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This article presents the results of the first stage of the TAFS project (Agroecological transitions for sustainable food systems: a case for public policies) coordinated by the Centre for International Cooperation in Agricultural...

Highlight Case Study 11 deals with Improving Water Availability and Restoring Soil Fertility in the Sahel. In Africa’s Sahel region, where agriculture is the main employment and...

TRANSITIONS seeks to facilitate agroecological transitions that are informed by climate considerations among farmers in low- and medium-income countries (LMICs). This will be achieved by creating comprehensive...

How impact frameworks can substantiate sustainable land use investing: two case studies

Highlights: Benchmarking to improve the sustainability of rice production. Assessment of the sustainability of rice production in Brazil and Cuba. Goal Programming philosophy to evaluate the sustainability of...

Description: This EU-funded programme - 23.2 M EUR, including EUR 18.2 million from the EU and EUR 5.0 million from Belgium - has the objective to enable...

Farmers Organisations Leading Research & Innovation on agroecology for sustainable food systems Resilient, productive and sustainable agroecological agri-food systems secured through farmer-led innovation...

Governments are updating national strategies to meet global goals on biodiversity, climate change and food systems proposed in the Convention on Biological Diversity post-2020 framework and agreed...

Green governance of common goods balances the collective actions of economic production and the preservation of natural resources. This study improves the governance of sustainable initiatives with the concept of practice, answering...

Purpose: This paper investigates the incentives to coffee farmers to participate in certification schemes that require improved agricultural practices. Design/methodology/approach: The authors ran a choice experiment among 250...