Training farmers in agroecology
Action zones
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Occitanie
International
The project
FoodBiodiversity
Terre & Humanisme supports farmers who want to improve their farming practices, and people who want to become self-sufficient in food, to ensure healthy, affordable food for all.
150
peoplesensitized in France by 2023
75
agricultural soilsin the world
5 310
farmersfarmers supported internationally in 2022
Solution
Terre & Humanisme accompanies the farming world towards more resilient and innovative practices. Its mission of transmission enables peasant farmers to make a dignified living from working their land. In addition to training in regenerative agricultural practices, the network accompanies them from seed production to processing activities, right through to marketing in short circuits.
The association is present in various countries: France, Algeria, Morocco, Palestine, Burkina Faso, Togo and Benin.
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In Togo, training to combat pesticides
Terre et Humanisme and its local partners in Togo are raising farmers' awareness of agroecological alternatives, while promoting events such as the Weeks of Alternatives to Pesticides.
A training session was run by the host structures in partnership with the Plant Protection Directorate (DPV) for 100 agricultural producers covering the legal framework for pesticide management and the negative impacts of synthetic chemical pesticide use on ecosystem services.The aim of the training session was to raise awareness among farmers of the various agroecological alternatives to the use of chemical inputs, and to encourage them to adopt biopesticides.
A training session was run by the host structures in partnership with the Plant Protection Directorate (DPV) for 100 agricultural producers covering the legal framework for pesticide management and the negative impacts of synthetic chemical pesticide use on ecosystem services.The aim of the training session was to raise awareness among farmers of the various agroecological alternatives to the use of chemical inputs, and to encourage them to adopt biopesticides.
The money will be used for
- Accompanying farmers towards sustainable agriculture
- Sensitizing young people to a lifestyle that respects the environment
- Creating and running solidarity gardens for the underprivileged
- Amorating food justice projects for populations in precariousness
- Accompanying the agroecological transition of small farmers in West Africa and the Maghreb
- Providing educational and technical resources to farmers
- Organizing training in regenerative agricultural practices
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