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Sustainable Agriculture Tanzania (SAT)

Sustainable Agriculture Tanzania (SAT) addresses social and environmental problems caused by environmentally-destructive and unsustainable farming practices.
Field, Research

Soil, food and health communities (Malawi)

The Soils, Food and Healthy Communities (SFHC) project works to empower smallholder farmers in Malawi to build sustainable, healthy and resilient communities.
Business, Field

Mesula Meru Sustainable Land Ltd (Tanzania)

MESULA is a social enterprise committed to high-quality horticultural production, food security and protection of the territory in the area of Mount Meru, Tanzania.
Field, Research

Food Security and Sovereignty (Las Segovias, Nicaragua)

The Food Security and Sovereignty in Las Segovias Project is a collaboration between CAN and PRODECOOP, a coffee farmer cooperative organization.
Business

Canopy Bridge (Ecuador)

The Canopy Bridge on-line directory provides a free and easily accessible meeting place that allows buyers and sellers of sustainable crops and wild-harvested products in Ecuador to connect.
Business

The Big Carrot (Canada)

Operated based on the principles of a worker-owned co-operative, The Big Carrot was the first health food store to offer a one stop shopping experience with a vegetarian deli, organic produce department and a selection of frozen natural meat products.
Climate

Climate resilient sustainable agriculture for adaptation to climate change (The Gambia)

This project aims at streamlining of agroecological approaches for smallholder farmers to adapt to climate-induced shocks and to reduce vulnerabilities.
Research

Agroecological transition in the South

CIRAD works on novel interdisciplinary expertise and operational solutions to ensure the agro-ecological transition in farming systems in the South.
Policy

Regulation on Agroecology (Vaud, Switzerland)

In 2010, the local government of the canton de Vaud in Switzerland adopted a regulation on agroecology (Règlement sur l’agroécologie RAgrEco 910.21.1), which became applicable in January 2011.
Research

EcoDry: Strengthening Agroecology in Drylands

EcoDry enhances agroecological strategies for drought-prone farming by fostering knowledge exchange and testing innovative practices. Bringing together experts from multiple countries, the project develops methods to help farmers adapt to water challenges and climate change.
Climate

Agroecology +6 (West Africa)

This two year initiative aimed at assessing the spreading of agroecological practices across the Sahelian region.
Policy

Quito: Participatory Urban Agriculture Project

The Participatory Urban Agriculture Project (AGRUPAR) by the Municipality of Quito targets the most vulnerable people of the city through supporting self-production of organic food and by promoting urban agriculture as a livelihood and a powerful strategy for food security and nutrition.
Policy

Denmark’s Organic Action Plan

The overall goal of the Action Plan was to double the organically cultivated area by 2020, measured from the 2007 level.
Research

Enhancing Resilience in Food Systems

This research initiative aims to develop a practice-oriented toolkit to assess the resilience and outcomes in food value chains, and to support the design of interventions by decision-makers. It is conducted by the ETH Zürich World Food System Center, the Sustainable Agroecosystems Group, the Climate Policy Group, and the TdLab.
Business, Field, Research

Sekem initiative (Egypt)

The SEKEM Initiative was founded as a comprehensive development initiative to address some of the most pressing issues affecting Egypt. SEKEM started on a 70-hectare plot of desert land and became the first entity to develop biodynamic farming methods in Egypt.
Policy

National Framework for Organic Farming in Bhutan

In its 5-year-plan (FYP), the government of Bhutan planned to convert all farms to organic production by the year 2020. The national framework for this transition outlines several levers for a change to a more sustainable and productive agriculture.
Field, Research

Farmer<>Researcher Partnership (Santa Cruz, California)

This farmer-researcher partnership of more than 30 years supported the conversion of strawberry monocultures into sustainable agroecosystems.
Field

1 Million Trees (Indonesia)

1m Trees is a joint program by German NGO Fairventures Worldwide and the local foundation Borneo Institute in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. The aim of the program is to revitalize deforested and degraded land with a successional multi-species agroforestry system.
Climate

Promotion of Cassava in Malawi and Zambia

Following the 1980s droughts, both Zambia and Malawi’s governments and specialized international agencies have successfully promoted cassava production in Malawi and Zambia in order to reduce drought vulnerability and dependency on maize monocropping.
Business

Soneva Fushi – Eco Resort

Soneva Fushi, a pioneering luxury eco resort, has developed a new sustainable system called “Eco Centro Waste to Wealth” to turn most waste into value and nutrients for the soil, such as compost, bio char, charcoal, mulches and soil conditioners.
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