Promoting sustainable Food System in the Mount Cameroon Forest Region through Tradition/Indigenous Knowledge, Agroecology and Natural Farming Practices in providing healthy Food to Healthy People.

Traditional fishworkers have long been forced to adapt to the forces of nature, and they are now confronted with the new threats of climate change, global warming, sea-level rise and ocean acidification.

We train farmers how they can be self-reliant, how to keep the environment healthy, and how our body will be healthy by eating traditional varieties, how to grow crops organically, free from chemicals.

IFM is a site-specific, whole farm approach that blends the best of modern technology and traditional methods, providing a framework to support farmers with continuous improvement.

This technique is great in dry, hot climate – there’s no water wastage through run-off and evaporation, the water goes exactly where it’s needed, and the risk of fungal issues on foliage is significantly reduced due to the foliage not being wet during a watering. The burying of the olla in the soil also promotes deeper roots systems that are better able to manage fluctuations in heat.

Commercial farming, national boundaries and ‘modern life’ is compromising and taking away their last remaining link to the earth—the very source of their distinct indigenous identities, culture and dignity. Food security is becoming a serious problem as indigenous peoples are coerced into becoming employees of the international food industry.

Seeds of Sovereignty shares the stories of African communities embarking on a journey to revive their traditional seed diversity, and take back control over their food systems.

With the introduction of imported, hybrid crops, many farmers across Nepal have stopped growing indigenous crops altogether. Agriculturalist Kushal Poudel is hoping to change that by reintroducing native crops through age-old farming techniques.

Local varieties often cope better with drought and other stresses, and outperform modern varieties when grown under ecological conditions.

In the Rupununi, the SWM Programme is being implemented by the Guyana Wildlife Conservation and Management Commission in coordination with CIFOR. Guyana is one of twelve African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries participating in the initiative. The SWM Programme is co-funded by the European Union and the French Facility for Global Environment.