Seminar für Ländliche Entwicklung (SLE)

🙋🏾♀️Join us for the presentation of the 2024 Joint International Research Projects 🌐 Explore impactful global research with Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and the Centre for Rural Development (SLE) on 21-22 November 2024! 🎓 This year’s event showcases ambitious results from our junior research teams, created in collaboration with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, International Climate Initiative (IKI), Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Germany (BMBF), and renowned universities, action movements, and NGOs worldwide: 🌱 Rooted in Sustainability: Agroforestry’s Potential in Senegal’s Horticultural Sector 🔄 Transformative Capacities of Hybrid Organizations in European Rural Regions 🌾 "Net-zero Farming" in Indonesia 🌍 Organisational Development of the African Green Store Network Save the Date: 📅 November 21-22, 2024 📍 Senatssaal, Humboldt University, Unter den Linden 6, 10099 Berlin 🖥️ Online via Zoom: https://lnkd.in/ei3wbDDB 🚀 Let’s connect, share, and innovate. RSVP by emailing [email protected]. We look forward to meeting you in Berlin and online! #SLE #TransformativeResearch #GIZ #IKI #BMBF #SustainableDevelopment #JIRP2024 #HumboldtUniversity

🌍 Excited to share that our article, "Nutrition gardens in Burkina Faso – a green solution for rural food security", has just been published in Rural21! Together with my former colleagues Dr. Silke Stöber and Robert Doulkom, I examined the establishment and maintenance of nutri-gardens in the Burkina Faso. By cultivating nutrient-dense moringa and baobab trees, these gardens not only support local food security but also offer a sustainable strategy for reversing desertification. We hope this article sparks further dialogue and action on sustainable food production and resilience in vulnerable regions. Read more about our findings in Rural21. #FoodSecurity #Sustainability #NutriGreen #Sahel #Desertification #NUS #BurkinaFaso #adaptationinaction https://lnkd.in/ezFPZf72

📢 Webinar: “Net-Zero Farming in Indonesia: Feasibility and Youth Opportunities” 🇮🇩 🌾Calling All Young Farmers, Agricultural Experts, and Students! 🌾 Are you passionate about sustainable #agriculture and the future of net-zero farming? This is your chance to take action and join the movement towards a #climate-friendly agricultural future in #Indonesia as part of our RYCAM (Rural Youth Climate Action Movement) project! 🌍 📢 Coming this week! Join us for a special #webinar presenting the #preliminary results of our Joint International Research Projects (#JIRPs) in Indonesia! This session will focus on net-zero farming, exploring its #feasibility and #opportunities for #youth in agriculture. 🌱 What you'll explore: 🌾 How youth #farmers can lead the way in transforming Indonesia’s agricultural sector 🌍 Practical steps toward achieving #netzero farming and a more #gender-inclusive farming system 💡 #Agroecopreneurship concepts that combine environmental responsibility with financial growth 💰 📅 Date: 22nd October 2024 ⏰ Time: 12:30 WIB / 13:30 WITA / 07:30 CEST 📍 Location: Hotel Harper Perintis, Makassar, Sulawesi, Indonesia 💻 Hybrid Format: Attend offline or join us online! 🔗 Registration Link: https://lnkd.in/d2kff_Mx 🌐 Webinar link will be shared one day prior to the event. Don’t miss this chance to explore the future of agriculture in Indonesia! Register today and be part of the #movement towards net-zero farming. 🚀 Thanks to our partners from: International Climate Initiative, JAMTANI, MPM, Universitas Padjadjaran, Universitas Hasanuddin (Unhas) #RuralYouthClimateActionMovement #NetZeroFarming #SustainableAgriculture #Agroecopreneurship #ClimateAction #YouthInAgriculture

This is where our clothes end up. Welcome to Accra, Ghana. 15 million second-hand clothes go here each week. Most of them are of such low quality, that they are dumped out in the open or burned. This has to stop!!! We need: 1. Full producer responsibility. Polluter pays 2. Local governments should ban waste imports 3. Consumers: Refuse -> reduce -> repair -> recycle 👉 Hit follow to learn more ♻ Watch and share this further PS: Creds to Elena Doms (the post I saw) and Greenpeace Africa (for the amazing investigation)

🌍 Another round of updates from our Joint International Research Projects 2024 🌍 🇰🇪 Continuing with more excitings news from Team Kenya : Supporting Organisational Development of the African Green Store Network (AGSN) with a participatory film workshop in BUKURA AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, Western Kenya, fostering #youth integration in the #agricultural sector. 🌾 🎬And #ACTION! Youth integration being a key theme acroos all AGSN member colleges, the JIRP team Kenya , in collaboration with Multan Productions, facilitated a 10-day participatory #filmmaking workshop, funded by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ), with 11 talented students from Bukura Agricultural College in Western Kenya. During the hands-on training the students learned: 📜 #Storytelling and scriptwriting 🎬 Pre-production 🎥 Technical skills for using cameras, lenses, light, and sound ✂️ Filming and editing The sudents learned to use #media as a powerful #tool to tell their stories and inspire more young people to explore #careers in agriculture. Two short films were created delving into current #opportunities and #challenges of striving for a career in #agriculture.🌿🌾 🎥Stay tuned for the two short #documentaries, coming soon on the AGSN website: https://lnkd.in/e24S4-a6 " 🗓️ Save the date: If you are interested in learning more about this year's JIRPs, look forward to the final presentations on the 21st and 22nd of November (more information will follow soon). For more information about the JIRPs or the SLE, visit our new website: https://lnkd.in/dqGv9uNi #GIZ #AGSN #SLE #InternationalCooperation #GreenInnovationCentres #Visibility #Documentary #ParticipatoryWorkshop #SustainableDevelopment #YouthIntegration Edit: Repost with better image quality.

