Global Learning Alliance

Global Learning Alliance To share and learn from each other’s best practices, models, strategies and experiences gained fro

We are an Alliance of practitioners, researchers and development workers from the academe, government agencies, research institutions, civil society organizations, non-government organizations, private sector, among others involved in promoting and implementing pro-poor livelihood initiatives. As organizations, institutions and individuals, we have a wide range of experiences in pro-poor agricultu

re value chains and delivering agricultural financial services. We are bound by our common desire to share and learn from each other’s best practices, models, strategies and experiences gained from long years of implementing livelihoods projects. It is our common belief that by scaling up best practices and models, we will be able to reach out millions of resource poor farmers and producers worldwide. We also look at other successful experiences and lessons that can be replicated locally and internationally.

07/03/2017

Populations in Africa are increasingly exposed to the negative impact of natural and human-induced disasters such as drought, floods, disease epidemics and conflicts which threaten the agriculture production systems and livelihoods of vulnerable communities.

07/03/2017

and food safety incidents before they occur is essential to protecting the food chain. Most food chain crises are preventable with timely actions and the right investments. The

10/10/2016

How can we get the most out of our farmland without harming the planet? I traveled to rural Mexico to learn from indigenous farmers.

22/02/2016

Ever wondered how you can enjoy delicious, homegrown tomatoes without a sprawling garden? The unruly nature of tomato bushes and vines might seem hard to contain. But they can be contained. In fact…

22/02/2016

In 1997, Gottfried Glöckner, an award-winning dairy farmer in Germany, became the first farmer to grow and feed Bt176 corn to his prized Holstein cows. The test continued until 2002. According to Séralini, this was the longest running and most detailed observation of farm animals ever performed for…

22/02/2016

India's farmers are the targets of structural violence aimed at uprooting indigenous agriculture and replacing it with an intensive corporate model based on GMOs and agrochemicals, writes Colin Todhunter. But as Monsanto's GM cotton succumbs to insect infestations despite repeated pesticide applicat…

11/02/2016

Farming in cities and towns is not a new idea – urban agriculture has been around for centuries (at least). What’s new about it today are the options available to urban farmers and the types …

01/02/2016

Tony Lovell will explain the reasoning behind how more green growing plants means more captured carbon dioxide -- more water -- more production -- more biodiversity -- more profit. Did you know that a 1% change in soil organic matter across just one-quarter of the World's land area could sequester 300 billion tonnes of physical CO2.

29/01/2016

With examples drawn from developing countries worldwide, 's "Save and Grow in practice: maize, rice, wheat" shows how eco-friendly farming systems are helping smallholder producers to boost cereal yields, improve their incomes and livelihoods, conserve natural resources, reduce negative impacts on the environment, and build resilience to climate change: http://bit.ly/1PhxFzQ

07/12/2015

The latest studies on climate change are bleak: At the current rates of greenhouse gas emissions, global temperatures are on pace to warm up to 4.8 degrees Celsius by the end of the century.

05/11/2015

Climate change poses severe and distinct threats to food security, and could subject an additional 600 million people to malnutrition by 2080, a United Nations human rights expert warned today.

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