Women livestock rearers, who attended the ‘Animal Rearer Award for Women’ ceremony organised by the NGO Anthra, led by Dr. Nitya Ghotge, in Pune, Maharashtra, India, greatly appreciated the farmer-training videos on herbal medicines in animal healthcare, that were jointly developed by Anthra and Access Agriculture.

Fortalecer la cooperación regional hoy se torna imprescindible para hacer frente a los desafíos y las oportunidades que surgen de las crisis convergentes en el contexto mundial actual, y para poder impulsar en América Latina y el Caribe (ALC) sistemas agroalimentarios sostenibles, inclusivos y resilientes. Así lo recalca la nueva edición...

The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas (UNDROP), adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 2018, endeavors to address the distinctive demands and realities of peasants and rural communities through the prism of human rights and governmental responsibilities. With its 28...

Le biocontrôle représente une alternative au modèle de l’agrochimie. Il est fondé sur la prévention et les régulations naturelles. INRAE s'est engagé dans le Grand défi « Biocontrôle et biostimulants » pour développer des filières innovantes ainsi que dans le programme prioritaire de recherche « Cultiver et protéger autrement »....

This document is intended to guide program staff in monitoring and evaluating the permagarden component of a project. It contains helpful tips and reminders for how to conduct Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) and surveys with project participants. It also includes example data collection tools that can be modified to suit...

Inscripciones A partir del 21 de agosto 2023 Ejes temáticos de la conferencia EJES DEL DÍA 30 DE NOVIEMBRE (MATUTINO) Eje 1. Transición agroecológica y otros enfoques afines para la transformación de sistemas alimentarios que sean más justos, saludables, sustentables y logren la autosuficiencia alimentaria. Políticas públicas nacionales exitosas. Eje 2. Experiencias relevantes de transición agroecológica y...

Deputy Agriculture Minister Anthony Mavunde informed Parliament yesterday that the government has prohibited the use of 44 pesticides deemed detrimental to human health and the environment. He was addressing a question from Special Seats MP Asha Abdullah Juma, who inquired about the progress of government reviews to identify hazardous pesticides...

'Innovation & knowledge exchange | EIP-AGRI’'s role is to facilitate communication and cooperation between those with a keen interest in sharing knowledge and innovative ideas for sustainable agriculture, forestry and rural areas. In the current issue, May 2023 - biodiversity

'Hoofprints on the Land' and why we need livestock in the landscape! The views and opinions expressed in this video are those of the presenter and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience (CAWR).

Learning by doing is one of the most powerful educational approaches, both for adults and children. Kids observe what their parents and others in the community do, and they copy it.

 INRAE conduit des expérimentations de culture sans pesticides depuis plus de 10 ans. Les systèmes étudiés sont conçus dès le départ dans cet objectif, en appliquant les principes de l’agroécologie, ce qui facilite leur réussite. Enjeux.

Fertilizer prices driven by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine led a number of farmers around the world to consider or reconsider non-chemical alternatives.  For some years now, family farmers in Kenya’s Kisumu area have replaced chemical fertilizers with organic ones. Organic fertilizers do more than cut input costs and increase resilience...

Unexpected pathogen transmission between animals, humans and their shared environments can impact all aspects of society. The Tripartite organisations—the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Health Organization (WHO), and the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH)—have been collaborating for over two decades. The inclusion of...

Welcome to the first edition of our newsletter! With this, we will be providing you with quarterly updates on various activities of the Agroecology Coalition, complementing our website and various social media channels. As you will read, this first edition highlights our involvement in some international events (e.g., One Planet Network Conference on Sustainable Food Systems; Bonn Climate Week, etc.) We are gearing up for a busy rest of the year as we embark on...

El Decenio de la Agricultura Familiar cuenta con un Plan de Acción Mundial que proporciona una orientación detallada sobre iniciativas colectivas, coherentes e integrales destinadas a respaldar a las y los agricultores . Te compartimos el #1Pilar del #PlanAcciónMundial para mayor información te invitamos a ver el siguiente video.  

Africa's aquaculture sector has great potential to help feed the rising population of a continent that is affected more than any other by problems such as climate change and malnutrition. According to SOFIA 2022, Nigeria produced nearly 12 percent of all cultured aquatic animals in Africa in 2020, and the rest of...

Este curso ofrece una visión general de los conceptos de comercio, seguridad alimentaria y nutrición, y examina sus vínculos.

The best way to educate consumers is right at the start, when they are school children. In early 2021, Roxana Castellón, who works at Agrecol Andes, a Bolivian NGO, began approaching public schools around Cochabamba, asking the directors if they were interested in adding a new topic to their biology curriculum....

Regenerative, organic, agroecological. You might encounter all of these terms in the search for ‘sustainably’ grown food (there’s another!). This word soup is a great sign that lots of farming communities are experimenting to find a better way, but as a consumer, it can be pretty confusing. Here’s a quick...

The event takes place in Mukono Town on May 12 Unlocking community barriers for a profitable and open source agroforestry coffee value chain: this is the leading theme at the 4th Slow Food Uganda Coffee Festival. Slow Food Uganda believes that agroforestry in coffee production is the key to achieving sustainability...