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Blog article
o improve Africa’s soil health and plant nutrition, empower women farmers

This blog post is part of a special series on the global and regional food security implications of high food and fertilizer prices originally stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic and now exacerbated by the Russia-Ukraine war. 
2024 - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Policy brief/paper
National Agroecology Strategies in Eastern and Southern Africa

Lighthouses for food system transformation
This document sheds light on the ongoing efforts in Eastern and Southern Africa to develop National Agroecology Strategies (NASs), aiming to transform agri-food systems through the promotion of agroecological production practices, and the development of markets, value chains, and consumer demand. The brief offers an unique insight into policy advancements...
Kenya - Malawi - Rwanda - South Africa - Uganda - United Republic of Tanzania - Zambia - Zimbabwe
2024 - Biovision Foundation

Blog article
Aperçu des politiques agroenvironnementales nationales

Aucune analyse ne peut être réalisée en l’absence de données. C’est dans cet esprit que des chercheurs de l’université de Bonn en Allemagne et de l’École polytechnique fédérale (ETH) suisse de Zurich ont publié une base de données contenant plus de 6 000 politiques agroenvironnementales, qui permet à leurs pairs...
2024

Guidelines
Guidance on developing forest education programmes for primary schools

Forest education builds the knowledge, skills, and shared values that underpin sustainable forestry and its contributions to sustainable development goals, such as those set out in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. In recent years, however, international forums have expressed concern that, in most countries, forest-related education is insufficient and...
2024 - FAO

Journal article
Agri-environmental policies from 1960 to 2022

For both research and practice, it is paramount to understand what, where and when agri-environmental policies have been put in place. Here we present a database of 6,124 agri-environmental policies implemented between 1960 and 2022 in about 200 countries. The database comprises a wide range of policy types (including regulations...
2024 - https://www.nature.com

Newsletter
Bulletin sur la Surveillance Pastorale au Burkina Faso – Février à Mars 2024

La 18ème édition du bulletin bimestriel sur la surveillance pastorale au Burkina Faso couvre la période de février à mars 2024. Il comporte un large choix d’indicateurs, présentés sous forme de cartes et de tableaux. Ces derniers permettent de faire un état des lieux complet de la situation sur la...
Burkina Faso
2024 - Action contre la faim (ACF)

Audio
De la crise alimentaire à la famine : quelques clés pour comprendre – 1/3

À travers cette nouvelle série de podcasts, le groupe URD se penche sur la notion de famine. Un mot qui a marqué l’histoire et laisse en mémoire des images chocs de certaines grandes famines médiatisées comme au Soudan du Sud ou en Somalie. Et qui malheureusement revient aujourd’hui sur le...
2024 - Groupe URD

Policy brief/paper
Securing tenure to restore land and safeguard livelihoods

UNCCD and FAO working together
This third United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) synergy brief focuses on the joint UNCCD - FAO work on the integration of the Voluntary Guidelines on Responsible Governance of Tenure on Land, Fisheries and Forests in the context of national food security (VGGT) into the implementation of the UNCCD...
2024 - United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)

Blog article
Un nouveau dispositif de surveillance pour défendre les droits des paysans

Au printemps 2024, le Conseil des droits de l'homme de l'Onu créera un nouveau groupe d'experts chargé de promouvoir et de surveiller les droits des paysannes et des paysans dans le but de faciliter la sensibilisation mondiale des autorités et de la société civile aux défis de la production alimentaire...
2024

Working paper
Investment and Cultivation Strategies for Women and Youth Inclusion: Cases from On-farm, Off-farm and Non-farm Activities in Ethiopia and Mali

This study explores how livelihood assets, strategies for accessing the assets, and enabling and discouraging factors in the value chain shapes the inclusion of women and youth in on-farm, off-farm and non-farm activities. It is based on the Safeguarding Sahelian Wetlands for Food Security (SaWeL) program that aims to make...
Ethiopia - Mali
2024 - International Water Management Institute

Blog article
Le sol est à la base du bon fonctionnement des écosystèmes : leçons de Côte d’Ivoire

