Un webinaire sur les fiducies pour les cultures explore le rôle des banques de gènes dans le renforcement des systèmes alimentaires

Le rôle essentiel des banques de gènes dans la revitalisation de la diversité des cultures, la reconnexion des agriculteurs avec les variétés de cultures sous-utilisées et le renforcement des systèmes alimentaires locaux était le sujet du webinaire Connecter les banques de gènes avec les agriculteurs et les communautés – Restaurer la diversité des cultures pour […]

L’impact mondial de l’homme sur la biodiversité

Les activités humaines, telles que la pollution et le changement climatique, modifient les écosystèmes du monde entier, mais la tendance anticipée à l’homogénéisation biotique n’est pas aussi simple que prévu. Une étude à grande échelle portant sur 97 000 sites révèle que si la biodiversité décline et que la composition des communautés change, les impacts […]

New research urges data-driven action for agriculture and food systems change

“The state of food systems worldwide in the countdown to 2030“, published by The Food Systems Countdown to 2030 Initiative (FSCI), provides the first science-based monitoring to guide decision-makers as they seek wholesale transformation of the global agriculture and food systems. This transformation is needed urgently both to reduce the environmental impact of these systems and to […]

How can indigenous knowledge help us create sustainable food systems?

Climate talks at the COP26 conference included attention on indigenous groups. “Indigenous peoples are at the center because they are the ones that are walking the walk,” said Yon Fernández de Larrinoa, head of the Indigenous Peoples’ unit at the UN. “They are living in communion and harmony with the environment, and that’s the only way to protect […]

FAO report maps insights from and threats to Indigenous Peoples’ food Systems

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), together with the Alliance of Bioversity International and The International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) released a new study identifying hundreds of diverse plant and animal species that Indigenous Peoples around the world depend on and care for to generate food sustainably and enhance biodiversity – and […]

Food loss and waste ‘an ethical outrage’, UN chief says on International Day

Last year, the UN General Assembly designated 29 September as the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste Reduction, recognizing the fundamental role that sustainable food production plays in promoting food security and nutrition and highlighting the essential need to reduce food loss and waste. In addition, with the COVID-19 pandemic underlining the fragility of food systems, […]

Why it’s important to recognize multiple food systems in Africa

There are more than 815 million malnourished people in the world today. Almost 243 million of these are in Africa, where the problem is highest. Unfortunately, development organisations may be making food insecurity worse as they push the most advanced forms of agriculture to the detriment of other food systems. These include methods like foraging and subsistence […]