AVSF receives solidarity-based financing from Crédit Coopératif
Agronomes et Vétérinaires Sans Frontières (AVSF) was chosen by Crédit Coopératif to receive the second Solidarity Quota (QPS), applied to its most-recent bond issue. QPS is an innovative mechanism for solidarity-based financing, whereby the rate is fixed at 0.02% of the amount borrowed. The mechanism, which was created by Crédit Coopératif in 2010, is intended […]
Producing and eating healthy foods: AVSF invites you to a series of discussions between French and African livestock farmers
AVSF invites you to attend a series of discussions featuring French and African livestock farmers. The events will be held between October 13 and 17. It will be a great chance to get together with others and discuss how to produce and eat healthier. Five international discussions between French and African livestock farmers AVSF will […]
AVSF to attend the Convergences 2015 World Forum
ASVF – Agronomes et Vétérinaires Sans Frontières – invites you to attend the Convergences 2015 World Forum on September 20, 2012. Defending smallholder crop and livestock farming AVSF will be in attendance at the fifth Convergences 2015 World Forum in Paris on September 20, 2012. Frédéric Apollin, Director General of AVSF, will participate in a […]
AVSF to attend the 2012 SPACE International Livestock Trade Fair
AVSF – Agronomes et Vétérinaires Sans Frontières – invites you to attend the International Livestock Trade Fair (the SPACE exhibition in Rennes, September 13-16, 2012), because livestock farming is essential to helping feed the planet. Defending smallholder crop and livestock farming AVSF and its regional delegation in Brittany will be in attendance at the SPACE […]
Food security and family farming: AVSF’s experiment in Africa
AVSF invites you to attend a round-table discussion on the topic of food and agriculture in Africa. The discussion will be led by Bruno Cras, journalist and columnist for Europe 1. The event will take place on Friday, June 22, 2012, at 3 p.m. at AgroParisTech Engref. Experiments carried out on the ground to help […]
AVSF invites you to a sizzling ”hot” party!
To protest the negative effects that global warming has on small-scale livestock farmers, AVSF invites you to attend a ”hot” party starting at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, April 17, 2012, at the Place des Terreaux in Lyon. The event will feature: Super-cow, an artistic performance, a big fresco painted in real time, street theater, etc. […]
AVSF warns of the seriousness of the food crisis in Mali
The current political situation in Mali has led to an elevated risk of food shortage and a rural exodus of more than 200,000 people. AVSF, which has been assisting the most vulnerable families in Mali’s rural zones since 1984, has suspended all activities in country’s northern region for the time being. The association hopes to […]
Water, a resource that is vital to ensuring the food security of smallholders in the South
Agronomes et Vétérinaires Sans Frontières will be participating in the World Water Forum, which will be held in Marseille from March 12 to March 17, 2012. The NGO, which has been active in countries in the South for the past 35 years, will defend the right of smallholders to have access to water, a resource […]
