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Bioeconomy, biodiversity and soil quality

WILLAGRI24 February 2025

The concept of bioeconomy encompasses the production and processing of biomass, whether of plant, animal or microbial origin for food, industrial or energy purp... Lire la suite...

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In the United States, green manures are a matter of profitability

WILLAGRI27 January 2025

The global fertilizer industry has long devoted a lot of energy and resources to developing low-carbon fertilizers. The success of these green manures depends, ... Lire la suite...

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Pierre Jacquemot’s new book: “SE NOURRIR, le défi de l’Afrique”

Pierre Jacquemot2 September 2024

Pierre Jacquemot presents below his latest book: " Se nourrir, le défi de l’Afrique ", published by Karthala. After providing an uncompromising diagnostic of ... Lire la suite...

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Agricultural Outlook for the year 2032

WILLAGRI31 July 2023

Co-authored by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the repo... Lire la suite...

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Land sovereignty, a necessary step towards African food sovereignty

WILLAGRI10 July 2023

On June 30th, in Rome, the Ministers of Agriculture from the African Union, their counterparts from the European Union, and representatives of civil society gat... Lire la suite...

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The African Development Bank (AfDB) to the rescue of African agricultural productivity

WILLAGRI3 July 2023

The African Development Bank (AfDB) carries out actions in favor of the African continent and publishes an annual report titled "Annual Review on De... Lire la suite...

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Regenerative agriculture is profitable

Chuck de Liedekerke25 May 2020

Farms which sequester carbon perform better financially Regenerative and ecological agriculture is based on two convictions: That a massive transition t... Lire la suite...

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GENOTYPING CHIPS FOR WHEAT

Frédéric Hénin18 May 2020

We are not yet able to decode the full genomes for thousands of varieties of wheat. However, genotyping chips can provide a “genetic identity card” for these va... Lire la suite...

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Coronavirus epidemic disrupting agricultural markets

Frédéric Hénin6 April 2020

The global spread of the coronavirus epidemic is significantly disrupting the functioning of agricultural markets. Operators fear a decrease in trade, while the... Lire la suite...

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The palm oil sector in Côte d’Ivoire: a summary of the challenges of sustainable development

Document Fondation FARM30 March 2020

At the round table held on 27 February at the Paris International Agricultural Show, the Foundation for World Agriculture and Rurality (Fondation pour l’Agricul... Lire la suite...

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Producing automotive parts from miscanthus

Frédéric Hénin23 March 2020

Hundreds of hectares of miscanthus - a perennial herbaceous grass native to Africa and South Asia - could be used to manufacture parts for the automotive indust... Lire la suite...

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Demeter 2020: Different perspectives on agriculture

Catherine Perrot9 March 2020

The 2020 edition of Le Déméter, a yearly survey of agriculture, food products and development in France, Europe and throughout the world, has just been publishe... Lire la suite...

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From agricultural performance on three levels to accounting which takes three dimensions into account

Sophie Danlos24 February 2020

This article aims to show that, in the face of runaway deregulation and the pursuit of economic performance with little regard for nature or people, we must dep... Lire la suite...

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Towards ecologically intensive agriculture in Africa

John Mahrav17 February 2020

According to UNDP figures, 31 out of 36 countries with a low HDI (Human Development Index) are in sub-Saharan Africa. The region is home to more than half the w... Lire la suite...

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The farming industry’s agroecological transition will rely on biotechnology

Frédéric Hénin3 February 2020

Decoding the genomes of around ten cultivated plant species is a varietal selection method. It will expedite the development of new varieties which are crucial ... Lire la suite...

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France, the Netherlands and New Zealand, undisputed leaders of the global dairy economy

Michel Bourdoncle27 January 2020

According to Agrex Consulting, which every year conducts an analysis of the competitivity of the dairy cattle industry on an international scale on behalf of Fr... Lire la suite...

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From west to east: two tales of French “ecological” farmers

Hélène Le Teno13 January 2020

To help understand a transition - here the ecological transition in farming - it is always interesting to hear smaller stories: typical individual stories which... Lire la suite...

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Bioeconomy, biodiversity and soil quality

In the United States, green manures are a matter of profitability

Pierre Jacquemot’s new book: “SE NOURRIR, le défi de l’Afrique”

Agricultural Outlook for the year 2032

Land sovereignty, a necessary step towards African food sovereignty

The African Development Bank (AfDB) to the rescue of African agricultural productivity

Regenerative agriculture is profitable

GENOTYPING CHIPS FOR WHEAT

Coronavirus epidemic disrupting agricultural markets

The palm oil sector in Côte d’Ivoire: a summary of the challenges of sustainable development

Producing automotive parts from miscanthus

Demeter 2020: Different perspectives on agriculture

From agricultural performance on three levels to accounting which takes three dimensions into account

Towards ecologically intensive agriculture in Africa

The farming industry’s agroecological transition will rely on biotechnology

France, the Netherlands and New Zealand, undisputed leaders of the global dairy economy

From west to east: two tales of French “ecological” farmers

SCIENCE AND THE CHALLENGE OF WATER POVERTY

Food Security and Sovereignty in Africa