Agriculture

For rural communities and the farming sector, saving water and energy is a key pillar of adaptation to climate change. Agroecology goes beyond the limits of organic farming by linking agricultural, environmental, social and economic choices into a unified system.

In Morocco, far from the capital Rabat, women in a desert oasis are defying a law that seeks to abolish their centuries-old right to the communal management of water distribution – through sit-in strikes, marches and, to date, one million minutes of resistance.

Tunisia is one of the most water-scarce countries in the world. Activists are fighting against political silence and calling for greater ecological awareness.

Egypt's water supply depends almost entirely on the Nile. The SEKEM initiative helps farmers to switch to biodynamic agriculture and to grow plants that can thrive on limited water.

Three stories from North Africa – about water, dignity and the will not to give up.

Europe’s agriculture depends on fossil-based fertilisers, making it vulnerable to price and supply shocks. While CBAM dominates the debate, wars, markets and political inaction drive prices. How can the EU finally build a more resilient and sovereign food system?

Feminist struggles do not end in the city: millions of women work in the fields—mostly invisible, often without rights. If you want equality, you have to consider agriculture. And that means redistribution, protection, visibility.

An agroecological approach to preserve biodiversity in agricultural landscapes should draw on both scientific and local traditional knowledge. This article focuses on changes in the hay management regime in the extensive wetlands of Biebrza National Park in Poland.