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Livelihoods launches its 2nd fund dedicated to family farming!
New fund to invest 120 million euros in the next 10 years to implement projects in Africa, Asia and Latin America, helping more than 200,000 smallholder farmers and 2 million people and boosting the...
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Impact Investment: A new approach to development aid?
A high-level round table on impact investment was held in Paris at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the launch ceremony of the new Livelihoods Fund for Family Farming (Livelihoods 3F) on...
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Media Buzz: Livelihoods’ new Fund for Family Farming
They’re talking about the Livelihoods Fund for Family Farming (Liveilhoods 3F) in the press! Read all about it here: The Guardian:...
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The Livelihoods Camp gathers more than 100 actors of family farming in Africa
Livelihoods teamed up with the NGO SOS SAHEL to organize a 3-day practical, hands-on seminar in Burkina Faso that gathered more than 100 diverse actors in agriculture from all across Africa (from more...
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Discover our clean cookstove project in Burkina Faso with Radio France...
Livelihoods is investing in a new project: energy efficient cookstoves in Burkina Faso that will combat desertification. This project, which started at the end of 2014, will teach women how to make...
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Relive the Livelihoods Camp 2015 with Radio France International!
Relive the experience of the Livelihoods Camp 2015 that brought together more than 150 actors of family farming from 24 different countries (farmers, NGOs, cooperatives, research organizations,...
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French Minister Annick Girardin visits our clean cookstove project in Burkina...
“Africa is the continent of solutions! It is mobilizing, evolving and taking on new responsibilities.” These were the enthusiastic terms that the French Minister of International Development and...
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Livelihoods’ mangrove project wins the Ramsar Wetland Conservation Award 2015...
The Livelihoods Carbon Fund has implemented the largest mangrove restoration project in the world with 100 million mangrove trees planted over 10,000 hectares in Casamance, Senegal with the local NGO...
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Investment in Landscapes: Need for new approaches
The Global Landscapes Forum: The Investment Case, held in London on June 10th, drew together the diverse worlds of finance and science. Investment bankers rubbed shoulders with agriculture and forestry...
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Livelihoods signs the Trees4Climate Manifesto
As an organization actively engaged in reforestation and agroforestry, Livelihoods Venture is proud to sign the Trees4Climate Manifesto (www.trees4climate.org) asking governments present at the 21st...
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COP21: Decisionmakers should look towards soil in solving tomorrow’s climate...
The objective of the 21st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP21) in Paris is to reach a universal legally binding agreement to combat climate...
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Livelihoods’ COP21 event at the Global Landscapes Forum
The United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 21) kicked off in Paris this November 30 and will continue through December 11. Its objective is to achieve a legally binding and universal agreement...
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Happy New Year 2016!
Dear Friend of Livelihoods, It’s hard to believe that yet another year has gone by! We are so pleased to see 2015 finish on a high note. The outcome of the COP21 in Paris signaled a positive step in...
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Momentum from the COP21 continues: Firmenich and Veolia to join Danone and...
———————————————— OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE ———————————————————— PARIS- Jan. 21, 2016 — The historic global climate agreement struck at the 21st Conference of Parties (COP21) last month in Paris sent a...
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Indonesia: Mangroves Spurring New Businesses
With the support of the NGO Yagasu, coastal villagers in Sumatra mobilized to restore mangroves that protect their shores and serve as important sources of food and income for the local communities. A...
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Guatemala: Improving Livelihoods by Saving Biodiversity
The mountain range of Cerro San Gil, bordering Guatemala, Honduras, and Belize, is one of the most beautiful biodiversity treasures on the Caribbean coast. But this region has been severely threatened...
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India: A Protective and Nutritive Natural Barrier
Some four million people live on the islands in the Sundarbans of the Ganges delta in the world’s largest natural mangrove forest. Each year, during the hurricane season, the inhabitants of the...
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Practical solutions to transform the agricultural model
Practical solutions to transform the agricultural model Building coalitions to sustain family farming with Livelihoods Fund for Family Farming Some insights shared by B. Giraud, President of...
View ArticleLivelihoods Carbon Fund elected “Best Corporate Offsetting Programme 2016”
Livelihoods Carbon Fund elected “Best Corporate Offsetting Programme 2016” Livelihoods Carbon Fund has been designated “Best corporate offsetting programme 2016” in the Voluntary Carbon Markets...
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Burkina Faso: a public-private partnership to fight desertification and land...
In the Sahel region, more than anywhere else, climate change is a harsh reality for local populations. In the provinces of Bam and Lorum, in Nothern Burkina Faso, the desert is slowly encroaching on...
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