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Bristol 247: How could agroecology contribute to the fight against climate change?

“Two activists from Nicaragua recently visited Bristol, visiting small farms and holding exchanges on agro-ecology”. Here you can read an interesting article about the importance of agroecology to fight against climate change. Published in Bristol 247.

https://www.bristol247.com/climate/news-climate/how-could-agroecology-contribute-to-the-fight-against-climate-change/

Plovdiv Agrosilver Value meeting

Last Monday October 31st the tenth consortium project meeting of Agrosilver Value took place in EcologyKM premises located in Plovdiv (Bulgaria). Some of the highlighted conclusions from the meeting are:

  • It is expected that all the videos are visible on the platform in high quality by the end of the year.
  • During 2023 firsts six months the pilot courses will be developed in all the participant countries.
  • New content is expected to be uploaded to the platform as the project length has been extended some months.

Agrosilver project “Integrating silver knowledge from agroecology into the VET systems” is funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union, and involve the cooperation of partners from Greece, Spain, Bulgaria, France, Malta and Estonia during the years 2020 to 2023.

The project develops video resources, video training material and video tools for farmers and teachers interested in increasing their knowledge on Agroecology.

More information in www.agrosilver.eu

FOODTANK: “New Reports Make the Case for Food Systems as a Climate Solution”

“Food and agriculture systems are on the agenda at the U.N. Climate Change Conference (COP27) this year for the first time. In addition to more than 300 live events, new reports from WWF, IPES-Food, and the Global Alliance for the Future of Food are helping to prioritize food systems at these critical conversations in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt”

Here you can read this interesting article published in Foodtank.com

Agrosilver video: organic cherry

As you know, in this site you can find video resources, video training material and video tools which will allow you to increase your knowledge and also improve the way you teach other people about agro ecology. In our video platform you can find a lot of videos and here you can see one of them about organic cherry in Spain. The Experience of an ecological farmer with a long history in agroecology in the Valle del Jerte region, the basis of his management, the improvement of soil fertility.

https://videoplatform.agrosilver.eu/videos/7

Foodtank: “Systemic Problems Require Systemic Solutions”

“At a recent European regional dialogue, policymakers, researchers, farmers, civil society organization leaders, and others gathered to discuss “The Politics of Knowledge,” a new compendium from the Global Alliance for the Future of Food, and agroecology’s role in helping to solve interconnected global crises”. Here you can read this interesting article:

Second Transnational Project Meeting in Nicosia, Cyprus

The second of the September meetings was a meeting of the VIDEOTEACH project consortium. This time the partners met in the capital of the Republic of Cyprus – Nicosia.

The main point of this meeting was the finalization of the first project result, which is the creation of a competence profile for future video teachers, based on EU qualification structures and quality principles. This project deliverable is now coming to the final stage and we will be pleased to present it to you soon.

We have also used the meeting to not only plan, but actually schedule the topics and tasks related to the second and third deliverables of this project, which are the development of a methodology to create an analysis of teachers’ video skills, competence recognition, and training needs identification and a follow-up online video course.

INQUIRER.NET: “Agroecology helps farmers cushion climate impact

Here you are another interesting article about agroecology and the climate change. You can read on this link from iquirer.net:

Genetic Literacy Project: ‘Agroecology has better marks for biodiversity and soil health’ – UN panel urges communities to consider adoption

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Here you can read and interesting article about agroecology:

“Some might say agroecology is catching on in the world, and it is true that the momentum is undeniable,” says Pierre Ferrand, [of the UN FAO]. “But why is something so compelling also so contentious?”

You can read it on this link

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