Sustainable agriculture and food security
Entrepreneurs du Monde supports small-scale producers in transitioning to sustainable agriculture that is more resilient to crises and provides food security and income.
Why is sustainable agriculture a vital issue?
Millions of families around the world live off subsistence farming, in precarious conditions. Their food security depends directly on harvests, which are often insufficient due to unsuitable practices, lack of access to quality inputs, credit, or water, or even climate change.
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80 % of people living in extreme poverty depend on agriculture for their livelihood
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828 M people suffer from hunger worldwide
Our approach to sustainable agriculture
Entrepreneurs du Monde strengthens the technical, economic, and social capacities of the most vulnerable producers by combining several levers.
Agroecological training and local advice
- Agroecological training: composting, crop rotation, natural treatments, climate resilience, etc.
- Local advice: individual support in the field by dedicated agricultural technical advisors.
Support for the structuring of local industries
- collective support, purchasing or sales groups, market access
Access to financing
- microloans tailored to agricultural activities, savings, investment assistance.
Family farming accounts for up to 80% of food production in Africa. It is therefore the foundation of food security for all. We therefore strongly support these small-scale farmers.