Category Archives: Agroecological Farming

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    Groundswell/Oxfam partnership addresses roots of Mali food crisis

    Written on Feb 15, 2012 7:04 pm, by

    As we feared when Groundswell first decided to launch the three-year Saving for Change Plus Agriculture (SfC Plus Ag) program in partnership with Oxfam America, every month the rapidly growing food and nutrition crisis in the Sahelian countries of West...
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    Sahel food crisis reaches tipping point, demands different response

    Written on Jan 24, 2012 12:52 pm, by

    Without a massive coordinated response from the international community, the rapidly growing food and nutrition crisis in the Sahelian countries of West Africa is likely to turn into a full blown famine. In recent weeks Oxfam, Tear Fund, and other...
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    Addressing the silent structural food crisis in the Sahel

    Written on Dec 7, 2011 10:58 am, by

    In the Sahelian countries of West Africa, thinking about “food crisis” is framed by the concept of a ‘relief to rehabilitation to development’ continuum. This concept places ‘crisis’ at one end, and ‘normality’ at the other. Although it is changing,...
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    Women farmers lead the way in Burkina Faso

    Written on Nov 29, 2011 8:37 pm, by

    Nearly a year has passed since field work began in Burkina Faso. The results have been incredible! Here are just a few of the many achievements: 397 farmers, including 159 women, from 19 villages participated in awareness raising sessions on...
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    Escaping the Hunger Cycle: Pathways to Resilience in the Sahel

    Written on Nov 2, 2011 7:02 pm, by

    In the Sahel, the number of people suffering from chronic food insecurity, high levels of poverty and vulnerability due to drought is increasing. Food crises in the Sahelian region of West Africa can no longer be treated as limited events,...
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    Women Farmers Feed the World

    Written on Oct 27, 2011 10:29 pm, by

    In West Africa, women’s resistance to the new Green Revolution shows that the question of agricultural sustainability is also a question of equality. It’s harvest season in Burkina Faso. Throughout the West African nation’s rural regions, small farmers—mostly women—are harvesting...
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    Alfonso and Olga Juma

    Written on Oct 7, 2011 11:39 am, by

    Alfonso and Olga Juma could not produce enough to feed their family on their 1.5 acre farm in the semi-arid region where they live in Ecuador. The Chota Valley receives only about 24 inches of intense rainfall during three months...
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    Mr. Ouedraogo’s farm is our classroom

    Written on Sep 20, 2011 11:55 pm, by

    Dear Friends, I wish you could have been with me as I sat and listened to Kombari Odette and the other members of the Gayeri women's group sharing their excitement about what they learned during a recent cross visit to Zandoma...
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    Progress in Promoting Ecological Agriculture and Food Security in Eastern Burkina Faso

    Written on Sep 6, 2011 4:33 pm, by

    Between January and May 2010, Fatou Batta, Groundswell’s Co-Coordinator for West Africa, organized a series of planning workshops that brought together representatives of a number of government agencies, non-governmental and community-based organizations working in the field of agroecology to define...
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    Update on Groundswell / Oxfam Saving for Change Plus Agriculture Program in Mali, West Africa

    Written on Sep 1, 2011 4:38 pm, by

    In August 2010, Groundswell launched a three year program – Saving for Change Plus Agriculture (SfC Plus Ag) – in partnership with Oxfam America. It responds to requests for agriculture training by many of the 350,000 women in Oxfam’s Saving...