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News 13 May 2022
Since early 2016, FAO is supporting the Ministry of Agriculture in implementing a project aimed at reducing the risks associated with pesticide risks in agriculture. The project is called Pesticide Risk Reduction and it is funded by the Global Environmental...
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Event 12 May 2022 - 12 May 2022
Dear colleagues,
We are pleased to invite you to an event co-organised by FAO, CIRAD and the NGO AVSF on the role of FFS in the agroecological transition.
The characteristics of the agro-ecological transition require transforming the way we accompany farmers in...
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News 12 May 2022
To fight against crop pests, the States of CILSS countries, including Burkina Faso, Mali and Senegal, have implemented centralized purchase of large quantities of pesticides intended for cotton sector. These centralized purchasing policies have led to massive use of dangerous...
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News 11 May 2022
March 8, 2022. “Planes with pesticides would spray the fields where my father toiled to ensure banana production in the 70’s’.”
Carmen recalls her childhood, growing up on a Banana Plantation, in the coastal district of Saramacca in Suriname.
Starting as a...
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Event 28 April 2022 - 28 April 2022
Workshop of the Anglophone West African FFS Network
Overall Goal: To establish a Regional FFS Network that will nurture, develop, study, adapt and promote FFS as an effective participatory extension strategy/approach for sustainable agricultural development in the Anglophone West African countries.
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