NEW REPORT 📰 The Added Value(s) of #Agroecology: Unlocking the potential for transition in West Africa 🌱
🌍 West #Africa has all the ingredients to become a “global frontrunner in agroecology,” according to experts at IPES-Food. Discover why!
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Latest report by IPES-Food points to #WestAfrica’s “path to resilience and the #SDGs” through #agroecology. 🌿
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@FAOSDGs @futureoffoodorg @oxfamwestafrica @FSCluster @FoodSystems @UNBiodiversity @AndreaLearned @CivilEats @UnescoChairFood
The report underlines the vast challenges facing West African @FoodSystems today: temperatures rising 1.5 times faster than global averages; 70-80% of the population living on less than $2 a day; & #COVID19 threatening to plunge millions more into poverty and #foodinsecurity.
The report shows that #agroecology provides a compelling response to these challenges 🌿🌽🌍
✅builds #climate #resilience in durable & affordable ways
✅reduces reliance on expensive chemical inputs
✅builds on #farmer-to-farmer exchange
✅generates #employment in rural areas
.@grazianodasilva: "This report brings to light the voices, visions & initiatives of West #Africa’s vibrant agroecological movement. And while obstacles remain, it shows that many more doors & windows in agricultural development are starting to open!"
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Papa Abdoulaye Seck: "Providing insights into how to better understand and address these challenges, IPES-Food’s latest report, “The added value(s) of #agroecology", will be a valuable resource, in many respects, to the government of #Senegal and to the #ECOWAS community."
For former @FAO DG @grazianodasilva, agroecology is now a "viable alternative pathway for agricultural
development".
But what are the obstacles still facing #agroecology in West #Africa?
Our new report explains 👉 ipes-food.org/pages/Agroecol…
🗞️ West #Africa’s path to resilience and #SDGs through #agroecology - by our colleagues @KBCChannel1 🇰🇪 | @ndidiNwuneli @ntvkenya @ntvuganda @mkulimayoung
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🌿“We need to demystify agroecology – agroecology needs to be put forward!” - Dr. Papa Seck, Permanent
Rep. of #Senegal @FAO.
🌍More than 130 people from across the world joined IPES-Food and multiple experts to launch 'The Added Value(s) of #Agroecology' 👏🏾 Thank you! Merci! 👏🏾
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