Small-scale farmers, short chains, sustainability: manifesto of an agriculture which is cultivating rights. Food We Want is an international campaign promoting sustainable agriculture and consumption in the North and South of the world.

The problems of world agriculture today. A vicious circle between monocultures, multinationals, finance

Opportunities for sustainable agriculture: biodiversity, food sovereignty, security. And the crucial role of small farmers

Chi vuole avviare un’azienda agricola si scontra con la realtà: il prezzo dei campi è altissimo. E anche l’affitto sta diventando un’opzione impraticabile

Let's Liberate Diversity è il network europeo contro le colture uniformi, i brevetti sulle sementi, le produzioni intensive e gli organismi geneticamente modificati. Le organizzazioni che ne fanno parte si sono riunite in Scozia, dal 9 all'11 marzo. Present...

Una ricerca promossa da Friends of the Earth e da altre Ong europee svela il ruolo delle istituzioni finanziare nel controverso business delle commodities alimentari e dell’accaparramento delle terre. Tra i 29 istituti di credito passati ai "raggi x&qu...;

Europe could do a lot to support pineapple and bananas producers in the South of the world. It could for instance support policies that encourage fair and sustainable fruit production. This is the objective of the Make Fruit Fair campaign.

This is mainly related to the complex technical issues required, poor extension service, lack of capital or more simply poverty (Mati B.M. et al., 2011). As a consequence of population growth and urbanization during the second half of the twentieth century...

Losses attributed to parasitic weeds in particular Striga hermonthica, Benth (African witchweed) on the other hand range between 30 and 100% in most areas and are often exacerbated by the low soil fertility prevalent in the region. The soils are highly degr...

Zero Grazing is especially useful in areas where land is scarce. It involves confining the dairy cattle in a cowshed and the development of a ‘cut and carry’ fodder system. Zero grazing is a system that consists of several components: housing, dairy cattle...