Le sol n’est pas qu’un simple support : il doit être en bonne santé pour que les activités agricoles puissent s’installer et perdurer. En Côte d’Ivoire, le ministère de l’agriculture a rassemblé agriculteurs, décideurs politiques et scientifiques autour d’actions pratiques pour assurer la durabilité des sols des paysages forestiers en...
Côte d'Ivoire
2024 - CIRAD

Fact sheet
The potential of agroecology and organic

Agroecology and organic agriculture have the potential to facilitate the transition towards inclusive, healthy and sustainable food systems. An increasing number of high-level experts find the evidence for agroecology and organic agriculture compelling, and farmers worldwide have shown it is possible: 30 percent of farms have transitioned to agroecology, and...
2024 - Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau (FiBL)

Blog article
New African Society: Cultivating Seeds of Change in Sierra Leone’s Eastern Province

New African Society (NAS), a youth-led Sierra Leone-based organization, is working for the development of self-sufficient communities to alleviate generations of poverty within the country. The organization offers services that promote the advancement of agricultural projects within the region, seeking to remedy a lack of opportunity for socioeconomic mobility and...
Sierra Leone
2024 - Food Tank

Report
Atelier International sur la Préservation et la Restauration des Sols Forestiers en Afrique de l'Ouest

Du 16 au 17 mai 2023, s’est tenu à l’Ivotel Hôtel Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire), le séminaire international sur la préservation et la restauration des sols forestiers en Afrique de l’Ouest. L’organisation de ce séminaire est une initiative du Ministère d’État, Ministère de l’Agriculture et de Développement Rural (MEMINADER) de Côte...
Côte d'Ivoire
2024 - CIRAD

Journal article
The Evolution of the Romanian Organic Agriculture in a Global Context

Organic agriculture is widely considered an agricultural method that aims to produce food products by turning to natural processes and substances, limiting, in the same time, the impact on the environment. In the last period, there has been an evident growing trend in consumers’ preference for organic food products, that...
Romania
2024 - Rural Development Research Platform

Article
Gouvernance des mécanismes fonctionnels d’une innovation agroécologique : cas de la production de biopesticides au Cameroun

La production de biopesticides pour l’agriculture est une innovation agroécologique qui répond à la nécessité de réduire, d’une part, les externalités négatives de l’utilisation des pesticides chimiques sur la santé et l’environnement, et d’autre part, la dépendance aux aléas du commerce international, surtout dans les pays en développement. Dans ce...
Cameroon
2024 - CIRAD

Conference/Meeting
Fourth Global Conference of the World Banana Forum

The Secretariat of the World Banana Forum (WBF), a multi-stakeholder network coordinated by the Markets and Trade Division (EST) of FAO, is delighted to extend an invitation to Members to the Fourth Global Conference of the World Banana Forum, to be held at the FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy on Tuesday, 12...
2024 - FAO

Blog article
Learning to cope with the spread of non-native species in the Mediterranean

More than 900 non-indigenous species have already been identified in the Mediterranean Sea. And the number is only expected to increase. Climate change is helping non-native species move further north in the Mediterranean as water temperatures rise. As they spread, so does concern about their effect on marine ecosystems and the local fishing...
Italy - Tunisia
2024 - FAO

Article
Pour une gestion durable des sols en Afrique subsaharienne

La faible productivité de l’agriculture en Afrique subsaharienne est due en grande partie à la dégradation de la fertilité des sols. Les agricultures familiales, pilier de la sécurité alimentaire de cette grande région, doivent relever le défi de la restauration et du maintien de la capacité productive des terres. Les...
2024 - CIRAD

Journal article
Does the payment method matter in online shopping behaviour?

Study on the Romanian market of vegetables during the pandemic crisis
Abstract: The present study, centred on customer online shopping behaviours, aims at analysing the frequency of vegetable acquisition and its main determining factors, while considering different methods of payment, i.e. cash, debit card, and bank transfer on the Romanian market. Using data obtained from a questionnaire applied nationwide, a descriptive analysis and logistic regression were performed. An immature...
Romania
2024 - Gheorghe Zane Institute for Economic and Social Research Romanian Academy Iasi Branch
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