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The Resources section holds archived publications and multimedia materials related to family farming general issues.

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Video
L'élevage durable : les agriculteurs Agr'eau témoignent

6 agriculteurs du réseau Agr'eau nous parlent de leur ferme. L'agroforesterie, la conservation des sols, la réintroduction de l'élevage sur une ferme céréalière, l'alimentation du troupeau 100% à l'herbe, sont autant de pratiques vertueuses mises en place par ces agriculteurs.
France
2020 - Agroforesterie Association Française 13.4K subscribers

Newsletter
ENRD Newsletter - June 2020

The ENRD newsletter provides all the latest rural development news from Europe straight to your inbox once a month. From policy updates to ENRD meetings and from project outcomes to online videos, this new and updated tool aims to provide something for everybody interested in rural development policy in Europe....
European Union
2020 - ENRD

Blog article
Community Supported Agriculture is a Safe and Resilient Alternative to Industrial Agriculture in the Time of Covid-19

The international campaign we are all engaged in to reduce our tragic losses to the Covid-19 crisis is just a rehearsal for the big campaign that lies ahead – to preserve and build sustainable local and territorial food systems that connect producers and consumers and provide healthy, nutritious food for...
2020 - Urgenci

Video
Vídeo oficial dos 20 anos de Marcha Das Margaridas

A Confederação Nacional dos Trabalhadores Rurais Agricultores e Agricultoras Familiares (CONTAG) produziu um vídeo que resgata as primeiras lutas das mulheres do campo, da floresta e das águas do Brasil pelo direito à Previdência, à sindicalização e por participação no movimento sindical. Também destaca a trajetória de 20 anos de...
Brazil
2020 - Confederação Nacional dos Trabalhadores Rurais Agricultores e Agricultoras Familiares (CONTAG)

Blog article
Agricultura, saúde e escolhas alimentares

O acesso à alimentação diversificada, com produtos frescos, de qualidade e em quantidade suficiente tem impacto positivo sobre a saúde. Em conformidade com o Guia Alimentar para a População Brasileira do Ministério da Saúde, os alimentos in natura e minimamente processados devem ser a base de uma alimentação nutricionalmente balanceada, saborosa, culturalmente referenciada e...
Brazil
2020 - Núcleo de Estudos, Pesquisa e Extensão em Agroecologia (NEA)

Website
Pensar la Pandemia: Observatorio social del Coronovirus

CLACSO inaugura un observatorio para interpretar el fenómeno de la pandemia global. Con la convicción de que las ciencias sociales y las humanidades cumplen un rol central, CLACSO pone al servicio de la sociedad un conjunto de reflexiones sobre un acontecimiento que afecta todas las dimensiones de la vida en común. El conocimiento científico es...
2020 - Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales (CLACSO)

Video
Struggle for recognition of traditional seed in Brazil

In August last year, the African Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) hosted a discussion on farmer seed systems, in Zanzibar, Tanzania. From Brazil, we were joined by two activist farmers, Severina da Silva Pereira from Paraiba and Sebastião Augusto Estevão from Minas Gerais, and researcher Gabriel Fernandes of the National Biodiversity...
Brazil
2020 - African Centre for Biodiversity (ACB)

Blog article
Timely harvest

Timely harvest is important to avoid losses. This is an important lesson that farmers in Benin learnt from videos on improved harvest and post-harvest practices for maize and cowpea as part of training programmes organised by Iles de Paix (Islands of Peace), a Belgian NGO.
Benin
2020 - Access Agriculture

Book
Food Plants for Healthy Diets in the Philippines

Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which: identify highly nutritious local food plants, explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way, detail the nutritional value of the plants and describe why human bodies require those nutrients. The resources created by FPS allows people to better...
Philippines
2020

Guidelines
Contribution aux politiques nationales pour une transition agroécologique au Sénégal

Dynamique pour une transition agroécologique au Sénégal
Au Sénégal, l’agriculture est confrontée au triple défi de la croissance démographique, du changement climatique et de la dégradation des ressources productives (eau, sols, forêts). Dans ce contexte, lemodèle actuel d’intensification agricole n’apportera pas de réponses durables. Les systèmes de production conventionnels paraissent performants à court terme, mais ils sont...
Senegal
2020 - DyTAES - Dynamique pour une transition agroécologique au Sénégal

Website
Organic Farm Knowledge platform

Organic Farm Knowledge hosts a wide range of practical knowledge and tools for organic farmers and advisers helping improve farming practices. It is also a virtual meeting place for cross-border learning, promoting the exchange of knowledge among farmers, farm advisers, and scientists to increase productivity and quality in organic farming...
2020 - IFOAM Organics

Blog article
Backyard farming: a lifeline during COVID-19

With food supply disrupted by COVID-19, concerns about food security have led to increased interest in growing food at home. This is particularly true for vulnerable communities as indicated by Access Agriculture analysis, which shows that its farmer-training videos promoting backyard farming such as ‘Using sack mounds to grow vegetables’...
Liberia
2020 - Access Agriculture

Video
Backs bent, but chins held high - Women clam harvesters in Tunisia’s Gulf of Gabes

An FAO project with a women’s clam association in Tunisia’s Gulf of Gabes helped the clam harvesters to earn more for their labour, while also incorporating sustainable practices.
Tunisia
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO

Statement
Declaración del Grupo de Trabajo Agroecología Política

Agroecología, pandemia global y los caminos de la vida
La gravísima situación que tanto el mundo como toda nuestra región latinoamericana está enfrentando, responde a un conjunto complejo de presiones enmarcadas en el proyecto de modernidad, instalado como estructura dominante que asocia manifestaciones de una crisis sin precedentes, que va más allá todavía de las desigualdades generadas por el...
2020 - Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales (CLACSO)

Book
Potentially Important Leafy Greens and Vegetables in the Philippines

Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which: identify highly nutritious local food plants, explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way, detail the nutritional value of the plants and describe why human bodies require those nutrients. The resources created by FPS allows people to better...
Philippines
2020

Book
Potentially Important Fruit and Nuts of the Philippines

Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which: identify highly nutritious local food plants, explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way, detail the nutritional value of the plants and describe why human bodies require those nutrients. The resources created by FPS allows people to better...
Philippines
2020

Journal article
The 10 Elements of Agroecology: enabling transitions towards sustainable agriculture and food systems through visual narratives

The magnitude and urgency of the challenges facing agriculture and food systems demand profound modifications in different aspects of human activity to achieve real transformative change and sustainability. Recognizing that the inherent complexity of achieving sustainability is commonly seen as a deterrent to decision-making, the Food and Agriculture Organization of...
2020

Book
Good Gardening and Growing Root Crops in the Philippines

Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which: identify highly nutritious local food plants, explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way, detail the nutritional value of the plants and describe why human bodies require those nutrients. The resources created by FPS allows people to better...
Philippines
2020

Report
Reducing food loss on the farm

This document presents the results of the EIP AGRI Focus Group (FG) ‘Reducing food loss on the farm’, identifying the principal on-farm practices and technologies that can minimise such losses. Addressing these losses is a major societal challenge and forms a key pillar of the UN’s Strategic Development Goals (SDGs)....
European Union
2020 - Eip Agri

Blog article
Rural entrepreneurs use videos to become changemakers

Mori Gouroubera from Benin, Boazi Winston from Tanzania and Neeraj Kumar from India are budding entrepreneurs. Although they come from diverse cultural, social and educational backgrounds, they are closely bound by a common link. All three of them are part of a network of passionate young entrepreneurs spanning Africa and Asia,...
Benin - India
2020 - Access Agriculture
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