14 May, 2018
This study of the organic soy value chain in Togo was carried out in March and April 2018 for the German Cooperation Agency (GIZ), by an international team comprising a specialist of organic value chains, a specialist in conventional markets and a specialist in...
8 May, 2018
Introduction From February to April 2018, we conducted two studies of food value chains, in very different contexts and for different purposes: A study on market gardening in eastern Chad for Care International A study of the organic soybean value chain in Togo for...
8 Feb, 2018
Pierre Johnson participated to TEEB (The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity) writers workshop on AgriFood, that took place in UNEP’s offices in Paris on May 2016, and to the preparation of a chapter of the Scientific and Economic Foundations Report, which...
8 Feb, 2018
Biodiversity is the diversity and variety of life. A permanent source of creativity, many of us see it as a distant topic from our economic and social activities. However, most of these activities, and our common welfare depend at one level or another on the...
28 Aug, 2017
The site and the project A permaculture project always begins with the desire of a person or a group. We met Ese, the project owner, in the summer of 2015. Interested in permaculture, she expressed her desire to apply this approach to a new design for the domain she...
6 Aug, 2017
A thrilling experience In June 2017, I was invited by the Tea Committee of the China Association for the Promotion of International Cooperation to be part of the tea jury of the Emeishan International Tea Contest for Asia-Pacific. This jury was to select the...