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This discussion paper aims at exploring the potential of agroecology to improve food security, nutrition and the overall wellbeing in Africa in the face of the challenges posed by the growing population, climate change...

This report presents an assessment of Agroecology landscape (including Ecological Organic Agriculture (EOA) Initiative in Africa, commissioned by the Biovision Africa Trust (BvAT) on behalf of the EOA Continental...

Principalement associés aux fruits et légumes frais et aux animaux sur pied provenant directement des zones de production, les marchés...

In Africa, official statistics contain little data on organic agriculture, even though its products are increasingly available on local and export markets. African consumer...

Today, the highest proportion of youth lives in Africa and Asia with the majority of them in rural areas. In Africa, every year 10 to 12 million youth enter the workforce...

These guidelines have been adapted to suit the needs and current context of Sub-Saharan African countries. Country examples are chosen to reflect situations that are most...

SustInAfrica is a research project empowering West and North African smallholder farmers and small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to facilitate sustainable intensification of African farming systems. We...

SustainSahel project's full name is 'Synergistic use and protection of natural resources for rural livelihoods through systematic integration of crops, shrubs and livestock in the Sahel'. The overall goal...

From 48 years of farming systems research and extension practice, the author distils two conceptual models of the progression of small scale farmers in sustainable agriculture and of the characteristics of production...