The EU CAP Network workshop ‘Animal welfare and innovation’ will focus on exchanging innovative practices and practical knowledge on animal welfare, especially on: Cage-free production systems Animal welfare indicators and monitoring methods for practical use on the farm Meeting societal demands: Animal welfare labelling and certification The event will welcome farmers, advisors, projects and initiatives related...

Results of various studies in the UK suggest that there are several advantages to more complex mixtures, including: 1) Greater resilience to variable conditions caused by extreme weather such as drought and flooding; 2) A reduction in overall weed biomass and suppression of both early and late weeds; 3) Opportunities...

Over the past two decades, social safety net programs have become a mainstream policy tool across  sub-Saharan Africa to address food insecurity and extreme poverty (Beegle et al., 2018). Since the turn of the millennium, the number of social safety net programs has doubled (Hickey et al., 2018) and today, each country...

The purpose of this work is to introspect the regulatory concepts of the common in international law-such as common heritage of humanity, common interest of humanity and world heritage. In order to identify the background that led to the creation and limitation of these terms, a genealogical mapping is proposed....

The Ifaa resilience food security activity (RFSA) is implemented by Catholic Relief Services (CRS) in the region of Oromia in Ethiopia. Oromia is Ethiopia’s largest, most populous region and one of its poorest, with complex and interlinked causes of poverty and food insecurity. The goal of the Ifaa RFSA is...

The din of brisk fishing activity greets anyone who ventures onto the landing beach at Jamestown the Greater Accra Region and in coastal regions all over Ghana. The fishermen haul nets with fish from the boats, while the women take up the sale of fish from January to December. But not so...

This is the second in a series of three courses, designed to provide a diverse audience with the approaches, methods and tools necessary to integrate social dimensions into the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of agrifood investments. In particular, this course provides guidance to practitioners on how to conduct social...

Inland fishers and activists mingled with experts at a workshop on training of trainers on India’s fisheries policy. A prerequisite for implementing the ‘Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication’ (the SSF Guidelines) is to mainstream these into the State’s policy and...

As 2023 begins, the world is on the brink of a devastating debt crisis. Following a decade of steadily rising debt levels, public finances in low-income countries have been strained by the COVID-19 pandemic and the economic disruptions ensuing from the Ukraine war – particularly sky-high import costs for food,...

Une étude sur la formation à l’agroécologie non-diplômante. Réalisée par BRL ingénierie, commanditée par ARAA/CEDEAO. L’objectif général de cette étude était de diagnostiquer la formation à l’agroécologie non diplômante pour être en mesure d’accompagner son développement dans le cadre de la transition agricole des pays de la CEDEAO. L’ambition est de développer et/ou de consolider, mais aussi de favoriser l’intégration des savoirs et des savoir-faire sur la formation...

The Devon Silvopasture Network are undertaking a 12 year trial in which six farms and a research farm are being supported to design and implement the integration of trees into their livestock farms. The trial has a mixture of cluster planting, regular spacing and shelterbelts being planted. Little research has...

“The international Slow Food network has been working for a long time to save bees from the main threats they face,” says Edward Mukiibi, Slow Food president. “Among the main causes of their decline is the wide use of pesticides in conventional agriculture over several decades, monocultures, diseases and parasites, land...

Improved feed diversity and more resilient feed production, less dependent on soybean imports. This strategy helps to mitigate droughts effects, through an “avoidance strategy”, with production of forage during seasons less likely to be affected by such phenomenon. Other benefits include improved soil biodiversity and soil health, reduced leaching during...

This report captures baseline survey data collected from June to July 2022 for the impact evaluation of the PReSERVE Resilience Food Security Activity (RFSA) implemented by Food for the Hungry in the region of Amhara in Ethiopia. This activity attempts to address and mitigate acute levels of food insecurity experienced...

La Alianza para la Soberanía Alimentaria en África, la Alianza por el Suelo de América Latina y el Caribe (ALC), Asociación Argentina de Productores en Siembra Directa, Catholic Relief Services, Proyecto +Algodón del Programa de Cooperación Internacional Brasil-FAO, Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura, a...

The University of Vermont (USA) launches a new Institute for Agroecology (IFA) that works with and for farmers, Indigenous people, social movements, and communities who are driving change in Vermont and around the world. Through research, learning, and action, IFA mobilizes knowledge to nurture agroecology research, practice, and movements.

With a coastline of more than 90,000 km – the second longest after Canada – it is in Indonesia’s interests to protect its coastal areas from climate change impacts. The continued existence and preservation of extensive coastal vegetation like mangroves and seagrasses is a nature-based solution for successful adaptation to...

The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF) Trust organized a National Training of Trainers (TOT) workshop on the SSF Guidelines (Marine Fisheries), India at Asha Nivas Social Service Centre, Chennai, India, on October 13-15, 2022. There were sixtyseven participants from the coastal states of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Andhra...

One of the final events marking the International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture (IYAFA), 2022 was the hybrid launch of the report Illuminating Hidden Harvests: the contributions of small-scale fisheries to sustainable development (the IHH report) on March 16, 2023. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations...

Women constitute a substantial proportion of the agricultural workforce; yet they quite often face significant barriers to accessing information, resources and technology that could improve their farming practices and enhance productivity and farm income. This good practice note examine the challenges that women farmers face, as well as how innovative...