A new WorldFish short film spotlights an innovative school feeding pilot in Assam, India. The project added powdered small fish to school meals, helping tackle child malnutrition using locally available aquatic foods. The pilot reached more than 3,000 children across 98 schools and Anganwadi centers. The powder, made from small indigenous fish species, was blended...

Realising the importance of traditional animal healthcare practices as an alternative to antibiotic use in livestock, over 20 participants, including 13 young Entrepreneurs for Rural Access (ERAs) from Assam, Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh states in India, participated recently in a training course focusing on opportunities for income enhancement for the ERAs...

Recent graduations in Mumbwa and Chisamba districts have marked a significant step forward in Zambia’s efforts to promote safer, more sustainable poultry production while addressing the growing challenge of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Through Broiler Farmer Field Schools (FFS) supported by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)...

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...

Noni Lyngdoh, 39, a mother of five from Patharkhmah village, Jirang block, Ri-Bhoi district, struggled with limited market access, dependence on middlemen, post-harvest losses, and unstable crop prices. Though she cultivated a diverse range of crops and was an active member of her community, securing a stable income and improving...

Many of the rural communities IFAD works with are remote, living and farming far from markets and economic opportunities. But nowhere are small-scale farmers quite as isolated as in the island countries of the Pacific Ocean.  Isolation is just one of many challenges facing Pacific Island countries (PICs). Their climate vulnerability...

Forests and woodlands provide a huge array of essential benefits for people and the planet – such as hosting biodiversity, supporting livelihoods, protecting soils, regulating water cycles and mitigating climate change. At the heart of such benefits are forest genetic resources: the heritable materials maintained within and among tree and...

As part of its mission to digitally empower smallholder farmers across the Global South and put the power of agroecological knowledge in their hands, Access Agriculture has developed a multilingual mobile app that offers them full access to its vast library of learning videos offering practical solutions in local languages...

Nakuru County has passed an Agroecology Policy in line with the National groecology Strategy for food systems transformation 2024-2033.

Soil fertility decline poses a major threat to food security in the African Sahelian region. Historically, soil fertility in the region has been maintained through shifting cultivation with long natural fallow, however, increasing population pressure has shortened fallow periods. As a result, nutrient lost through crop yields are not replaced...

How do we empower smallholder farmers, workers, and entrepreneurs in shorter food supply chains, with the potential to better serve local communities with improved nutrition and increased food security and sovereignty? How do we address the challenges posed by the significant control that a few corporations exert over global and...

Este documento elaborado en el marco del Proyecto “Gestión económica de pequeños y medianos sistemas productivos porcinos vinculados al Centro de Información de Actividades Porcinas” (vigente desde marzo 2024) presenta estimaciones sobre comportamientos de resultados económicos de modelos productivos y tiene como propósito aportar información que favorezca la inclusión de...

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...

Chheat’s family depends mainly on rice farming, cultivating three hectares of land. To supplement their income, Chheat also grows vegetables and fruit trees and raises chickens, ducks, frogs, and snails for family consumption and sale. In earlier years, he worked with his father as a carpenter and construction laborer. Now,...

Hilsa is everywhere in Bangladesh. It’s on dinner tables, in markets, in poetry, in history, in culture. It is also the backbone of the country’s largest fishery, and it feeds millions. The hilsa industry supports 2.5 million people and brings in over 3 billion dollars a year and it makes...

For many years, research has been criticised for taking place in isolated “ivory towers,” disconnected from the real needs of society. Today, however, a new generation of African researchers, who are increasingly embracing agroecology as a pathway toward more sustainable and equitable food systems, are redefining this narrative. Motivated by...

Nakuru County has launched a comprehensive agroecology policy aimed at shifting farmers toward sustainable food production, restoring degraded ecosystems, and improving household nutrition across all 11 sub-counties. Agroecology applies ecological principles to farming by working with nature rather than relying heavily on synthetic chemicals, monocultures, and costly external inputs. It focuses...

Décennie des Nations Unies pour l’Agriculture Familiale 2019–2028: principaux résultats jusqu’en 2024

Les négociations internationales sur le climat ont pour objectif de définir des normes globales permettant de lutter efficacement contre les changements climatiques. Elles reposent notamment sur le principe clé de la responsabilité commune, mais différenciée des changements climatiques (RCDCC) qui reconnaît les disparités entre les pays en matière de contribution...

Patna: From agricultural fields to financial institutions, from public sanitation to self-employment and governance, the spirit of women’s self-reliance and empowerment was on full display at an event marking International Women’s Day in Bihar. Organised by the Rural Development Department at Dashrath Manjhi Labour and Employment Study Institute, the event...