🌍 Another round of updates from our Joint International Research Projects 2024 🌍 🇰🇪 Continuing with more excitings news from Team Kenya : Supporting Organisational Development of the African Green Store Network (AGSN) with a participatory film workshop in BUKURA AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, Western Kenya, fostering #youth integration in the #agricultural sector. 🌾 🎬And #ACTION!  Youth integration being a key theme acroos all AGSN member colleges, the JIRP team Kenya , in collaboration with Multan Productions, facilitated a 10-day participatory #filmmaking workshop, funded by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ), with 11 talented students from Bukura Agricultural College in Western Kenya. During the hands-on training the students learned: 📜 #Storytelling and scriptwriting 🎬 Pre-production 🎥 Technical skills for using cameras, lenses, light, and sound ✂️ Filming and editing The sudents learned to use #media as a powerful #tool to tell their stories and inspire more young people to explore #careers in agriculture. Two short films were created delving into current #opportunities and #challenges of striving for a career in #agriculture.🌿🌾 🎥Stay tuned for the two short #documentaries, coming soon on the AGSN website: https://lnkd.in/e24S4-a6 " 🗓️ Save the date: If you are interested in learning more about this year's JIRPs, look forward to the final presentations on the 21st and 22nd of November (more information will follow soon). For more information about the JIRPs or the SLE, visit our new website: https://lnkd.in/dqGv9uNi #GIZ #AGSN #SLE #InternationalCooperation #GreenInnovationCentres #Visibility #Documentary #ParticipatoryWorkshop #SustainableDevelopment #YouthIntegration

🌍✨ SLE proudly acknowledges the tremendous success of the African Green Store Network (AGSN) #Conference 2024 in Ilorin, #Nigeria, which welcomed 88 participants from over 12 African countries.🌍🇳🇬 A heartfelt thank you to the dedicated Nigerian team, Agricultural and Rural Management Training Institute (ARMTI) College, the communication team, and the Executive Board leaders for their hard work in organizing this impactful event. We truly appreciated the warm Nigerian #hospitality, valuable technical #insights, and the opportunity to witness community #networking in action. This conference marked AGSN’s first self-organized international event, supported by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH and SLE, and focused solar-powered irrigation systems (SPIS), bringing together experts to explore innovative solutions to boost agricultural productivity through sustainable practices and combat climate change. Do you know the African Green Store Network? This recently formed #network and #community of practice comprises over 33 educational institutions from more than 12 #African countries, dedicated to building capacity in their respective counties and mainstreaming practical innovations. Members exchange #knowledge and collaborate on projects, empowering #youth, combating #unemployment, redefining food security, and promoting sustainable agricultural practices across Africa! Check out the following link to learn more about African Green Store Network: https://lnkd.in/e24S4-a6 Together, you are building momentum for a sustainable future! 🚀 As partners, we are excited to support the strategic development of this network and its future initiatives. It's wonderful to see AGSN strive and grow! 🌱 #AGSN2024 #SustainableAgriculture #FoodSecurity #GreenInnovationCenters #CommunityOfPractice #Agroecology  #Africa

I’ll be heading to Rome alongside my colleague, Lena Bassermann, as part of our ongoing work with Urban Food Futures to participate in this year’s CFS (Committee on World Food Security). Together, we’ll be co-hosting a Side Event with partners from TMG Think Tank for Sustainability, Instituto Comida do Amanhã, Caritas Nairobi, UNEP, Brasil, Canada, the Philanthropic Foundations Mechanism, and the Global Alliance for the Future of Food.   Our session, “Uncovering the Invisible: A Feminist Call to Urban Food System Transformation”, will explore how a feminist perspective is crucial for transforming food systems in cities, addressing inequalities, and amplifying the voices of women and marginalised communities who play vital roles in providing food, trading, and crisis management but often face exclusion in decision-making processes.   Join us in person or online in Rome on Wednesday, 23 October 2024, at 08:30 AM (Phillipines Room, FAO). Register here: https://lnkd.in/egMiD4S4.   This is the third event this year where we bring our core arguments to the global stage. After the Regional Dialogue in Cape Town and UNCSW68 in New York, our key messages for CFS are clear:   💡 A feminist approach to urban food systems uncovers the intersecting inequalities within cities and reveals how women and marginalised communities experience the multidimensional impacts of food insecurity. These communities are often the driving force behind food security, nutrition, and urban agroecology solutions, yet they are excluded from governance processes.   💡 Gender-transformative urban food governance reveals hidden connections between poverty, violence, and hunger that modern city designs often obscure. Community kitchens run by women, like those in Cape Town, are informal yet powerful food security networks during crises. From Brazil, we learn valuable lessons about how food policies can either reinforce patriarchal divisions of productive and reproductive labour or offer feminist alternatives that promote food and nutritional security, allowing us to envision more inclusive decision-making processes that embrace the contributions of feminist social movements and women’s political organisations.   We aim to spark discussion on how CFS can create synergies between the reports on gender, inequality, and HLPE’s recent report on urban/peri-urban food systems, and leverage these arguments in the ongoing urban negotiations during CFS. Ci vediamo a Roma. Matheus Alves Zanella, Ludovica Donati, Mónica Guerra Rocha, Roberta Curan, Juliana Medrado Tângari, Dr. Christian S., Thembeka Sikobi

