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Share Share Twitter Facebook Linkedin Select and copy the link in the box below to share elsewhere.	Agroecology in Action: with Professor Pedro Sanchez From Brazil to Zambia, Dr. Pedro Sanchez discusses agroecological approaches to build farmers' resilience while protecting the planet.
Share Share Twitter Facebook Linkedin Select and copy the link in the box below to share elsewhere.	Agroecology in Action: Keeping Pests at Bay in the Safest Way Fintrac President tells Farming First how her team works with farmers to create maximum pest resistance with minimal environmental impact using Intergrated Pest Management.
Share Share Twitter Facebook Linkedin Select and copy the link in the box below to share elsewhere.	Agroecology in Action: Building Healthier Soils and a Healthier Planet Dr. J. Scott Angle, CEO of IFDC, discusses how Integrated Soil Fertility Management can help soils to stay healthy and grow the food our planet requires both now and in the future.
Share Share Twitter Facebook Linkedin Select and copy the link in the box below to share elsewhere.	Agroecology in Action: with Professor Tim Benton What is agroecology? How can farmers be encouraged to adopt its principles? Professor Tim Benton discusses this topic in this new guest blog ahead of FAO's agroecology summit.
Share Share Twitter Facebook Linkedin Select and copy the link in the box below to share elsewhere.	Agroecology in Action: Forest-Friendly Farming in Ethiopia Building farmers’ incomes from forest-friendly businesses and the sale of carbon credits is the first approach profiled in our new blog series, by Farm Africa CEO Nicolas Mounard.

Share Share Twitter Facebook Linkedin Select and copy the link in the box below to share elsewhere.	#FillTheGap! Breadwinners and homemakers in Malawi Malidadi Chilongo learned to diversify her farm and invest in livestock, improving her family’s diet and investing in a back-up to sell if her crops fail because of extreme weather.
Share Share Twitter Facebook Linkedin Select and copy the link in the box below to share elsewhere.	#FillTheGap! Women bring home the bacon in Malawi By practising conservation farming techniques, Ethel Khundi produced almost three times more maize than she had done a year earlier, offsetting livestock losses to swine flu.
Share Share Twitter Facebook Linkedin Select and copy the link in the box below to share elsewhere.	#FillTheGap! Women in Burkina Faso warrant greater credit Fatima Nadinga was among those who had been typically blocked from crucial credit until a USAID-funded project implemented by non-profit CNFA trained women in the “warrantage” credit mechanism.