On Tuesday, November 17, the Seminar "Public Policies and Agroecology in Family Agriculture" was held within the framework of the XXXIII Specialized Meeting on Family Agriculture (REAF) of the Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR), under the Pro-Tempore Presidency of Uruguay. The purpose of the seminar is to contribute to strengthening agroecology at...

Climate change has severe negative impacts on livelihoods and food systems worldwide. Our future climate according to the latest scenarios seriously undermines current efforts to improve the state of food security and nutrition, especially in sub-Sahara Africa. To address this to its full extent, there is an urgent need for transformational...

The Agroecology Criteria Tool (ACT) enables the assessment of a project through the lens of agroecology: it visualizes the degree to which a project, program or policy is aligned with the various dimensions of agroecology. The methodology is based on the analytical framework by Gliessman on the 5 levels of...

This report presents the experiences and concerns of millions of small-scale food producers, workers, consumers, women and youth represented in the organizations that participate in the Civil Society and Indigenous Peoples Mechanism (CSM) for relations with the United Nations Committee on World Food Security (CFS). Evidence collected on the ground around the...

Organic Farm Knowledge Platform intends to promote productivity and quality in organic farming across Europe by providing access to a wide range of tools and knowledge exchange among farmers, farm advisers and scientists. Topics covered on the platform cover a wide range of knowledge about organic farming, from arable crops,...

Most smallholder farmers rely on locally available technologies and on-farm inputs to improve food production,food security and raise income at family level. For farmers to use available resources efficiently and to be productive and sustainable, they need to have knowledge as well as access to markets and appropriate institutions (e.g....