Rabhi, Pierre, 1938-2021

LC control no.	n 84095082
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Rabhi, Pierre, 1938-2021 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Rabhi, Pierre, 1936- Rabhi, Rabah, 1938-2021
Associated country	Algeria France
Associated place	Burkina Faso
Located	Ardèche (France)
Birth date	1936 1938-05-29
Death date	2021-12-04
Place of birth	Kenadsa (Algeria)
Field of activity	Agricultural ecology Arid regions agriculture Food security
Affiliation	Carrefour international d'échanges de pratiques appliquées au développement Centre d'études et de formation rurales appliqués
Profession or occupation	Farmers Agriculturists Ecologists Environmentalists Authors
Found in	His Du Sahara aux Cévennes, 1983: t.p. (Pierre Rabhi) cover p. 4 (b. 1936, Sahara) L'offrande au crépuscule, 2001: title page (Pierre Rabhi) page 4 of cover (born in southern Algeria in 1938; "paysan agro-écologiste", living for more than 40 years in Ardèche, he has spent over 20 years putting his expertise to the service of food security; in the early 1980s he worked with the training center of Gorom-Gorom to spread agro-ecology to the poorest peasants) Wikipedia, May 9, 2022 (Pierre Rabhi; born Rabah Rabhi, 29 May 1938, Kénadsa, French Algeria; died Dec. 4, 2021; French writer, farmer and environmentalist; originally Muslim, he converted to Christianity, then decided to depart from religion as a whole; studied in France as a youth; considered an important personality of agroecology in France; he and wife Michelle moved to Ardèche in 1960; in 1978 he began to do training in agricultural ecology at CEFRA (Centre d'études et de formation rurales appliqués); from 1981 onward he visited Burkina Faso as a "Farmer Without Frontiers", work funded by CRIAD (Centre de relations internationales entre agriculteurs pour le développement); in 1985 he set up the agroecology training centre at Gorom-Gorom; in 1988 he founded CIEPAD (Carrefour international d'échanges de pratiques appliquées au développement) with support of the Hérault Regional Council, and started overseas development programs in several countries; since 1994 he has led the "Oasis en tous lieux--An oasis in any place" movement)
Equivalent(s)	Rabhi, Pierre, 1938-
National bib agency no.	1023H5666E
Associated language	fre
Quality code	nlc