Content Type: Case Study
Agroecology in Action: Forest-Friendly Farming in Ethiopia
Africa & Middle East: 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.
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Solar-Powered Freezers: Sustainable fish storage in the Solomon Islands
Oceania: Across the Solomon Islands, solar-powered freezers are helping improve fish storage and women-run small businesses.
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I Am Agriculture
Global: Want to show how much you love your career in agriculture? Click here to add the “I am Ag” badge to your Twitter or Facebook profile! Click on your career below and download our graphics for sharing on social media. Opportunities in agriculture have never been greater for our young people, both in the […]
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GACSA Forum: Making Agriculture “Climate-Smarter”
Global: Farming First launches is latest campaign in collaboration with the Global Alliance for Climate-Smart Agriculture.
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Drought Tolerance Tools Boost Yields and Resilience
Africa & Middle East: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Drought Tolerance Tools Boost Yields and Resilience Gambia In June 2013, in partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture, FAO began implementing a three-year European Union funded project geared towards achieving Target 1C of the Millennium Development Goals. FAO Gambia sets about doing this through sustainable intensification […]
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Restoring 20 Million Hectares of Degraded Land
Latin America & the Caribbean: World Resources Institute Restoring 20 Million Hectares of Degraded Land Latin America and the Caribbean Initiative 20×20 aims to bring more than 20 million hectares of degraded lands in Latin America and the Caribbean into restoration by the year 2020. The Initiative was launched in COP 20 in Lima, Peru, in December 2014 where eight […]
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Eco-Agriculture in the Sahel
Africa & Middle East: World Vision Eco-Agriculture in the Sahel Mali World Vision, with support from the Margaret A Cargill Foundation, is implementing the Eco-Agriculture in the Sahel project to improve community resilience, farmer livelihoods, and environmental stewardship. This is being done through adoption of Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR) and complementary soil and water conservation (SWC) and conservation […]
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Investing in the Future of Coffee: Financing for Farm Rejuvenation
Latin America & the Caribbean: Root Capital Investing in the Future of Coffee: Financing for Farm Rejuvenation Peru Since 2010, Root Capital, an agricultural impact investor, has been working with the Peruvian coffee cooperative Chirinos to promote farmer adoption of climate-smart practices. With the help of several multi-year loans from Root Capital, Chirinos has invested in new services to improve […]
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CO2 Coffee Project
Latin America & the Caribbean: Rainforest Alliance CO2 Coffee Project Mexico The CO2 Coffee project is designed to combat deforestation and mitigate the effects of climate change while also supporting communities seeking to improve their livelihoods. In collaboration with a local coffee cooperative and other partners, Rainforest Alliance is working with roughly 400 coffee farmers in Oaxaca’s Chatina and Zapoteca […]
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Compost Trainings that Fight Poverty and Boost Resilience
Africa & Middle East: One Acre Fund Compost Trainings that Fight Poverty and Boost Resilience Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania Founded in 2006, One Acre Fund is a nonprofit social enterprise that provides over 400,000 farmers in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania with the tools, financing, and training to grow their way out of hunger and poverty. Now in […]
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Agro Covenant on Target in the Netherlands
Europe: LTO Agro Covenant on Target in the Netherlands Netherlands In 2008, the Dutch agro sectors signed a Public-Private Partnership with the government entitled ‘Clean and Efficient Agro Sectors’, or the ‘Agro Covenant’ for short, setting out pledges to make the sectors more sustainable by 2020. It aims to help achieve the national targets to which […]
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Promoting Agroforestry & a Sustainable Dairy Cycle
Africa & Middle East: Livelihoods Fund Promoting Agroforestry & a Sustainable Dairy Cycle Kenya Deforestation, uncontrolled grazing and soil erosion are having a negative impact on biodiversity and soil fertility in the lands upstream of Lake Victoria in Kenya. Crop yields & milk production are very low and farmers have no sustainable connections to markets. A new project, launched […]
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