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Rebuilding the Broken Link: Local Solidarity Partnerships in West Africa

After Europe and the Mediterranean Basin, Urgenci just completed its third Regional Mapping of Local Solidarity -based Partnerships between producers and consumers. Local solidarity -based partnerships for agroecology are an unlimited model for disseminating contract based direct sales. Together with other forms of short distribution chains, they can provide an efficient tool for rebuilding producer-consumer relationships. …

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Learning Journey on LSPA in Lebanon, November 2017

Learning Journey on Local Solidarity Partnerships for Agroecology between producers and consumers in Lebanon, November 22-25, 2017 Press release, Monday, November 27, 2017 Urgenci, the international network of Local Solidarity Partnerships for Agroecology between producers and consumers (LSPA) and Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) has recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Food and …

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The First West African Meeting Of Agro-Ecological Actors, Togo, March 2017

We are women and men, farmers, Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) activists, agronomists, agro-ecologists, agro-ecology trainers, Food Sovereignty activists, Civil Society actors from 7 different countries in West Africa. We come from Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Mali, Senegal and Togo. Over and above the current extraordinary social and economic challenges, our societies are all …

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COP 22 “The COP for action” – Marrakech, Morocco – 6 to 18 November 2016

The 22nd Session of the Conference of the Parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP22) will be held in Marrakech from 7 to 18 November 2016. The COP22 will take over the COP21 in which significant progress was made. It should be part of the actions to take after the different priorities …

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