This course aims to support parliamentarians in ensuring that adequate financial resources are allocated to achieve food security and gender equality. It is designed to equip parliamentarians with the knowledge and tools to effectively address the gender dimensions in budgeting and drive positive change as parliamentarians. This course is part of...

Local varieties often cope better with drought and other stresses, and outperform modern varieties when grown under ecological conditions. Collect traditional varieties by visiting seed savers in their homes, or while attending seed festivals and farmer training events. Seed savers and seed producers select the varieties they like most. These...

Il existe une grande variété de formes d'agriculture qui se distinguent par leur projet, leur approche, leurs pratiques et leurs technologies. Parmi elles, l'agriculture biodynamique et la syntropie ont été peu étudiées par les scientifiques. Les recherches conduites par INRAE contribuent à la production de connaissances scientifiques sur les cahiers...

Fiche technique sur les diguettes anti-érosives filtrantes pour augmenter le potentiel d'un champ.

En prélude à la 5e conférence ministérielle Union Africaine-Union Européenne (UA-UE) sur l’agriculture, prévue pour le 30 juin 2023 à Rome en Italie, les plus grands mouvements populaires et organisations de la société civile d’Afrique ont animé une conférence de presse virtuelle le mardi 27 octobre 2023, pour réclamer une...

Significant detrimental effects of agricultural intensification and specialization are becoming increasingly evident. Reliance on monocultures, few varieties, and intensive use of agrochemicals is a major factor in climate change, biodiversity decline, soil health deterioration, and pollution, putting our food system at risk. This requires sustainable agricultural processes, such as crop...

This brief examines some of the key legal considerations related to school gardens, and also explores regulatory options for strengthening the legislative environment for sustainable school food and nutrition in the country. This brief is rooted in a holistic approach to school food and nutrition and the analysis provided in...

La agroecología constituye un cambio de paradigma en términos productivos, socio-ambientales, filosóficos y espirituales, basado en una relación armoniosa con la naturaleza de la que somos parte como humanidad. El enfoque agroecológico procura el desarrollo de agroecosistemas sustentados en los procesos de los ecosistemas naturales y promueve la independencia de...

Food security without food sovereignty cannot be a reality. The future of the world depends on sustainable and regenerative food production systems. We produce enough food to feed the population of over 8 billion souls, yet as many as 828 million people don’t have enough food to eat every day....

This publication serves as a guide for countries in exploring how reporting for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) indicators under FAO custodianship serves the scope of compiling information for the biennial transparency reports (BRT) under the Enhanced Transparency Framework (ETF). The paper intends to demonstrate the potential integration of adaptation...

Uncover the truths behind the big rallying cries of the current climate moment – technological savourism, regenerative ag, the sanctity of plant-based diets, you get the picture. Alongside our guest Ayla Fenton, the team will give their hot takes on some of the biggest myths and falsehoods when it comes...

Feeding Ourselves as an event grew out of the Cloughjordan Community Farm (CCF). CCF had itself as a member owned and operated CSA – Community Supported Agriculture – initiative 13 years ago. Then, this farm, which itself emerged from a newly established ecovillage, wanted to tell the world about this...

Au collège d’El Maâmoura, les élèves s’initient aux joies de la permaculture, une belle façon de joindre l’utile à l’agréable. «La terre m’a enseigné la plus belle des vertus : la patience. Plus on y sème de l’amour et de la persévérance, plus la récolte sera fructueuse».Voilà des paroles empreintes...

This article explores the transformative potential of an agroecological project in addressing challenges faced by vulnerable smallholder farmers in Kembata Tembaro, Ethiopia. Four key indicators of farmers’ food security – enset stock, land sharing, agricultural biodiversity, and fodder production – were assessed before and after the project implementation. The findings...

Elsa Varela is a postdoctoral researcher with expertise on silvopastoral systems, rural livelihoods and environmental valuation of ecosystem services in the Mediterranean. She recently joined the Social-ecological Interactions in Agricultural Systems group to investigate innovative strategies for improving the sustainability and resilience of multifunctional landscapes and their associated farming systems. Read on to...

March 3 is World Wildlife Day. It is a United Nations International day to celebrate all the world's wild animals and plants and the contribution that they make to our lives and the health of the planet. This date was chosen as it is the birthday of CITES, the Convention on...

Para conmemorar el Día Internacional de la Mujer, celebrado el 8 de marzo, la Red Latinoamericana de Mujeres Algodoneras y el proyecto +Algodón del Programa de Cooperación Internacional Brasil-FAO promueven el evento virtual Mujeres del algodón: empoderamiento económico para cadenas de valor con enfoque de género trasformador, el día 24 de marzo (viernes),...

Integrated Sustainable Land Management (ISLM) is progressively viewed as a key strategy to boost food security in Ethiopia and feed its growing population. By understanding this logical ground, this paper examines the effect of ISLM technologies adoption on household food security. The study relies on cross-sectional household-level data collected from...

Another rural is possible! ARC2020 and friends were in Cloughjordan Ecovillage, Ireland on March 25-26 for the annual Feeding Ourselves gathering, which takes food and farming as an entry point for moving towards fairer, more caring communities. What are the ingredients to cook up transformative system change? How can we build...

The interconnection between climate and debt crises in countries most vulnerable to climate change creates a vicious cycle, as each crisis reinforces the other. According to a recent report by ActionAid, over two-thirds of climate finance is provided through loans, exacerbating the debt crisis and driving nations towards actions that...