Alain Goulard
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Preventing hunger with agroecology in Burundi
Training in agroecology has enabled Burundian farmer Ndayisaba Marie Goreth and her family to be more food secure and to simply eat better. They’re not alone: more than 9,000 farmers, 52% of them women, will receive support as they set up or expand agricultural operations and related services....
Published in December 2023
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Agriculture, Rural Development and Biodiversity - 2022 Activity Report
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Irrigated agriculture: A service-based approach to put irrigators at the center of policy formulation
Irrigated agriculture can help address challenges of food security and sovereignty, develop regions and farms, improve trade balance, and contribute to climate change adaptation. An irrigated area is a complex system in which the social, cultural, technical, economic, and environmental aspects...
Published in September 2023
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Comprehensive Overview of the Agricultural Sector in Jordan
Agriculture in Jordan is a particularly constrained sector given the dry climate and the limited endowment in water resources.However, the sector is connected to several strategic issues, such as food security, employment, rural development and environmental preservation. This study offers a...
Published in September 2023
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WWF and AFD, a technical and strategic partnership
AFD works with a diverse range of actors in the field, including French CSOs of international stature.
AFD and WWF France have been partners for a long time, both through the financing of numerous programs but also through discussions and work around themes of mutual interest and common...
Published in July 2023
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Strengthening climate services in Africa by incorporating local knowledge
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David Nghambi: "we must innovate to finance small farmers"
Farmers face many challenges, including access to finance, which is often not suited to the cyclical nature of agriculture or to small-scale farming. In response, the Tanzania Agricultural Development Bank offers innovative financial solutions to transform agriculture and ensure the country's...
Published in April 2023
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How to improve food security?
According to the World Food Programme, the number of people facing acute food insecurity has more than doubled since 2019, from 135 million to 345 million around the world. The food crisis has multiple causes and has indeed been exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine....
Published in February 2023
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Looking back at 15 years of AFD support for geographical indications: what contribution to sustainable development? How to do better?
There is a long history behind the use of origin marking. Producers and consumers are familiar with products such as Parma ham, Darjeeling tea, Colombian coffee or Champagne. These are just some examples of many origin-marked products. The World Trade Organization’s Agreement on Trade-Related...
Published in February 2023
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AFD and Agriculture in Angola
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African Economies in 2023
This fourth edition of “African Economies,” has been produced by AFD in an age of consequences, an age experiencing a combination of protracted crises whose effects are immediate, an age with both climate change and large-scale health, economic and geopolitical shocks affecting the entire planet...
Published in February 2023
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Empowering communities to strengthen food security in Ethiopia
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GRET: in Laos, a partnership at the service of commons
In Laos, AFD is working with GRET to promote commons.
Often of vital importance to local communities, they can be defined as natural or cultural resources shared by a group of people who together define and implement the rules for their management and preservation.
Let's...
Published in November 2022
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Aquaculture : improving food security in Cambodia
In Cambodia, Ney Srey Pou is preparing her thesis within the framework of the CapFish project, financed by AFD and the European Union. By working on the development of aquaculture and fish farming in her country, she hopes to participate to the emergence of a more sustainable sector to serve the...
Published in September 2022
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Agroforestry: reinvesting the acacia trees in Sudan
In Sudan, along the Gum Arabic belt, the Acacia tree “Senegal” has been cultivated for 300 years. Natural driver of the agroforestry, the trees are also cultivated for their Gum, making Sudan the world’s largest producer and supplier of Gum Arabic. The culture benefits around 6 million farmers...
Published in June 2022
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Cambodia Liquid Gold
Travel to eastern Cambodia, where a special product is collected: Mondulkiri wild honey. Registered for over a year as a geographical indication, it is harvested in a sustainable manner, with respect for the forest and the bees.
The registration of this product as a GI allows it to be...
Published in May 2022