The next West African Organic Conference (WAOC) will be held between 23-26 November 2021 at the Ouaga 2000 International Conference Centre in Burkina Faso. The West African Organic Conference (WAOC) is a biennial initiative of the West Africa Organic Network (WAfrONet) which serves as a platform for sharing knowledge, experiences, and views...

The Regional Technical Platform on Green Agriculture provides a digital, user-friendly, open, intraregional, and interregional gateway for sharing information. It is a knowledge repository that facilitates connections among expert networks regarding various technical areas related to green agriculture. It aims at contributing to more efficient, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable agrifood systems,...

Every year hundreds of farmers transform their production into ecological agriculture. The transitional period, during which they introduce organic farming techniques on the farm, is what it is known as transition period. During the conversion time, all the standards established in European regulations are applicable. It is a dynamic and progressive process...

It was early February 2020. I was headed off with my camera crew, our field officer – Kumar and our NGO partner from Bagalkot to visit and film some Fair Price shops. There were muttered rumours of a virus called COVID. WhatsApp messages, sounding the alarm of a pandemic, were...

A profound transformation of agricultural production methods has become unavoidable due to the increase in the world’s population, and environmental and climatic challenges. Agroecology is now recognized as a challenging model for agricultural systems, promoting their diversification and adaptation to environmental and socio-economic contexts, with consequences for the entire agri-food...