Background

Climate change is deeply affecting farming communities. The aim of this video project is to visibilise the problems encountered by agroecological farmers due to climate change, and share what local innovations farmers develop to combat and adapt to climate change. This initiative is part of the EU Horizon SWIFT project (Supporting Women-Led Innovations in Farming and Rural Territories ). SWIFT supports process of amplifying the voices of marginalized groups in the European agriculture.

By facilitating the creation of short videos, we want to give voice to individual stories and maximize ownership over how these are told.

Objective

To document key aspects of your daily life as agroecological farmers and showcase the technical or social innovations  and local  practices  you develop to combat and adapt to climate change – making them visible and share with other farmers.

Output

Short explanatory videos (3-7 minutes) to share knowledge and practices between farmers. The  material will serve as the basis for creating awareness  campaigns and farmer-to-farmer training modules on climate  adaptation. The focus is on peer-to-peer learning and local innovation.

How We Use and Manage the Videos in the SWIFT project

  • Climate change awareness campaign
  • Farmer-to-farmer training modules

The videos will be presented as part of SWIFT’s learning materials and shared on the SWIFT website and SWIFT  portal hosted by our project partners Urgenci (https://hub.urgenci.net/swift/) via the YouTube channel from our partner Centro Internazionale Crocevia (croceviaterra.it). The videos might also be shared on social media platforms of the SWIFT partner institutions (e.g., Facebook, Twitter/X, Instagram, LinkedIn).

Your videos remain  yours to publish and share on your own website or social media channels. We kindly ask that you also share the videos with us and let us know if you give permission for the videos  to be used in the SWIFT project.

Who can contribute?

  • We invite farmer or farming groups engaged in agroecological or sustainable farming practices. Special attention is given to marginalized groups in agriculture, including women, migrant farm workers, youth  and LGTBQIA+ farmers
  • No technical experience needed—authentic stories are what matter!

Download Content guidance in different languges below (EN, ES, FR, CAT)

Please access the following links to get more information on content, storytelling, ideas and technical tips on filming.

How to contribute? Contact and participant information

If you would like to take part in this video project, please contact us: swiftclimatevideos@upv.es or fill out the form directly and upload the video.

Data processing 

BOKU University Vienna, Austria as partners in the project is collecting the raw video material via survey. Minor post-production edits may be made (e.g. sound adjustment, subtitles, adding logos) by BOKU and project partners in SWIFT before publishing. Before uploading your videos, please read the  Participant information sheet in the survey and share with us a signed copy or photo of the form.