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Article de blog
Himachal farmer revives ancient crop system that saves water and has zero input costs
Nekram Sharma, a farmer from Karsog valley of Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi district, India revives along with its community an ancient indigenous farming technique.
Nau-Anaj (‘nau’ means nine and ‘anaj’ is crop) is an intercropping or mixed farming method to grow nine foodgrains on the same piece of land. These crops are...
India
2021
Article de blog
Inspirational ideas: Growing organic vegetables – and jobs!
The Operational Group Biogemüse in Northern Hesse (Germany) identified a growing demand for fresh organic vegetables, but there was a lack of local produce available. At the same time the rural population was falling steadily and there was a low number of jobs which affected vulnerable population groups in particular....
Germany
2021 - EipAgri
Vidéos
Agroecological Soybean Production and Processing for Nutrition in Laos
In 2019, the Agriculture for Nutrition Project (AFN) provided funding support to the Lao Farmer Network (LFN) to pilot the production and processing of soybean in two villages of Nonghet district, Xiengkhouang province, Laos. The small project, “Piloting soybean production and processing to improve nutrition in Nonghet district”, was implemented...
Lao People's Democratic Republic
2021 - Asian Farmers' Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA)
Événement
Organic Innovation Days 2021 - Better inputs for organic farming
For this year’s Organic Innovation Days, the only EU event on research & innovation for organic, TP Organics is collaborating with the two Horizon 2020-funded EU projects RELACS and Organic-PLUS, which both aim to reduce the use of contentious inputs in organic farming. The event will take place online on 30 November and 1 December 2021,...
Belgium
2021 - TP Organics
Vidéos
India's natural farming revolution
In the southern state of Andhra Pradesh, India water scarcity and poor soil quality forced many farmers to walk away from agriculture. But a few years ago, the state of Andhra Pradesh launched an ambitious program called Andhra Pradesh Community managed Natural Farming (APCNF) that is transforming the farming practices to stop the...
India
2021 - France 24
Rapport
Amplifying agroecology in Vermont: Principles and processes to foster food systems sustainability
Agroecology represents a model system that supports the environment by offering an approach to food production that enhances biodiversity, builds ecological resilience, improves soil diversity, reduces the use of natural resources, and provides a healthy environment for the planet. It is increasingly recognized as an effective system that generates a...
United States of America
2021 - Agroecology and Livelihoods Collaborative, University of Vermont 2 Department of Plant and Soil Science, University of Vermont 3 Gund Institute for the Environment, University of Vermont 4 Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Vermont 5 Environmental Program, University of Vermont 6 Center for Sustainable Agriculture, University of Vermont 7 UVM Extension, University of Vermont 8 Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change, York University, Toronto, CA 9 Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Vermont
Article de blog
Entrepreneurship to promote organic farming
It is a well-known fact that the use of organic or biological inputs has assumed importance in the promotion of organic agriculture. In conventional agriculture where the application of chemical inputs is widely known for its direct action to feed and protect the crop,on the contrary, in organic agriculture, inputs...
India
2021 - Leisa India
Article de blog
Agroecology at UN level: the FAO's Scaling up Agroecology Initiative
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development calls for a new agricultural approach to ensure sufficient, safe, and nutritious food as well as a stable multifunctional landscape. Agroecology contributes to a transition to food and agricultural systems that are environmentally sustainable, economically fair, viable, and socially equitable.
With the objective of moving from dialogue...
2021
Étude de cas
L’agroécologie, au service de la diversité alimentaire Cas d’école en zones sahélienne et forestière du Cameroun
L’Extrême-Nord et l’Est sont certes deux régions du Cameroun différentes sur le plan écologique et distantes sur le plan géographique. Mais elles connaissent des difficultés similaires qui se traduisent par un niveau de développement très faible. Elles font partie des zones les plus pauvres du Cameroun. Cet état de pauvreté...
Cameroon
2021 - Service d'Appui aux Initiatives Locales de Développement (SAILD-NGO)
Apprentissage en ligne
Webinars on Agroecology
Webinar ''Agroecology: Principles and Best Practices'' on 10 May 2021
Agroecology and organic are both systems of food production grounded in the principles of health, ecology, fairness, and care, which guide standards and inspire the development of best practices and sustainable production systems.
This first of the three webinars of the International Society for...
