There is currently an intense debate about the potential for additional organic carbon storage in soil, the strategies by which it may be accomplished and what the actual benefits might be for agriculture and the climate. Controversy forms an essential part of the scientific process, but on the topic of...

O setor agropecuário é um dos que sofrem os maiores impactos negativos resultantes das mudanças do clima. A principal conclusão das pesquisas é que as secas, a maior variabilidade da precipitação, a elevação das temperaturas médias e os extremos de calor, bem como as grandes concentrações atmosféricas de gás carbônico,...

“The Access Agriculture smart projector can transform farmer learning by allowing them not only to gain knowledge about good agricultural practices, but also to put into practice what they see in the videos,” said Blessings Mtembo from CARE International in Malawi, when he visited the Access Agriculture booth at the...

Family-run ruminant grazing systems in the Mediterranean and tropical areas contribute directly to eight of the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations 2030 Agenda. For a long time, these livestock systems have been on the fringe of agricultural investment efforts. However, they have undeniable assets to meet...

Women, who are disproportionately affected by climate change, bring to the climate finance arena unique perspectives, knowledge, and skills that are essential for effective climate action. Women climate leaders inspire and empower others, challenge traditional gender roles, and drive transformative change toward a more sustainable and just future. The inclusion...

Gender equality continues to be an important strategic objective for all European policies. Hence the new Policy Insight on Enhancing gender equality in EU agri-food systems highlights how the CAP is purposely designed to support actions and targets that benefit all EU citizens. It confirms the CAP’s strategic emphasis on...

 (IoT) offers innovative solutions that can provide new and precise information in real-time. A Bulgarian Operational Group is contributing to the digital transformation of the organic beekeeping sector, Tanya Gyuryusheva-Nikolova tells us “IoT improves efficiency and sustainability from hive management to product distribution.” There are around 615,000 beekeepers in the EU...

Seed quality management, seed policy frameworks, and principles and elements for seed quality assurance and certification were the main topics during a four-day workshop just conducted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Yerevan, Armenia. Senior national specialists and policymakers from Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, North Macedonia...

De 2017 à 2021, TRIAS a mis en œuvre au Burkina Faso et en Guinée un programme dénommé « connecter, autonomiser et transformer pour un monde durable et inclusif ». 15 organisations d’agriculteurs familiaux et d’entrepreneurs ont été accompagnées pour renforcer leur développement organisationnel, la bonne gouvernance, l’entrepreneuriat rural, l’accès...

Carbon Farming is the new hype in agriculture. A proposal for a Certification Framework of Carbon Removals was proposed back in November by the Commission and there is a strong push by the Swedish presidency and French government to make it happen quickly. But can a Europe-wide Carbon Farming program...

Les agriculteurs africains, aussi bien les petites exploitations que les plus grandes fermes, recourent très largement à toute une palette de pratiques agroécologiques. Cette observation controversée vient d'être révélée dans un nouveau document de travail de l'équipe du projet Viabilité.Une réalité qui s'applique à un large éventail de contextes sociopolitiques...

This video explains the organic approach to plant health care, gives insights into the Sustainable Use of Pesticides Regulation (SUR), and explains what policy makers need to do to reach the reduction goals set by the EU Green Deal's Farm to Fork strategy.

Life has always been hard for the nomadic pastoralists in the Himalayas. But with climate change, ever smaller patches of pastureland and armed conflicts, it is now almost impossible for them to survive, which is why more and more pastoralists want to give up. The government has now introduced countermeasures...

There is a lack of data on resources used and food produced at urban farms. This hampers attempts to quantify the environmental impacts of urban agriculture or craft policies for sustainable food production in cities. To address this gap, we used a citizen science approach to collect data from 72...

Fourteen representatives from five Community Skills Development Centres (CSDCs) participated recently in a hands-on training session organised by Access Agriculture in Zomba, Malawi, as part of an AFC/GOPA consulting group project under the GIZ-Empowering Youth in Agribusiness (EYA) initiative.

In Latin America, hegemonic development strengthens agribusiness, whose model follows the Green Revolution with its technological packages. An alternative arises from the growing convergence of two social movements: agroecology and Solidarity Economy (EcoSol), here called EcoSol-agroecology. Their networks build short circuits, bringing producers and consumers closer together and strengthening their...

Research by the Food and Agriculture Association found women are essential to small-scale agriculture, farm labour and day-to-day family subsistence. Slow Food, a worldwide organisation promoting traditional cooking, is celebrating women who grow food and preserve food cultures in their daily lives. According to the FAO, women produce between 60 and...

Le dernier bulletin de veille de l’organisation Inter-réseaux indique que la production céréalière de la campagne agropastorale 2022-2023, évaluée à plus de 77 millions de tonnes, est en hausse de 6% par rapport à la moyenne des cinq dernières années et de 8% à celle de l’année dernière. Toutefois, la...

A web-based platform predicts African crop yields. The aim is to close Africa’s agricultural data gap and support effective decision-making and crisis planning. A new tool, which uses cutting-edge machine learning techniques and satellite remotely sensed data predicts agricultural yields for nine key crops across Africa, the pan-African non-profit research organisation...

Here is some excellent advice on how to write clearly, especially for smallholder farmers. Steven Pinker writes charming books on language and on the mind, where he manages to explain complex ideas clearly. He is so well read that he branched out and wrote an optimistic book on violence, explaining...