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Healthy and local is the focus of this special collection around the people who grow and bring organic food to local markets and the people who shop at these markets. Topics also include how farmers grow organic food and the quality of our food supply around issues to include local economy, seeding, use of pestisides and fertilisers, water, food security, availability and pricing.

Curated by earthsayer

July 08, 2026

Cocoa farmers in Côte d'Ivoire are enhancing their resilience to climate change and restoring degraded land through agroforestry. Sylvie Sopie N'Gbesso has doubled her cocoa production in two years, while Nicole Kambou is promoting sustainable farming via a cooperative that provides essential resources.

This initiative is supported by two FAO programs: PROMIRE, funded by the Green Climate Fund, which encourages zero-deforestation cocoa agroforestry, and SCOLUR-CI, backed by the Global Environment Facility, which fosters cooperative models for sustainable cocoa production and biodiversity conservation. Together, these efforts help farmers protect forests and secure their livelihoods.


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