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La sección titulada “Recursos” contiene publicaciones y materiales multimedia archivados que guardan relación con cuestiones generales en el ámbito de la agricultura familiar.

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Actas de conferencia
D’une agroécologie de projets à une politique agricole agroécologique

Plusieurs organisations membres de la Plateforme souveraineté alimentaire mettent en œuvre des projets d’appui à des pratiques agroécologiques, notamment en Afrique sub-saharienne. Ces projets forment des paysans et paysannes-ressources, qui ensuite transmettent leurs connaissances et leurs pratiques à d’autres familles paysannes. Les bénéfices des pratiques agroécologiques sont de mieux en mieux...
2022 - www.souverainetealimentaire.org

Hoja informativa
What are the Most-Produced Cash Crops in Africa?

Agriculture makes up nearly 20% of Sub-Saharan Africa’s economy—a higher percentage than any other region worldwide. From Nigeria to the fertile land across the East African Rift Valley, the continent is home to 60% of the world’s uncultivated arable land. Given the massive role of agriculture across the region, this...
2022

Vídeo
Are we doing enough to support small-scale farmers?

Though essential to food security on the continent, Africa’s small-scale farmers are often under-resourced and impoverished while also baring the brunt of climate change and biodiversity loss. With the Ukraine war raising fears about food insecurity and hunger, it’s never been more critical to help remove whatever barriers exist for this...
2022 - Debating Africa

Artículo
Traque des innovations numériques au service de la transition agroécologique au Bénin

Face au défi alimentaire et aux instabilités climatiques, l’agriculture du Bénin doit accroître ses performances économiques, sociales et environnementales, en particulier par le développement de l’agroécologie. Le numérique est souvent cité comme un levier majeur de la transition agroécologique, mais les innovations numériques en agriculture au Bénin restent peu visibles....
Benin
2022 - CIRAD

Artículo de revista
N°81 : Partnerships between farmers and businesses

The Covid-19 pandemic has revealed the structural weaknesses of the global food system and has been an aggravating factor in existing food and nutritional crises. Roughly 690 million people were already suffering from hunger in 2019, and current projections indicate that the pandemic will push as many as 132 million...
2022 - Inter-réseaux Développement rural

Artículo de blog
Tanzanian farmers mobilize for agroecology, food sovereignty and Pan-Africanism

Hundreds of smallholder farmers gathered in the city of Morogoro on November 17 and 18 for the 27th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Mtandao wa Vikundi vya Wakulima Tanzania or the National Network of Small-Scale Farmers Groups in Tanzania (MVIWATA).  The organization was founded in 1993 by self-organized farmers in the...
2022 - Peoples Dispatch

Estudio de caso
Farmers’ Organizations as innovation intermediaries for agroecological innovations in Burkina Faso

Agroecology has been recognized as a paradigm that can offer multiple ecological and socio-economic benefits. In many developing countries, the promotion of agroecology is facilitated by intermediary organizations such as Farmers’ Organizations (FOs). Detailed studies on how FOs support their farmers in the adoption of agroecology innovations are still scarce,...
Burkina Faso
2022 - International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability

Artículo
Agroecological practices increase farmers’ well-being in an agricultural growth corridor in Tanzania

Millions of people rely on nature-rich farming systems for their subsistence and income. The contributions of nature to these systems are varied and key to their sustainability in the long term. Yet, agricultural stakeholders are often unaware or undervalue the relevance of those contributions, which can affect decisions concerning land...
United Republic of Tanzania
2022

Artículo
Progress in climate change adaptation and mitigation actions in sub-Saharan Africa farming systems

This paper reviews the progress in climate change adaptation and mitigation actions in sub-Saharan Africa farming systems. Farmers, organizations and Governments in the region have developed policies and innovations to adapt to and mitigate the impacts of climate change. It appears that the developed and implemented innovative adaptive farming systems...
2022 - Laboratory of Genetics, Horticulture and Seed Sciences, University of Abomey-Calavi, Faculty of Agronomy, Abomey-Calavi, Benin

