeks to generate evidence from...
Mexico
2024 - e International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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