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Projeto Ntene Terra debate acesso das mulheres à terra

24 February 2023
Africa
Guinea-Bissau
Land & Gender
gender equity
gender equity in access to land
land rights
women

O projeto Ntene Terra promoveu hoje, em Bissau, um ateliê para debater sobre o acesso das mulheres à terra, na sequência de uma série de ações realizadas um pouco por todo o país, desde o ano passado.

Comment réussir la transition agro-écologique ?

23 February 2023
Africa
Forest Landscape Restoration
Forest Tenure
Land Degradation & Tenure
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Urban Tenure
urban planning
urban forestry
farming systems
agroforestry systems
peri-urban agriculture

La transition écologique de nos agricultures reste largement à construire. Pour avancer dans cette direction, il faut conjuguer résilience écologique, création de valeur pour les agriculteurs et souveraineté alimentaire. C’est sur cette base que pourra être scellée, en France comme en Europe, une nouvelle alliance entre les forces de progrès du monde politique et des mondes agricoles. Concrètement, cela implique de créer les conditions économiques pour réorienter les calculs et les choix des agriculteurs, de l’industrie agroalimentaire, des coopératives, de la grande distribution et des consommateurs, afin de rendre viable une politique de l’offre agroécologique. Faire se rejoindre les intérêts des agriculteurs avec ceux de la société, de l’économie et de l’écologie est la clé de la réussite. C’est le sens des propositions portées ici par Pascal Canfin.

Insécurité alimentaire : appuyer l’agriculture familiale par des politiques publiques

23 February 2023
Africa
France
Land & Food Security
rural development

Dans le cadre de son engagement « 100 % Objectifs de développement durable » (ODD), le groupe AFD est en première ligne pour contribuer à atteindre l’ODD 2, « faim zéro », dans le monde. Mais la crise alimentaire mondiale s'aggrave, notamment en Afrique de l’Ouest. Pour soutenir l’intensification agroécologique de la production, appuyer le développement rural et assurer une meilleure nutrition des populations, les politiques publiques sont un pilier indispensable de l’agriculture familiale.

Insécurité alimentaire : appuyer l’agriculture familiale par des politiques publiques

23 February 2023
Africa
France
Land & Food Security
rural development

Dans le cadre de son engagement « 100 % Objectifs de développement durable » (ODD), le groupe AFD est en première ligne pour contribuer à atteindre l’ODD 2, « faim zéro », dans le monde. Mais la crise alimentaire mondiale s'aggrave, notamment en Afrique de l’Ouest. Pour soutenir l’intensification agroécologique de la production, appuyer le développement rural et assurer une meilleure nutrition des populations, les politiques publiques sont un pilier indispensable de l’agriculture familiale.

Foto: Dimitry B./Unspalsh

Moçambique quer amplo debate sobre crise do clima no Conselho de Segurança

14 February 2023
Africa
Mozambique
Land, Climate Change & Environment
climate change
natural disasters
land investments
responsible investment
families

Ministra dos Negócios Estrangeiros pede prevenção de desastres climáticos no mesmo tom que gestão de crises; piora da situação das inundações na capital e província de Maputo já causou nove mortos e afetou mais de 40 mil pessoas.


 

 

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Avis de recrutement d'un(e) chargé(e) de communication

10 February 2023
Africa
Benin
Land Degradation & Tenure
Urban Tenure
land markets
land tenure
community land rights

L'IRD recrute pour sa représentation au Bénin un(e) chargé(e) de communication.

Date limite de soumission : 17 février 2023

 

 
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Associado(a), Programa África

10 February 2023
Africa
United States of America
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
gender equity
gender equity in access to land
land rights
community land rights
indigenous people's tenure
Indigenous Peoples
local communities
women

A Iniciativa para os Direitos e Recursos (RRI - sigla em inglês) é uma coligação global de mais de 150 organizações dedicadas ao avanço da floresta, terra e direitos de recursos dos Povos Indígenas, comunidades locais, Povos Afro-descendentes, e em particular as mulheres dentro destes grupos. Os membros do RRI capitalizam os pontos fortes, a perícia e o alcance geográfico uns dos outros para alcançar soluções mais eficazes e eficientes. A RRI aproveita o poder da sua coligação global para amplificar as vozes dos povos locais e envolver proactivamente governos, instituições multilaterais, e actores do sector privado para adoptar reformas institucionais e de mercado que apoiem a realização de direitos.

Foto: Ascom DPE/BA

Defensoria da Bahia recebe delegação de Moçambique para troca de experiências em questões fundiárias

9 February 2023
Africa
Mozambique
South America
Brazil
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
land governance
land law
land policies
indigenous peoples' lands
land rights
advocacy
government
Indigenous Peoples
local communities

Entre as definições do encontro estiveram a participação da DPE/BA em seminário, cujo tema será a mediação de conflitos fundiários, e a construção de um convênio entre a Instituição e o governo moçambicano

Movable kraals to restore degraded land, boost crop production

3 February 2023
Africa
Zimbabwe
Land Degradation & Tenure
Land, Climate Change & Environment
land degradation
agricultural land management
peri-urban agriculture
agriculture
smallholders

The article tells how the farmers in Chinyika, Gutu District, heavily affected by droughts, came up with a way to improve soil fertility by herding together their cattle. The collective action to address a problem that affects them all stands out in this story.

Beekeeping revives forests, land in Zimbabwe

3 February 2023
Africa
Zimbabwe
Forest Landscape Restoration
Land, Climate Change & Environment
gender equity
food security
community forestry
deforestation
forest conservation
forest land
women

From Zimbabwe, Nhau Mangirazi tells the story of how beekeeping revives forest in the Hurungwe district, published by The Standard. Apiculture not only preserves the forest from tobacco farming – the main cause of deforestation in the area – and serves as a bio-fence acting as a buffer zone between humans and wild animals, it also brings an extra source of income to the locals, many of the beneficiaries women. 

SPECIAL REPORT: Soilless Farming to the Rescue. How to Boost Agriculture Without Hurting Forests

3 February 2023
Africa
Nigeria
Land & Food Security
Land Degradation & Tenure
climate change
land degradation
deforestation
agriculture
land conservation
farmers

 In his story, Soilless Farming to the Rescue. How to Boost Agriculture Without Hurting Forests, published by the Foundation for Investigative Journalism, Abdullah Tijani tells how Adebowale Onafowora, a Nigerian agricultural entrepreneur, embraced hydroponics as an alternative to traditional farming.

Foto: ANGOP

Expropriação de terras ameaça sobrevivência de centenas de famílias camponesas no Huambo

1 February 2023
Africa
Angola
Land & Food Security
Land Conflicts
land governance
expropriation
food security
rural areas
agriculture
conflicts
land conflicts
families
local communities
private sector
rural population

Camponeses prometem sair às ruas em protesto

HUAMBO — Mais de uma centena de familias camponeses, na provincia angolana do Huambo, têm a sobrevivência ameaçada, devido à ocupaçao das terras de cultivo, alegadamente pela Administraçao do Estado, mesmo depois da providência cautelar aceite no ano passado pelo tribunal.

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