31 year-old Amgalan Bayar has lived in France for the past 6 years with his wife, Audrey. As well as running an eco-tourism business, he has set up an organic shallot farm in cooperation with farmers in Mongolia. Last July, while on a trip to Mongolia, the DynamoS’olidaire team met with this highly creative couple. Through Ayan Mongolie, the association he created, Amgalan promotes market gardening as an additional source of income for poor families living in the Mongolian steppes. The (...) Next ...

This article was published in the December 2007 issue of Resonances, a citizens’ information monthly drawn up by young activists. Promoting the “papas nativas” against the competition of non-traditional cultivation: this the goal of the first potatoes’ trade fair held in Tarma, Peru. Last May more than 30 exhibitors, individual farmers or groups of producers presented their products and exhibited their gourmet dishes. The Papas gives colours to the “Plaza of Arms” Organized by the regional (...) Next ...

This article was published in the September 2007 issue of Resonances, a citizens’ information monthly drawn up by young activists. Parks, gardens, green spaces... Mexico has been sown with traditional maize. On 5 August, farmers’ associations and Mexican artists showed their disapproval to government policy. This campaign in favour of food sovereignty and the renewal of the Mexican countryside started in 2007. The campaign’s slogan: Sin maís no hay país . The FDC (Frente Democrático (...) Next ...

This article was published in the April 2007 issue of Resonances, a citizens’ information monthly drawn up by young activists. Vallue has been threatened, Vallue has been scrutinized, but Vallue is determined. After long months of clashes with Digicel, the telephone company, the town is resisting and listening closely in order to make progress. Vallue is situated on the side of a mountain on the commune Petit Goâve and overlooks the plain of Port-au-Prince. Today, it is quite well known (...) Next ...