🌍 Update from our Joint International Research Projects 2024 🌍 Part 4: Exploring #Cooperative Models Across #Europe - Team Greece 🇬🇷 As part of the SLE JIRP "Understanding the transformative capacities of hybrid organisations in European #Rural Regions", Team Greece has been engaging with cooperatives across Europe, focusing on social #solidarity economies, sustainable #agriculture, and the impacts of #climate change on rural areas. Here's a glimpse into their journey! 🚀 🌿 #Housing Cooperative in Decin, #Czechia 🇨🇿 The team visited Vzletný Racek, a cooperative transforming abandoned buildings into homes. Members from diverse backgrounds participated in income-generating activities, and the team explored the transformative capacities and lifecycle of the cooperative. A participatory #timeline helped map the journey of this inspiring initiative. 🏘️🔄 🌾 #Agricultural Cooperative in Topraiser, #Romania 🇷🇴 At DOBROGEA SUD COOPERATIVA AGRICOLA Sud, the team learned how farmers strengthen their negotiating power by collectively purchasing inputs and selling produce, despite challenges like the climate crisis. They also discovered how UNECSV, a national union, amplifies the cooperative’s influence with policymakers. 📊🤝 🌱 #Financial Cooperative in Smilyan, #Bulgaria 🇧🇬 This cooperative offers investment opportunities to smallholder farmers based on trust, particularly in Smilyan, known for its trademark salad beans. The team also enjoyed participating in the local Bean Festival and visiting the Guinness-record-holding bean mosaic! 🌾🎨 🌿 #Olive Oil Producers Cooperative in Chora Messenia, #Greece 🇬🇷 The team was warmly welcomed by NILEAS Producers' Group, a cooperative promoting #bio extra virgin olive oil. They toured the #oldest olive grove on the peninsula and saw firsthand how climate change impacts olive yields. 🌳🍈 Discussions with cooperative members highlighted the integration of technology like drones and precision irrigation to enhance sustainability. 🌍💧 Beyond research, the team also explored natural landmarks such as Uhlovista Cave in Bulgaria and the breathtaking Meteora Rocks in Greece. 🌄✨ 🗓️ Save the date: Join us for the final presentations on November 21st-22nd to learn more about this year’s JIRPs! For more information about JIRPs and SLE, visit our website: https://lnkd.in/dqGv9uNi #SLE #JIRP2024 #Cooperatives #SustainableDevelopment #ClimateAction #SocialSolidarityEconomy #Agroecology #OliveOil

This week we’ve concluded a series of insightful Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) across the Fatick region as part of Centre for Rural Development (SLE)'s Joint International Research Project in #Senegal and AfriNutriForest’s first work package. Our mission? To explore the production stages of the mango value chain and uncover the challenges farmers face in achieving environmental and socio-economic #sustainability within these stages. 🥭 Using a dynamic mixed-method approach, we held six FGDs—two with women, two with men, and two with youth (split by #gender). This setup helped us capture a wide range of perspectives and fostered open discussions, especially among #women and #youth. 🌍 Initial Takeaways: - #Resourcescarcity was a constant challenge—access to water and land remains a pressing issue. - Young women raised concerns about limited involvement in #decisionmaking, underscoring the social barriers they face. - Farmers spoke of growing #environmentalthreats, with #unpredictableweather at the forefront of their concerns. - There’s a clear recognition of the need for sustainability, but participants highlighted the need for more training and support to put sustainable practices into action. 💡 These insights will steer us as we work towards practical, #sustainablesolutions for these vital value chains, with a special focus on empowering women and youth. We’re excited to delve deeper into the data! #SustainableAgriculture #FocusGroupDiscussions #Research #Senegal #ValueChains #WomenInAgriculture #YouthInAgriculture #EnvironmentalSustainability #Agroecology #ClimateResilience #FoodSecurity #CommunityEmpowerment #RuralDevelopment #InclusiveAgriculture #Sustainability #SmallholderFarming #ValueChainDevelopment #GenderEquality #YouthEngagement #AgriculturalInnovation