From our partners
All members of the network publish a quarterly magazine on small-scale sustainable agriculture. But they also run other projects and programmes.
ALIN announced as co-winners of the UNESCO-IPDC Prize for Rural Communication
We are delighted to share the good news of one of our partners, the Kenyan Arid Lands Information Network (ALIN) who have been announced as co-winners of the 2012 edition of the UNESCO International Programme for Development Communication (IPDC) Prize for Rural Communication.
Against a 'green' avalanche
There is no dictionary definition of a "green economy". Nevertheless, the term is part of UN documents and will play a part in determining our lives. The Zero Draft for Rio+20 is a good example: the term is mentioned 40 times in 20 pages, but a definition is nowhere to be found.
Seeds of biodiversity
Our Brazilian partner AS-PTA co-organised the State Seed Festival in Rio de Janeiro in November 2011. The festival aimed to encourage debate on the use of native seeds and provided a platform for a great exchange of experiences with using and conserving biodiversity.
All-round excitement as ALIN wins Global Knowledge Award
ALIN scores a first in winning coveted global accolade stamping its authority in pioneering the use of ICTs to empower remote arid lands communities with knowledge and information, transforming their livelihoods.
GMOs continue to feed protest in South America
On 15 September 2011, the Brazilian National Technical Commission on Biosafety (CTNBio) approved the introduction of the first transgenic bean resistant to the golden yellow mosaic virus.
Rio +20, Time to Act!
Less then one year separates us from Rio +20, the United Nation Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) that will take place in Rio de Janeiro on 4-6 June 2012.
XXIII Regional agrobiodiversity seminar and the X Regional traditional seed market
The XXIII Regional Agrobiodiversity seminar, held on the 19th and 20th of August, was attended by 120 farmers, union leaders, rural youth, technicians, and teachers from the Contestado region, in the state of Santa Catarina in Brazil.
ALIN Awarded 2011 Access to Learning Award by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Seattle, 16 August 2011: The Arid lands Information Network (ALIN) has won this years’ US$1 million worth Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Access to Learning award in recognition for its provision of information to marginalized and remote communities in the Eastern Africa region.
Double satisfaction for the AgriCultures Network!
Receiving good news is always a pleasure. The KM IMPACT Challenge recently came to an end and we have only just been informed about the results.
James Nguo is now an Ashoka Fellow!
Operating since 1981, Ashoka is a global organization settled in Washington, DC. It is what we usually call a nongovernmental organization. Yet, it prefers to define itself as a "citizen organization".
Marching in Paraiba, Brazil – ‘for women’s lives and agro-ecology’
Our partner in Brazil, AS-PTA, provides advice to Polo Borborema, a network of 15 unions for rural workers and over 150 community associations in the Paraiba region of Brazil.
An iPod for dealing with climate change
ICTs have an extraordinary power in spreading knowledge. This is something that can help small-scale farmers in many countries to cope with the harsh conditions they have to work in.
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