2021 - International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS)
Article de blog
FiBL presents a new dossier on organic production and good practices
FiBL presents Organic farming. Basic principles and Good practices, a new dossier that explains the basics of organic farming and shows how they are applied in practice. The publication is a valuable source of information for farmers interested in conversion to organic farming. It also serves as a guide for the private sector, government representatives,...
2021 - Fibl
Manuel
Garnering nature friendly agriculture practices: 1990 to 2020
Field tested practices, methodologies and approaches to regenerating agriculture and associated ecosystems are featured in this compilation . Mostly experiences from across Asia are included , the compilation is based on publications generated through participatory writeshops, organised over thirty years featuring a wide range of stakeholders, disciplines and donors. Participatory...
2021
Allocution
Activities of central and eastern EU countries in research and Innovation partnership with Africa
Let us kindly invite you to the On-Line Thematic Session: Activities of central and eastern EU countries in research and Innovation partnership with Africa as a part of Stakeholder engagement week that is organized within LEAP4FNSSA project
This Session will be held on 2nd June 2021 from 15:00 – 17:00 CET via Microsoft TEAMs (join...
2021 - Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
Bulletin d'information
Magazine Grain de sel : ‘’Le savoir des femmes, quelle contribution à la sécurité alimentaire ?’’
La pandémie de COVID-19 a confirmé la place des femmes en première ligne : en tant que nourrices, gardiennes, responsables des tâches domestiques et de l'éducation, leur charge de travail a décuplé en raison des mesures étatiques de lutte contre le virus, et elles ont été plus durement touchées que...
2021 - Inter-réseaux Développement rural
Article de blog
How is the development of integrated agriculture in Zambia doing?
The team from the CZU, namely Vladimír Verner, Radim Kotrba, Zbyněk Polesný, Jan Staš from FTZ and Miloslav Petrtýl from FAPPZ, is currently conducting fieldwork in the Western Province of Zambia. The activities are realized in the frame of implementation of two development projects, namely "Integrated Farming II" led by...
2021 - Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
Vidéos
Entrevista a Mercedes López, Directora de la Asociación de Consumidores Orgánicos en México
El marco del segundo conversatorio Cambio transformativo agroecológico en los mercados y el consumo organizado por Comunidad de Práctica (CdP) de Agricultura Familiar y Agroecología América Latina y El Caribe, el cual busca contribuir a la reflexión sobre el rol de los mercados agroecológicos en la transformación de los sistemas alimentarios.
Se realiza...
Mexico
2021 - Comunidad de Práctica (CdP) de Agricultura Familiar y Agroecología América Latina y El Caribe
Étude de cas
Lebanese potato farmers find that less is more when it comes to agrochemicals
Integrated crop management reduces use of agrochemicals while still improving yields
Fix it with chemicals. That was the old belief.
Traditionally, farmers in Lebanon depended on chemical fertilizers and pesticides to manage plant nutrition or plant pests and diseases. Most farmers believed that increasing the quantity of chemical fertilizers would increase the yields of their crops.
But now the rapidly deteriorating economic and...
Lebanon
2021 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Ouvrage
African Coronavirus Stories: Perspectives on COVID-19 Challenges to Livelihoods and Food Systems.
The impact of COVID 19 on food security in Africa has been among the most discussed subjects of the year 2020. Most of the reports were alarming. The headlines put Africa on the brink of an unprecedented humanitarian crisis. Indeed, the pandemic hit Africa when the continent was already under...
2021 - Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA)
Article de blog
Agroecology or Collapse Part III – Reclaiming the ‘archaic’, ‘anarchic’, and ‘utopian’ as the language of food system transformation
Agroecology has been defined based on three interdependent dimensions: as a practice, as a scientific approach, and as a social movement. As a social practice, it is expressed in the various ways in which peasant family farming and indigenous and traditional peoples and communities organize their work for the diversified...
2021 - Agroecology Now!
Événement
Hacia una transformación agroecológica. Segundo panel: Cambio transformativo agroecológico en los mercados y el consumo
Este es el segundo conversatorio, parte del Ciclo Hacia una transformación agroecológica, el cual busca contribuir a generar claridad sobre la transformación agroecológica y cómo abordarla a partir de las experiencias locales, por medio de un diálogo abierto y horizontal con agricultores/as familiares de pequeña escala y base agroecológica, y con...
2021 - Comunidad de Práctica de Agricultura Familiar y Agroecología de Latinoamérica y El Caribe
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