Entries by Andre Leu, International Director, Regeneration International

Agricultura regenerativa para proteger la tierra

La agricultura regenerativa no es una clasificación en sí misma como puede ser la ecológica, no cuenta con ningún sello ni certificado, pero sí aglutina una serie de prácticas que permiten crear suelo, es decir, mantener y sumar materia orgánica en la tierra.

Local Seeds Are Still Viable-Farmers

The National President of the Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana, Mr Wepia Addo Awal Adugwala has reminded policy makers that the problems bedeviling Ghana’s Agricultural sector has nothing to do with Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs).

Land Grabbing Is Not Just Back With a Vengeance. It Is Taking on New Guises Such As Carbon Offsets, Green Hydrogen Schemes, and Other “Green Grabs”.

In recent years, Africa has been at the epicentre of an alarming global trend: the land squeeze. The 2007-8 global financial crisis unleashed a huge wave of land grabbing across Africa and the world. Though the crisis eased, the pressures on farmland never went away. Now 15 years on, global land prices have doubled, land grabbing is back with a vengeance, and farmers are being squeezed from all sides.

Biodiversity is Life – Graphic Novel

The Graphic Novel  “Biodiversity is Life” addresses the issue of biodiversity erosion and conservation. The story told in the graphic novel follows a group of young people who, when brought into direct contact with local agricultural ecosystems, learn how biodiversity loss is not a distant problem, but instead has a direct impact on health and food security.

Glyphosate Presence in Human Sperm: First Report and Positive Correlation With Oxidative Stress in an Infertile French Population

Environmental exposure to endocrine disruptors, such as pesticides, could contribute to a decline of human fertility. Glyphosate (GLY) is the main component of Glyphosate Based Herbicides (GBHs), which are the most commonly herbicides used in the world.

Agave para el Futuro: El Rol del CIATEJ en el Billion Agave Project

El día 8 de mayo en la subsede Zapopan del CIATEJ se llevó a cabo la firma de un acuerdo de colaboración entre el CIATEJ y Regeneration International, con el fin de trabajar en conjunto en el Billion Agave Project, una estrategia innovadora de regeneración de ecosistemas y busca una producción y transformación sostenible del agave. El acuerdo fue firmada por la Dra. Eugenia del Carmen Lugo Cervantes, directora general del CIATEJ y Luis Arturo Carrillo Sánchez Coordinador Internacional de Billion Agave Project.