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"Food We Want": il manifesto

Renace el futuro del planeta desde la tierra! Los pequeños agricultores, cadenas cortas, sostenibilidad: manifiesto para una agricultura agricultura derechos. Food We Want es la campaña internacional para la agricultura y el consumo sostenible en el norte y...

Agricultura, hoy

Los problemas de la agricultura mundial hoy. Un círculo vicioso entre monocultivos, multinacionales, finanzas.

Agricultura sostenible

Oportunidades para la agricultura sostenible: biodiversidad, soberanía alimentaria, seguridad. Y el papel crucial de los pequeños agricultores.

La terra è un bene di lusso

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

La diversità è ricchezza

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...

Banks and food speculation

A research published by Friends of the Earth and other European NGOs reveals the key role of financial institutions in the controversial food commodities business and in land grabbing.

Fruits’ ethics

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.

System of rice intensification -SRI-

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...

Integrated Pest Management to reduce pesticides - "Push-Pull" technology –

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

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...