The Caribbean Farmers Network Inc. (CaFAN) is a registered not-for-profit organisation representing about 500,000 small-scale farmers in 15 Caribbean countries. The organisation’s secretariat is located in Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
CTA’s support with partnerships since 2004 and valued at 932,958 Euros has enabled FANRPAN to raise its profile, increase awareness among a wider audience of its activities and projects, and improve the frequency and quality of its communication and advocacy products to policy-makers, Network members and FANR stakeholders.
The fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda, a moth originating from the American continent, has recently invaded most African countries, where it is seriously threatening food security as a pest of cereals. The current management methods rely heavily on the use of synthetic insecticides but there is a need for more sustainable control methods, including biological control.
Transboundary animal diseases (TADs) are highly contagious epidemics with the potential for very rapid spread, causing serious economic and sometimes public health consequences while threatening farmers' livelihoods. TADs often cause high morbidity and mortality in susceptible animal populations.
Ex situ seed conservation of banana crop wild relatives (Musa spp. L.), is constrained by critical knowledge gaps in their storage and germination behaviour. Additionally, challenges in collecting seeds from wild populations impact the quality of seed collections. It is, therefore, crucial to evaluate the viability of seeds from such collecting missions in order to improve the value
Several species of herbivores feed on maize in field and storage setups, making the development of multiple insect resistance a critical breeding target.
Land tenure, or access and rights to land, is essential to sustain people’s livelihoods. This paper looks at how farm households perceive land tenure (in)security in relation to food (in)security, and how these perceptions evolve throughout different policy periods in Laos.
Resolution of the Ministries of Uzbekistan #504 of 24 August 2020 â€Measures on restoration of local varieties of crops with unique traits and development of their foundation seed supply systemâ€.
A collaborative effort by WLE/Alliance, GIZ-Ethiopia and partners to institutionalize data sharing has led the Ethiopian Ministry of Agriculture to adopt the concept. Partners undertook many activities: creation of a digital web portal, data collation, standardization guidelines and big data analysis. They are now developing a site-specific fertilizer recommendation tool.
WLE/IWMI’s analysis of 15 business models for fecal sludge management, including its treatment for energy or nutrient recovery in agriculture, was used by the Indian Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Institute to develop capacity building modules.