The Sahel is facing a perfect storm: erratic rainfall, degraded soils, rising temperatures, and growing populations with limited access to productive land. For generations, farmers have adapted to these conditions through innovation and resilience — but can traditional knowledge combined with rigorous science offer a genuine pathway to food security and thriving livelihoods?
This webinar brought together grassroots leaders, civil society organizations, and international institutions to highlight the essential role of pastoralist systems in restoring land, strengthening climate resilience, and advancing land justice.
Research findings are one thing; farmers actually adopting new practices is another. Across development and agriculture, there is a well-known gap between promising pilot projects and real-world uptake — but what does the evidence actually tell us about what works, for whom, and under what conditions?
The JAES2026 podcast studio gives a voice to agroecology stakeholders in Senegal, allowing them to share their perspectives and contribute to the ongoing debate on agroecology.
For this fifth episode, we are pleased to welcome Raphaël Belmin, a researcher at CIRAD and a photographer.
In this episode of The Battle for African Agriculture, host Dr. Million Belay sits down with Ugandan lawyer, policy advocate, and food systems activist Dr. David Kabanda to unpack one of the most overlooked dimensions of African agriculture: law and governance.
In this video, Yurdi Yasmi, Director of the FAO Plant Production and Protection Division, invites us to recognize the importance of bees and all other pollinators this World Bee Day...
Around the world, enough food is produced daily to feed everyone, yet millions go hungry. A third of all food ends up in landfills and diet-related diseases are on the...
The CGIAR Agroecology Initiative (AE-I) is making strides in supporting smallholder farmers in Kenya, particularly in Kiambu and Makueni counties. Through collaborative partnerships, AE-I has helped farmers transition to sustainable,...
Tempurejo Regenerative Agroecology Project is a national-wide demo-plot of sustainable agriculture practices as part of conservation and nature restoration under the Eschatological Studio of the Super Mega Project.
