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Do agricultural advisory services still have a purpose?
In recent years, agricultural advisory services have been the subject of renewed interest at the level of agricultural policies and development aid. Numerous development actors have taken up the issue of advice to farmers: professional agricultural organizations, government agencies, investors, agri-providers, NGOs, telephone companies, etc.
Questioning the meaning of agricultural advisory...
2022 - Inter-réseaux Développement rural
Rapport
Foresight Africa 2022
Top priorities for the country in 2022
With this and every iteration of Foresight Africa, we aim to capture the top priorities for the region in the coming year, offering recommendations for African and global stakeholders for creating and supporting a strong, sustainable, and successful Africa. In doing so, we hope that Foresight Africa 2022 will promote a...
2022 - Foresight Africa
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Proposed legal framework for the recognition and promotion of farmer managed seed systems (FMSS) and the protection of biodiversity
This framework aims to ensure the recognition and protection of the right of farmers to define rules, based on their habits and customs, within their communities, networks, or other collectives, for the organisation of their seed activities, as well as the need for the State to accompany them in this....
2022 - AFSA
Rapport
FAO in Africa: Impacts in 2021
This first ever FAO in Africa: Impacts in 2021 report presents a summary of the main priorities, developments and results achieved by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in the Africa region in 2021. FAO in Africa: Impacts in 2021 is organized according to the four...
2022 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Revue spécialisée
The Organic Farmer
"The Organic Farmer" (TOF) is the English version of the magazine for small-scale Kenyan farmers who previously had only very limited access to information on ecological farming. It is the only magazine for ecological farming in East Africa. Similarly unique is "Mkulima Mbunifu" (The Smart Farmer), the edition of TOF in Swahili....
2022 - Biovision
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Shared labels: Selling stories that conserve biocultural diversity and promote resilience
This report provides a collection and analysis of six case studies which introduce trailblazing shared label initiatives by smallholder organisations across Africa, Asia and Latin America. Each case study explores the motivation for collective marketing action, the choice of claims to make through a shared label, the control over the...
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) - Ecuador - Indonesia - Nepal - Viet Nam - Zambia
2022 - International Institute for Environment and Development
Rapport
National Seed Policy Reports – Niger, Chad, Tanzania
These three study reports help establish a roadmap for changing seed policies and laws toward instruments supporting farmer-based seed systems in Africa.
Throughout the world, farmers play a significant role in producing, selecting, managing, and conserving plant resources. In Africa, where smallholder farmers are still the overwhelming majority, women on smallholder...
Chad - Niger - United Republic of Tanzania
2022 - afsa
Comptes rendus de conférence
New Agroecology Initiative to Catalyse Resilient Agrifood Systems in Zimbabwe
Partners of a new resilience building initiative in Zimbabwe held a launch meeting in Harare on 7 October 2022, gathering 80 participants, including national agricultural extension programmes, government representatives, academic institutions, government representatives, private sector actors, the media, EU representatives and national agricultural research and development organisations.
Entitled "Resilience Building through...
Zimbabwe
2022 - Cirad
Rapport
Efficient agricultural water use and management in paddy fields in Zambia
The report identifies the irrigation potentials, gaps and needs that exist at national level for paddy rice production. The analysis carried out in the outlook will form a basis for enhancing water resources management in paddy fields. The report addresses all stakeholders involved in the sector, including technicians, researchers, and...
Zambia
2022 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Rapport
The status of water use efficiency and productivity with a focus on paddy rice in Zambia
This report focuses on the technical and policy measures to address existing challenges, and outline gaps in the implementation of policies to improve agricultural water use efficiency and enhance management in paddy fields in Zambia. It promotes the formulation and deployment of an effective system for the development of the...
Zambia
2022 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Article de blog
Growing Desmodium, A Super Fodder Crop
Desmodium is a legume that is commonly used as a protein supplement in dairy cattle, with many farmers growing it to cut production costs.
