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There is an urgent need to reconnect society with the sustainable use of agroecosystems by fostering resilient social-ecological systems, emphasizing the links between the functioning of natural systems and human well-being, and stressing the benefits that people derive from them.
This Special Issue of ‘’Agriculture’’ belonging to the section "Agricultural Systems...
Event
2021
Food systems need to meet food security, nutrition, and environmental goals, especially in a world with growing demand and a changing climate. There is now broad consensus on the need to transform current food systems towards more sustainable models.
Agroecology is increasingly seen as a framework to transform food systems. The...
Journal article
2021
Acute hunger is expected to soar in over 20 countries in the next few months, warns a recent report on global “hunger hotspots” from the FAO and the World Food Programme (WFP). An estimated 34 million people are “one step away from starvation”, pushed to the brink by climate shocks, conflict, and...
Article
2021
Agricultural pesticide use and its associated environmental harms are widespread throughout much of the world. Efforts to mitigate this harm have largely been focused on reducing pesticide contamination of the water and air, as runoff and pesticide drift are the most significant sources of offsite pesticide movement. Yet pesticide contamination...
Journal article
2021
With the help of multiple partners, FAO has developed a global analytical framework for the multidimensional assessment of the performance of agroecology: Tool for Agroecology Performance Evaluation (TAPE), which aims to:
· Inform policymakers, development institutions, and other stakeholders by creating references to the multidimensional performance of agroecology and...
Guidelines
2019
The Transformative Partnership Platform (TPP) on Agroecology and its partners held a virtual event on 15 July 2021 to discover how bold, context-specific policies can help transition to more sustainable and agroecological food systems.
By examining country case studies and current scientific evidence, the event highlighted the opportunities and challenges involved...
Event
2021
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