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Mapping Local and Solidarity-Based Partnerships in West Asia and North Africa
Across West Asia and North Africa (WANA), food systems are under growing pressure, from wars and land grabbing to climate change and economic crisis. Yet, across the region, producers and consumers continue to build alternatives rooted in trust, solidarity, and care for the land. URGENCI embarked on a journey with
CSA Day 2026 Campaign!
EN: As CSA Day (and week!) approaches we want to highlight the strength and diversity of Communities Supporting Agriculture (CSA) networks in different countries. ☀️💚 To achieve this, we are collecting photos and videos from your networks. If you want to share a picture, please send us group photos of
URGENCI’S 9th International symposium | Sowing Solidarity, Cultivating Community
By Isabel Alvarez Vispo, URGENCI’s President. “Sowing Solidarity, Cultivating Community.” That was the motto under which a hundred people from all over the world gathered at the ninth international symposium of URGENCI in Villarceaux, France. This meeting was special for many reasons. The first reason was that the last
Introducing the SWIFT Project Portal and its Podcast Series, Soil Sisters
The SWIFT Portal is live! The Portal is a reflection of one of URGENCI’s main partnerships, the SWIFT project. SWIFT is a European collaboration of movements, researchers, and women-led innovations working to make our food systems fairer and more resilient. The Portal, built inside URGENCI’s Learning Hub, is unapologetically feminist:
Chandana Pokuna, a community facing microcredit extortion.
By Isabel Alvarez Vispo, URGENCI’s President. When you travel very far away, as far as Sri Lanka, you expect to find landscapes, people, cultures, in short, a part of the world that is very different from your everyday life. And indeed, you find them: temperatures and humidity you have
Ensure the right to food for all and everywhere!
Civil society organizations’ statement on the Conference “Policies against Hunger 2025” Berlin, 3 July 2025 From 23rd to 25th June the German Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Regional Identity hosted the Policies against Hunger Conference in Berlin, which aims at supporting the global implementation of the human right to food.
Country Report: Solawi cultivating solidarity in Germany
🌍 Our journey through the global CSA movement continues! 🌍 As we count down to the International Symposium, we’re sharing highlights from the Country Reports of the global CSA census, stories that trace the deep, diverse roots of Community Supported Agriculture around the world. Today, we head to Germany, where
🌍 Register for the URGENCI International Symposium: “CSA Facing Challenges and Building Solidarity” 🌱🎉
The International Committee of URGENCI is thrilled to announce the 9th URGENCI International Symposium, taking place from December 11-13, 2025, at the Bergerie de Villarceaux near Paris, France! This gathering will be a vibrant platform for sharing knowledge, fostering connections, and igniting action around the crucial theme: “Community Supported Agriculture
CIHEAM Bari Master Students from the Mediterranean countries experiment Participatory Guarantee System (PGS) on a model organic farm in Italy, Apulia region
On April 9th, 2025, under the framework of CIHEAM Bari and the CIHEAM-Bari (International Center for Higher Agronomic Studies) Master program 1st year on “ Sustainable Development and Agroecosystem Resilience (SARe), The CIHEAM Bari leader of Teaching 8: Agrifood-Network Development, jointly with the Moroccan network of agroecological initiatives (RIAM), the
The European Peer-Learning Exchange on Visibility in Prague
From April 15th to 17th, the Vivid Project Consortia gathered for the European Peer-Learning Exchange on Visibility. For this event, URGENCI and participants from partner organizations – AMPI (Czech Republic), Deafal (Italy), Réseau de GASAP (Belgium), Zambra (Spain), Solawi Netzwerk (Germany), MIRAMAP (France), and FER (Poland), together with representatives from ASAT
Country Report: The Rise of CSA in the United States
The countdown to our International Symposium continues! 🌱 As part of our journey through the Country Reports from the global CSA census, we’re exploring the deep roots of the CSA movement worldwide. Today, we turn to the United States. Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) emerged in the U.S. during a period
ViVid – Learning, coaching and training towards the 3 V’s of citizen food networks: Viability, Visibility and LiVeability
In the midst of global challenges and uncertainties, enhancing economic viability, visibility, and inclusivity, while addressing challenges such as stress and burnout, has become crucial for strengthening LSPA networks. Because of this, one year ago we started The ViVid project. This Erasmus+ project aims to develop and implement a blended