The crop has numerous varieties but the most common are greenleaf and silverleaf. The legume can be intercropped with napier grass and maize to help control stemborer...
2022 - Farmers Trend
Vidéos
Africa: Farmer agroecology is the answer to climate crises
In this video, Viacampesina.org collects and shares the testimonies of farmers from the South and East African region, who rely on peasant agroecological methods to revive their soils and fight the climate crisis. They also discuss the central importance of farmers and small-scale food producers in implementing pragmatic solutions to...
2022 - La Via Campesina (LVC)
Audio
Warriors on the path to peace
The Greater Karamoja Cluster lies at the crossroads of Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan and Uganda. In this vast desert region nearly the size of the United Kingdom, crossing borders is a requisite for survival. But in recent decades, competition over natural resources has led to cattle raids and violent conflicts....
2022 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Article de blog
Ecofeminism, agroecology, food sovereignty and African philosophy: Exploring values in contemporary social movements
Today, one of the major global challenges we face is that of feeding the world. Would it be possible to solve this challenge? If yes, via what pathways? Nowadays, two paradigms come up when discussing solutions to the global food challenge. On the one hand, technical, scientific and large-scale ‘one...
2022
Article de blog
Burkina Faso : Bokashi, Composte aérobic, des engrais locaux alternatifs à la cherté des engrais chimiques importés
La flambée des prix des intrants agricoles devient insupportable pour beaucoup d’agriculteurs du Burkina Faso. Pour survivre, des producteurs ont trouvé des alternatives en misant sur la fabrication des engrais organiques. Bokashi, composte aérobic, ce sont des fertilisants locaux que Saïdou Ouédraogo, agriculteur et éleveur, fabrique pour fertiliser ses sols....
Burkina Faso
2022 - www.libreinfo.net
Article
Africa: Arable land increased by 52% in 20 years
Researchers from the universities of Maryland and Texas in the United States of America questioned the rapid expansion of cultivated land in Africa in a recent study utilizing satellite data from NASA's Landsat program. Africa has increased its agricultural area by more than a third during the last two decades...
2022
Article de revue spécialisée
Farming for Change: Developing a Participatory Curriculum on Agroecology, Nutrition, Climate Change and Social Equity in Malawi and Tanzania
How to engage farmers that have limited formal education is at the foundation of environmentally sound and equitable agricultural development.
This study describes the process of development of an innovative curriculum, which integrates agroecology, nutrition, climate change, gender, and other dimensions of social equity across 2 weeks of training explicitly for...
Malawi - United Republic of Tanzania
2022
Article de blog
Afrique : l’augmentation des terres cultivées menace la biodiversité et le climat
Selon une récente étude, la surface des terres cultivées est passée de 1,14 milliard d’hectares sur la période 2000-2003 à 1,24 milliard d’hectares sur la période 2016-2019. Soit une augmentation de 102 millions d’hectares, dont 52% sont enregistrés en Afrique. La hausse a été particulièrement rapide dans un petit groupe...
2022
Article de blog
Farmers turn to indigenous seed banks as Kenya restricts informal trade
Despite the fact that the latest IPCC report recognized "African indigenous knowledge systems" as smart adaptation strategies against worsening climate change, this article argues that smallholder farmers who have benefited from planting their indigenous seeds are under threat from the government's law, which has placed restrictions on the informal seed...
Kenya
2022
Article de blog
Photoreportage : Au Burkina Faso, un laboratoire à ciel ouvert pour la transition agroécologique
Un petit matin de septembre 2022 : Hamado Sawadogo et son équipe d’agronomes ont quitté la ville de Ouagadougou aux aurores. Ils filent vers le nord-ouest rejoindre un groupe de paysans de la commune d’Arbollé.
Le pick-up abandonne le goudron puis progresse en zigzag sur une piste de latérite, contournant les flaques...
Burkina Faso
2022 - The Conversation
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