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Senderos de esperanza en el Corredor Seco: agroecología y resiliencia desde las voces de las comunidades en el CADF 2024
El Corredor Seco Centroamericano, una de las regiones más vulnerables al cambio climático en el mundo, enfrenta una crisis que pone en riesgo la vida de millones de personas. Sin embargo, en medio de esta adversidad, las comunidades rurales están liderando una transformación inspiradora. A través de la agroecología, la recuperación del conocimiento ancestral y la incidencia política, estas comunidades están demostrando que el cambio es posible. Durante el CADF 2024, líderes locales compartieron historias de resiliencia que iluminan un camino de esperanza para toda la región.
Indigenous Farming Systems in Ecuador: Lessons for Adapting to Climate Change
The Andean highlands hold vital lessons for building sustainable food systems worldwide. As organizations like EkoRural work to revive ancestral practices and connect farmers with urban markets, they demonstrate that solutions to global challenges often lie in the wisdom of local communities.
How Agroecological Farming Transformed Emmanuel’s Field in Burkina Faso
We recently met one exceptional farmer whose story speaks to the heart of our work: Wango Emmanuel, from Bonessin, Burkina Faso. After spending several years living and working in Côte d’Ivoire, Emmanuel returned to his native village amid a grave political crisis. His only means of feeding his family was a small plot of land he inherited from his father. But the soil had hardened like cement, rendered unproductive by decades of extractive farming practices common in the area. As soil fertility declined, farmers turned to expensive chemical fertilizers and inputs promoted by the governme …
Four Smallholder Women Farmers at the Forefront of Agroecological Farming
Almost half of the world’s agricultural workers are women. In the Global South, women produce 60 to 80% of the food that sustains their communities—yet they own less than 20% of the land. Despite having limited access to resources and shouldering significant family responsibilities, these women continue to feed the world. They play a crucial role in restoring ecosystems, addressing climate change, and building food security from the ground up. As they nurture land and life, there is much we can learn from their unique journeys. Today, we’re honored to share the stories of four remarkable women …
Lessons from Our Global Conference in Berlin: Farmer-Led Innovation at the Center of Agroecology
In September, over 30 people from West Africa, South Asia, the Americas, and Europe gathered in Berlin, Germany for Groundswell International’s Global Conference, hosted by the Robert Bosch Stiftung foundation. Among them were leaders from our 14 NGO partners spanning 11 countries—from Burkina Faso to Haiti and Ecuador to India—along with our staff, board members, and global allies. Together, we shared lessons from the field, learned from local farmers and activists, and strengthened plans to transform global farming and food systems from the ground up through agroecology. We tackled pressing …
Community-Led Responses to Conflict in the Sahel: Displaced Families Finding Refuge through Agroecology
Dakuyo Izoun, a 55-year-old butcher from Doumbala, Burkina Faso, was forced to rebuild his life from scratch when armed groups attacked his village. As the country grapples with one of the world’s most neglected polycrisis, thousands are fleeing their homes in search of safety in neighboring countries. But even in the Sahel, one of the harshest environments on Earth, communities are finding ways to care for each other, building powerful models of solidarity and resilience while providing refuge for displaced families. Bankouma in Mali is one of them. The Context of Displacement and …