Manual
Partnerships between producer organizations and enterprises

Lessons learned from recent experiences in West and East Africa
Partnerships between producer organizations (POs) and enterprises are promoted as a model for structuring value chains to integrate small producers more equitably and sustainably. They offer attractive opportunities, especially for smallholder producers and their organizations. However, they also pose risks, and failures still occur frequently. The lessons learned from capitalizing on four recent experiences...
Benin - Burkina Faso - Kenya - Senegal
2022 - Inter-Réseaux Développement Durable

Artículo
Zambia’s agroecological miracle workers: hope for a food-insecure world

Special reporter Patrick Worms writes passionately of what he witnessed among agroecological farmers in Zambia and the potential for expanding their practices much more widely. Despite the challenges, the world is sprinkled with extraordinary farmers achieving amazing results by applying agroecological principles to restore degraded ecosystems. They combine the growing...
Zambia
2022

Boletín informativo
FAO in Africa

In this edition, we are sharing updates on our work for better production, better nutrition, a better environment and a better life in Africa. Find out about the One Country, One Priority Product (OCOP) initiative in Africa, the latest news on the Hand-in-Hand Initiative, an innovative rice and fish project...
2022 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Libro
Conservation agriculture in Africa: climate smart agricultural development.

This book is about Conservation Agriculture (the use of no tillage systems) to preserve soil structure and integrity. It has become an increasingly important step towards sustainable farming. This publication brings together conservation agriculture and climate smart decision making processes for the first time, focusing on Africa. This book brings...
2022

Informe
Africa Sustainable Livestock 2050: Business models along the cattle dairy value chain in Ethiopia

The FAO partnered with the Ethiopian Society of Animal Production (ESAP) to understand and document the various business models along the cattle dairy value chain nodes in Ada’a and Sululta districts. Dairy businesses are highly heterogeneous in Ethiopia and, even though most are profitable, milk production, marketing, service, input and...
Ethiopia
2022 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Artículo de blog
La souveraineté alimentaire, droit ou objectif de politique?

Le combat du siècle de l’Afrique, c’est mettre fin à ce triste tableau : être un continent importateur de produits et détenir 65% des terres arables du monde non exploitées, disposer d’une grande diversité agro-écologique, avoir une population jeune et des technologies insuffisamment utilisées.Ici, il nous faut miser davantage sur...
2022

Informe
Business models along the poultry value chain in Uganda

This report presents the business canvas, the business process modelling and the enterprise bugdet of entrpreneurs operating at the different nodes of the poultry value chain in urban and peri-urban Uganda
Uganda
2022 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Artículo de blog
Tunisie : un projet de loi pour promouvoir les semences paysannes

L’Association Tunisienne de Permaculture (ATP) soumettra, prochainement, au ministère de l’Agriculture, un projet de loi visant la promotion des systèmes semenciers paysans et la protection des petits agriculteurs qui utilisent ces systèmes. S’inspirant du cadre juridique proposé par l’Alliance pour la Souveraineté alimentaire en Afrique (AFSA), ce projet a pour...
Tunisia
2022

Manual
Apiculture et changements climatiques: construire une filière résiliente

Ce manuel technique se base sur les résultats et expériences de l’initiative CasaMiel, mise en œuvre par la Société de coopération pour le développement international (SOCODEVI). Cette initiative se déroule dans le cadre du projet «Sécurité alimentaire: une agriculture adaptée» (SAGA) mis en œuvre par l’Organisation des Nations Unies pour...
Senegal
2022 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Artículo de blog
Autorisation des OGM au Sénégal : menace sur l’agriculture ouest-africaine

A travers les textes (positions/actes politiques), le Sénégal est cité en exemple pour son engagement dans la transition agroécologique. Mais depuis le vote de la loi N°2022-20 du 14 juin 2022autorisant les organismes génétiquement modifiés (OGM) par son assemblée nationale, sa démarche parait très ambivalente aux yeux de la société...
Senegal
2022

Artículo
Water Scarcity in Africa: Causes, Effects, and Solutions

The problem of water scarcity has cast a shadow over the wellbeing of humans. According to estimates, in 2016, nearly 4 billion people – equivalent to two-thirds of the global population – experience severe water scarcity for a prolonged period of time. If the situation doesn’t improve, 700 million people...
2022
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