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Agroecology in Senegal: Lessons from Mohammed’s Innovative Model Farm
Thiès resembles a mini-Dakar: narrow streets of cement and unfinished buildings buzz with street vendors, unlicensed motorcycles, and corner cafés selling mostly Western food. While Dakar’s coastline enjoys a fresh sea breeze in April, Thiès is engulfed in crushing heat that tastes like sand and smells like gasoline. But weather aside, the city is a marketplace of innovation and ideas, and a testing ground for innovative and sustainable farming methods like agroecology…
Fertile Ground: Agroecology and Innovation
During a systemic “polycrisis” in agriculture and food systems, agroecology emerges as a…
Global Partnerships in Action
Groundswell International advocates for action-oriented learning in collaboration with carefully cho…
Youth Storytellers: Empowering Advocates for Agroecology and the Future
In a world grappling with environmental degradation, food insecurity, and social inequities, the nar…
What Fertile Ground Teaches Us About Scaling Agroecology
It is increasingly clear that the rules by which we have organized our broader economic and politic…
Year in Review: Progress and Action in 2023
2023 marked a significant year for Groundswell International, our partner organizations, and the com…
Recapping the 2023 Youth Storytellers with a Festival: Field to Film
In 2021, we launched an innovative program called Youth Storytellers in Burkina Faso and Honduras. O…
Women Farmers and Climate Change in West Africa
By: Dioma Komonsira Already weakened by gender inequalities and socio-cultural norms, women farmers …
Field to Film: Youth Storyteller Film Festival 2023
In 2021, we launched an innovative program called Youth Storytellers in Burkina Faso and Honduras. O…
Fertile Ground 2023: Scaling Agroecology from the Ground Up – Reissued publication with Practical Action
We take great pride in announcing the re-release of our book, “Fertile Ground: Scaling Agroeco…
Empowering Women in the Field: Radha’s Story
by Jacob Brescia-Weiler On a hot morning in early June, seated in front of her home surrounded by fa…
Empowering Women in the Field: Binda’s Story
by Jacob Brescia-Weiler Binda Ayu is a tomato farmer in the Sindhuli district of Nepal. As a member …
Mayan Seeds of Hope
By: Edwin Escoto During my recent trip to some of Guatemala’s villages, I had the opportunity to wit…