Dans la région de Huye, dans le sud du Rwanda, les cerises de café ont pris leur belle couleur rouge: elles sont mûres. Formés à reconnaître le moment propice, les producteurs les cueillent à point. Leurs gestes sont méthodiques: ils quittent l’ombre d’un caféier, passent sous un soleil de plomb...

At UNCCD COP17 in Mongolia, the Forest and Farm Facility (FFF) brought a clear message to the international debate on land restoration: family farmers and their organizations are already restoring land, building resilient livelihoods and developing solutions rooted in local knowledge and experience. What is still needed is stronger recognition...

Combining traditional expertise of the Chepang community on Chiuri with modern innovation unlocks new income-generating opportunities for forest-based Indigenous communities in Nepal. Producing butter from a tree may sound unlikely, but for generations, the Indigenous Chepang communities of Korak, Chitwan, in southern Nepal, have been doing just that. Processing the seeds...

In response to seed scarcity, rising production costs, and climate-related challenges, EDEN Group in rural northern Tanzania, has established a community seed bank and invested in water drilling infrastructure to support year-round production of indigenous maize and bean seeds adapted to local conditions. In Doffa village in Karatu District in the...

With the participation of representatives of forest and farm producer organizations, governments, international cooperation agencies, the private sector, and multilateral organizations from 15 countries across Latin America, Africa and Asia, the Global Conference of the Forest and Farm Facility (FFF) concluded in Bolivia. The event served as a platform to...