Os cursos de agroecologia têm crescido nos últimos anos e sua introdução nas instituições deensino se deu, em especial, a partir dos anos 2000. Desde então, diversos cursos são criados anualmente. No entanto, são poucos e dispersos os estudos que realizam uma análise quantitativa sistematizada sobre o ensino da agroecologia no Brasil....

If there was a silver lining in the disastrous 2007–2008 food price crisis, it was that it prompted governments and international donors to re-examine their priorities for agricultural development. They committed to invest in agriculture and food security in a manner that prioritizes small-scale producers (especially women), enhances the environment...

The sustainable food systems framework pro- posed here enables an understanding of specific food systems problems as the component parts of wider systemic problems, and as func- tions of particular logics and dynamics running all the way through a food system. Such a framework can help to identify synergies and...

This paper explains the problem of carbon dioxide buildup and climate change, how carbon can be taken out of the atmosphere and restored to the soil, and the advantages that can come to farmers and consumers from growing in carbon-rich soils.

While India was home to more than 100,000 rice varieties only 50 years ago, today more than 80% of the area dedicated to grow rice is planted with hybrid varities. Thanks to the efforts of about 1,400 farmers in the Koraput region (Odisha state), traditional varieties of "desi dhaan", as they...

Using figures published by the UK Department of International Development (DFID), this study finds that despite overwhelming evidence in favour of agroecology as a mode of agricultural development able to address crucial aspects of the interrelated crises facing human societies, UK development aid barely supports agroecology. Based on the most...