Special reporter Patrick Worms writes passionately of what he witnessed among agroecological farmers in Zambia and the potential for expanding their practices much more widely. Despite the challenges, the world is sprinkled with extraordinary farmers achieving amazing results by applying agroecological principles to restore degraded ecosystems. They combine the growing...

In this edition, we are sharing updates on our work for better production, better nutrition, a better environment and a better life in Africa. Find out about the One Country, One Priority Product (OCOP) initiative in Africa, the latest news on the Hand-in-Hand Initiative, an innovative rice and fish project...

The FAO partnered with the Ethiopian Society of Animal Production (ESAP) to understand and document the various business models along the cattle dairy value chain nodes in Ada’a and Sululta districts. Dairy businesses are highly heterogeneous in Ethiopia and, even though most are profitable, milk production, marketing, service, input and...

Le combat du siècle de l’Afrique, c’est mettre fin à ce triste tableau : être un continent importateur de produits et détenir 65% des terres arables du monde non exploitées, disposer d’une grande diversité agro-écologique, avoir une population jeune et des technologies insuffisamment utilisées.Ici, il nous faut miser davantage sur...

This report presents the business canvas, the business process modelling and the enterprise bugdet of entrpreneurs operating at the different nodes of the poultry value chain in urban and peri-urban Uganda

L’Association Tunisienne de Permaculture (ATP) soumettra, prochainement, au ministère de l’Agriculture, un projet de loi visant la promotion des systèmes semenciers paysans et la protection des petits agriculteurs qui utilisent ces systèmes. S’inspirant du cadre juridique proposé par l’Alliance pour la Souveraineté alimentaire en Afrique (AFSA), ce projet a pour...

Ce manuel technique se base sur les résultats et expériences de l’initiative CasaMiel, mise en œuvre par la Société de coopération pour le développement international (SOCODEVI). Cette initiative se déroule dans le cadre du projet «Sécurité alimentaire: une agriculture adaptée» (SAGA) mis en œuvre par l’Organisation des Nations Unies pour...

A travers les textes (positions/actes politiques), le Sénégal est cité en exemple pour son engagement dans la transition agroécologique. Mais depuis le vote de la loi N°2022-20 du 14 juin 2022autorisant les organismes génétiquement modifiés (OGM) par son assemblée nationale, sa démarche parait très ambivalente aux yeux de la société...

This guide was produced by the Regreening Africa project in collaboration with the Trees for Goals initiatives to support teachers, local communities, and pupils involved in tree growing activities under the Regreening Africa project.

The problem of water scarcity has cast a shadow over the wellbeing of humans. According to estimates, in 2016, nearly 4 billion people – equivalent to two-thirds of the global population – experience severe water scarcity for a prolonged period of time. If the situation doesn’t improve, 700 million people...

It is only recently, at age 36, that Saoudé Garba has felt in charge of her own life. Born in the village of Danje in southern Niger, she was married early to one of the three chiefs of the village. She had her first child at the age of 15,...

Sub-Saharan Africa is uniquely positioned significantly increase its current agricultural productivity to lift the region’s more than 400 million people out of extreme poverty and improve the livelihood of approximately 250 million smallholder farmers and pastoralists in the region. To achieve that, substantive digital transformation of the agriculture sector is...

We are excited to announce that Access Agriculture podcasts are now available in English (https://accessagriculture.podbean.com/category/english/) and French (https://accessagriculture.podbean.com/category/french/). It is a great way to listen to farmers and experts from around the world talk about the topics you care about, as we have repurposed summaries of our popular videos as...

Blaise-Pascal Ntirumenyerwa Mihigo, Professor of Law at the University of Kinshasha explores the progress on Congo’s forest protection and what it takes to unlock the $500 million funding signed at COP 26.

While agroforestry is a well-established approach for agroecological intensification, rice is less often integrated with trees than other annual staple crops. The benefits and risks from rice agroforestry practices have not been systematically explored. Considering the need for strategies that may address low fertility and high degradation of arable soils...

The Investment guidelines for youth in agrifood systems in Africa, developed jointly by FAO and the African Union Commission (AUC) through a multi-stakeholder and participatory process, highlight the importance of youth as change agents and key stakeholders contributing to sustainable agrifood systems. The guidelines aim to accelerate investments in and...

L’agriculture est un secteur primordial pour générer des revenus à la population croissante et un contributeur majeur au PIB en Afrique. L’Afrique est connue comme un continent jeune, car elle compte le plus grand nombre de jeunes au monde. Ces jeunes sont énergiques, ont un esprit frais et innovant. Ils...

Agri-innovations are mostly delivered to farmers through private and public sector-led institutions around the world, with various degrees of success in Malawi. These distribution systems, on the other hand, do not meet everyone's production and productivity needs, particularly those of smallholder farmers. Alternative gap-filling systems are therefore required. Over the...

Ce manuel s’adresse à des agronomes. Il aborde les bases d’écologie, de chimie et d’agronomie nécessaires à la compréhension des pratiques agroécologiques. Il décrit ces pratiques et le pourquoi de celles-ci. Après avoir parcouru ce document, le lecteur sera en mesure de mettre en place, de développer et de gérer un...

Dans le petit village de Gourga, au Burkina Faso, proche de la grande frontière du Sahara, un homme a « arrêté le désert ». Récompensé en 2018 par le Right Livelihood Award (souvent présenté comme le prix Nobel de l’alternative), Yacouba Sawadogo entretient depuis 40 ans une forêt qui a complètement changé les perspectives du...