There is broad consensus that the way food is produced and consumed urgently needs to change. Only then can global challenges such as climate change, biodiversity loss, and poverty be addressed. Policies unarguably play a crucial role in driving – or impeding – this change. Fortunately, the number of positive...

The first dialogue on Agroecology in Central Asian countries was held in Bishkek on August 28, 2019. Over the three days workshop, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), together with representatives from a number of agencies and experts from Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkey and others, discussed...

The importance of Agroecology to advance the sustainability of cotton production systems in agricultural schools in Paraguay and in communities of indigenous peoples of Bolivia. Associated with the concept that sustainable production systems is  the key to reducing the impact on natural resources and thus achieving the SDGs, since 2014 the regional...

The workshop was hosted by MaeJo University in Chiang Mai (Thailand) on 26-27 June attended by representatives of 11 Universities from 8 different countries of ASEAN but also UNESCO and SEARCA. The workshop has to be seen as a stepping stone towards developing a regional project addressing Agroecology and Higher...

 La Red Nacional de Agricultura Familiar (RENAF) and El Movimiento Agroecológico de América Latina y el Caribe (MAELA) organize the workshop at the National University of Colombia. Political, economic and legal frameworks on agroecology will be discussed. The workshop is focused on agroecological concepts, the role of the education and the knowledge in the agroecological transition, strategies for...

FAO Headquarters will held next wednesday 24 of July from 13:00 to 14:30 an event on evaluating the multidimensional performance of agroecology that will be web streamed. A tool has been developed to support agroecological transitions, at different scales and in different locations, through informed policy-making processes. It consolidates information on...