Call for solidarity with milk producers

Call for solidarity with milk producers

Europe needs to change course to put an end to the crisis. Agricultural organisations and milk producers’ unions from Africa, together with development NGOs, are supporting the European milk producers proposing regulatory measures for the milk market, in order...
TTIP put at stake our health!

TTIP put at stake our health!

A review of the implications of the TTIP for our food security.  Javier Guzmán and Ferran García, VSF Spain – Justicia Alimentaria Global The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is a dream come true: the dream of big agribusiness corporations....
Pastoralist Knowledge Hub

Pastoralist Knowledge Hub

The Pastoralist Knowledge Hub is an initiative bringing together pastoralists and the main actors working with them to join forces and create the synergies for dialogue and pastoralist development. The objective of the Pastoralist Knowledge Hub is to fill the gaps...
Petition to say STOP to pesticides!

Petition to say STOP to pesticides!

Agronomes et Vétérinaires Sans Frontières has launched an online petition against the use of dangerous pesticides. Every year 200,000 people die for pesticides intoxication. Southern countries are the most affected, as certain products – which are banned in the...
Waynaabe, life scenes of the Wodaabe breeders

Waynaabe, life scenes of the Wodaabe breeders

This documentary of 17 minutes has been realized in Niger, in the heart of the Sahel, in October 2010. “Waynaabe” shows the life of nomadic Wodaabe livestock keepers through the eyes of the young Mother Mooro, whose child Jumaare survived malnutrition. Her...
How the Dinka in South Sudan cope with climate change

How the Dinka in South Sudan cope with climate change

According to FAO’s 2011 World Livestock Report, 120 million people depend on livestock for their food security. In contrast to intensive agriculture, hundreds of millions of small producers in the world fight against global warming and are the main victims of...