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Drynet Podcast - Good Food for a Better NormalL’importance des savoirs et savoir faire paysansMariam Sow fait partie de ces femmes africaines sur qui reposent tant de responsabilités en tant que fille née sur ce continent dans une famille d’agro pasteurs de la vallée du Fleuve Sénégal, mais qui s'est engagée dans le développement. Après avoir terminé ses études secondaires, elle devient animatrice rurale pour les Maisons Familiales Rurales, dans la région de Thiès au Sénégal. C’est là qu’elle apprend les rudiments de l’approche participative en milieu rural, la structuration des organisations paysannes et qu’elle comprend toute l’importance des savo...2021-04-1847 minDrynet Podcast - Good Food for a Better NormalDe la bonne nourriture pour une meilleure normalitéDans cet épisode, Sylvestre Tiemtoré, sociologue et philosophe coordinateur du Secrétariat Permanent des ONG au Burkina Faso et mobilisé depuis un demi siècle pour la fourniture d’une réponse concertée aux vagues de sécheresses, explique pourquoi les caractéristiques inéquitables et non durables des systèmes alimentaires sont induites par le choix délibéré d’un modèle agroalimentaire destructeur des ressources naturelles, qui dégrade les terres, qui réduit la biodiversité et qui épuise les ressources en eau. Il plaide pour une urgente transition agricole et notamment via l’agroécologie.
2021-03-1344 minDrynet Podcast - Good Food for a Better NormalThinking Globally - Acting Locally: Why the Rio Conventions matterThe sixth and final episode of the 2020 Drynet Podcast Series: Good Food for a Better Normal explores the relevance of the Rio Conventions in addressing current crises with Dr Mariam Akhtar-Shuster of the Project Management Agency of the German Aerospace Centre. For many people the Rio Conventions are abstract and distant from our realities and daily lives. Drawing on her many years of experience working with communities in the global drylands, Dr Akhtar-Shuster provides insights into how the Rio Conventions can support appropriate local actions that can enhance the well-being of vulnerable farming communities.
Mariam Akhtar-Shuster is...2020-12-2640 minDrynet Podcast - Good Food for a Better NormalConservation through AgricultureDr Jonathan Davies explains how agro-ecology and regenerative farming mitigate environmental impacts, conserve habitats and prevents species loss.
2020-11-1518 minDrynet Podcast - Good Food for a Better NormalEnhancing Resilience of the Land: a scientific perspectiveProfessor Annette Cowie discusses how, in the context of climate change, we can enhance productivity and resilience of the land so as to support food production whilst minimising emissions of GHGs, including through the use of biochar.
2020-09-1527 minDrynet Podcast - Good Food for a Better NormalGood Food for a Better Normal: reinventing food systems to serve humanityThis podcast explores the complex systems that sustain life on the planet and put food on our tables. It presents an analytic perspective from scholar activists Professor Rachel Wynberg from the University of Cape Town.
2020-09-0822 minDrynet Podcast - Good Food for a Better NormalFood security in the times of COVID: a view from the groundAgroecological practitioner and trainer John Nzira reflects on the hardships inflicted on people by the pandemic and the responses of agroecological producers in southern Africa to use local resources to produce food for their communities, enhancing food sovereignty. The podcast explains the secrets of sustainable production and the importance of conserving water and soil.
2020-08-3138 minDrynet Podcast - Good Food for a Better NormalFood security and COVID: a global perspectiveIn this first episode of the Drynet podcast Patrick Caron explores the weaknesses of the global food system and how these have been exacerbated by the COVID crisis. He identifies pathways that should be supported by policy at all levels of governance to achieve a food secure world.
2020-08-3129 min