[Français ci-dessous] The caravan visited the Bolgatanga Girls Highschool and gave an open class in the big assembly of the school, for around 1000 students. The class was also attended by some teachers, and focused on the topic of sustainable food systems and its contextualization concerning global complex problems such as climate change, biodiversity crises…
[Français ci-dessous] We participated in a small conference at the Millar Institute for Transdisciplinary and Development Studies (MITDS), attended by 55 students and academics, about the contributions of research for the development of rural areas. Professor David Millar shared some insights from the r4d FoodSAF project, including a newly developed barometer for the assessment of…
See you Burkina! Welcome to Ghana [Français ci-dessous] The Burkina Faso stage of the caravan is over! We just crossed the border at Paga to Ghana, with the landscape remaining very similar, but English is now the official language. It was a remarkable period in Burkina Faso, with great team work, knowledge sharing, inspiring experiences…
[English below] La caravane a rencontré une vingtaine d’agriculteurs impliqués dans le projet Yamsys (systèmes d’ignames), près de Léo, pour partager quelques idées sur deux projets du R4D – ORM4Soil et IFWA – et pour se renseigner sur leurs expériences avec Yamsys. Les ignames sont une culture traditionnelle en Afrique de l’Ouest, importante pour la…
[Français ci-dessous] In the training center of Tiipaalga, we could see what happens after letting the local ecosystem regenerate after 10 years of fencing, to protect the spontaneous vegetation from the wandering goats and cattle of the nearby village. The association created a truly green oasis where diverse native species could grow, using different soil…
[English below] Les ignames sont une culture très importante pour la sécurité alimentaire en Afrique de l’Ouest, mais les méthodes traditionnelles de production impliquent généralement le défrichage et une diminution rapide de la fertilité des sols. Le projet Yamsys vise à accroître la durabilité des systèmes d’ignames au Burkina Faso et en Côte d’Ivoire grâce…
[Français ci-dessous] The caravan spent the day in the field with the Tiipaalga and NewTree associations, to meet some of the farmers benefiting from their agro-ecological interventions, one hour north of Burkina Faso’s capital Ouagadougou. We were also joined by students and representatives of Global Water Partnership, INERA and Echo. We visited villages where women…
[English below] Nous sommes actuellement au Burkina Faso et notre conférence sur l’agroécologie et la durabilité des systèmes alimentaires se déroule à Ougadougou. L’objectif de cette conférence est de promouvoir le dialogue sur l’agro-écologie et de promouvoir les liens entre la science et la pratique. Tout au long de la matinée, nous avons eu des…
[Français ci-dessous] Today the food systems caravan teamed up with the association ARAOERC in Banfora to create a small food forest with local students in a vacant public land owned by the town hall. Trees such as mango, avocado, cherimoya, cacao, fig tree, papaya, tamarind, cashew as well as other useful indigenous trees and bushes…
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