Fhishermen from across Cuba gathered for the first time in September 2018 at the Fisheries Forum called EncuentroPesquero. For three days, 55 stakeholders, including 21 fishermen from 10 coastal communities, joined heads to diagnose the status of fish populations and priorities for their management across Cuba’s four fishing zones. They...

Groundswell International and Cultivate! publish this new briefing on how to upscale and outscale agroecology in the Sahel in West Africa.  The briefing starts from an integrated approach, combining agroecology with women’s self-empowerment, nutrition, equity and governance. It outlines concrete steps in three general strategies for how civil society organisations can successfully support processes to scale up...

This open access book provides a panoramic view of the evolution of Spanish agriculture from 1900 to the present, offering a more diverse picture to the complex and multidimensional reality of agrarian production. With a clear transdisciplinary ambition, the book applies an original and innovative theoretical and methodological tool, termed Agrarian Social...

Le Réseau Billital Maroobé (RBM) a engagé un travail de capitalisation des acquis des éleveurs en matière d’organisation des marchés à bétail en Afrique de l’Ouest. Cette vidéo met en avant des enseignements tirés des formes d’organisation des marchés à bétail dans les différents pays. Si de nombreux efforts sont...

The 4p1000 Initiative is the ONLY climate agreement that puts AGRICULTURE at the center of how we deal with climate change. Watch the video to see how farmers on every continent are using healthy soil to create healthy people and a healthy environment.

The Too Big to Ignore (TBTI) Digest contains all of the project's recent activities and outputs.

Following the lead of French, German and Italian food and farming coalitions, this March saw the launch of Coalición Por Otra PAC, a chance for Spanish civil society to join forces to push for a truly sustainable CAP. 

La Reunión Especializada en Agricultura Familiar (REAF) del Mercosur es un órgano asesor vínculado al Grupo de Mercado Comun (GMC), basada en el díalogo político, creado en 2004 (Resolución GMC 11/2004) con al finalidad de fortalecer las políticas públicas para el sector, promover el comercio de los productos de la...

The history of Lanka Farmers’ Forum (LFF) draws back to the project implemented through the Medium Term Cooperation Programme (MTCP) which is supported by the International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD). MTCP started as a pilot project in 2009 with farmers organizations in Asia and the Pacific. The main objective...

In the face of rapidly advancing climate change, biodiversity loss, and water scarcity, it is clear that global agriculture must swiftly and decisively shift toward sustainability. Fortunately, farmers and researchers have developed a thoroughly studied pathway to this transition: agroecological farming systems that mimic natural ecosystems, creating tightly coupled cycles...

This course for EU fisheries monitoring centres’ operators on vessel tracking systems is a training manuscript. It can be used by EU Member States competent authorities and the European Commission for the training of their staff. The objective of this course is to provide an overview of the wide variety...

Los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS) 2030 —entre ellos el Objetivo 5, “Lograr la equidad de género”— ponen de manifiesto la urgencia de diseñar e implementar intervenciones sistémicas y pertinentes para el desarrollo económico, social y ambiental de los países miembros, considerando explícitamente la atención a la igualdad de género...

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CSAct !, a Community-Supported Agriculture collaborative training programme, is developing the first Webinar Series dedicated to CSA. 4 webinars will be organized during the Spring.

The production, trade and consumption of pulses have seen substantial growth over the last fifteen years. This report examines the trends and patterns of this growth, and the factors that explain these for different kinds of pulses. The report presents an analysis of trends of consumption of pulses in different...

The Too Big to Ignore (TBTI) Digest contains all of the project's recent activities and outputs.

Este trabalho apresenta alguns resultados e discussões sobre pesquisa concluída que se desenvolve em torno das relações entre agricultores-feirantes e consumidores, referente ao processo de comercialização e às demais interações possíveis, em dois municípios do Oeste do Paraná: Marechal Cândido Rondon e Medianeira. Os objetivos: analisar o significado e a...

The workshop was organised by the ASEAN Foundation, in coordination with the ASEAN Secretariat and ASEAN Centre for the Development of Agricultural Cooperatives (ACEDAC) Secretariat, and with support from the AFOSP-MTCP2 Programme.

The geography, histories, and cultures of the Pacific island region, and its 14 small island developing states represent unique challenges and opportunities

As support for agroecology grows around the world, an urgent question spanning our field’sscientific, practical, and movement dimensions is how agroecology can “scale” to includemorepeople in more places in fair, sustainable food systems. Our challenge is to seize this opportunitywhile pushing back against the tendency to strip agroecology of its...