People’s Experiences SEE ALL
2024-03-19
After undergoing testing and training in the state of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, Chinese family agricultural machinery demonstrated its capabilities in the city of Apodi, representing a notable advancement in agricultural cooperation between China and Brazil.
2024-02-06
In September 2023, an MoU establishing a cooperation for a Brazil-China center for research, development, and technology production in mechanization of family agriculture was signed by the University of Brasilia (UnB) and China Agricultural University (CAU).The International Association for Popular Cooperation, Baobab, has established a broader agreement between the countries for economic development and technological collaboration, which includes this particular activity.
2024-01-30
The development of agriculture is directly related to urbanisation and life in cities. During the 20th century, Urban Agriculture (UA) experiences gained prominence in different historical and geographical contexts, especially after the Second World War. What are these experiences about and how are they linked to food sovereignty?
Science & Technology SEE ALL
2024-01-23
The development of agriculture is directly related to urbanisation and life in cities. During the 20th century, Urban Agriculture (UA) experiences gained prominence in different historical and geographical contexts, especially after the Second World War. What are these experiences about and how are they linked to food sovereignty?
2023-10-03
Agroforestry systems (AFS) take advantage of land use to combine various agricultural crops and/or animals with forest species. A practice commonly found in family farming, it reconciles increased productivity and profitability with environmental protection and improved quality of life for rural populations, promoting sustainable agricultural development.
2023-09-12
On the earth, there is a special ecological strip, where there are four distinct seasons. In this area, the weather is warm and humid during the summer, and cold and dry during the winter. These unique geographic and climatic conditions have created a rare type of soil - the black soil.
People’s Sovereignty SEE ALL
2024-05-07
The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants (UNDROP) was adopted in 2018.
2024-04-23
Africa is considered the new frontier in business, which is evidenced by the existence of numerous transnational companies registered in the Global North with operations on the African continent.
2024-04-09
Latin America holds 60% of the world's reserves of lithium, an ore known as "white gold", widely used in mobile devices, batteries and electric cars, which are fundamental in the energy transition to a new green economy.
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2024-04-30
2024-04-16
17 April, which has become known in Brazil as the National Day of Struggle for Agrarian Reform, marks the massacre that took place in Eldorado dos Carajás in 1996, when military police from the state of Pará carried out a brutal act against 1,500 families of landless rural workers who were marching to demand the expropriation of land in the region.
2024-04-02
The Qingming Festival, a traditional Chinese holiday, holds significance as both a statutory holiday and an important solar term.