Participatory technology assessment (PTA) is a means whereby people, especially those who have traditionally been excluded from decisions, are able to influence the development and application of technologies. PTA distinguishes between mature technologies, the development of which has involved participatory and ecological impact assessments over a period of years or even...

In 2022, FAO and Biovision organised the Agroecology Dialogue Series, an initiative in support of the Agroecology Coalition. The discussions of each dialogue have subsequently been summarized in three briefs. This video gives a preview of brief 1, which explored how integrating agroecology and territorial approaches might support and accelerate...

Representatives of small farmers, agricultural and food workers, fishing communities and fish workers, pastoralists, Indigenous Peoples, consumers, NGOs, women and youth, representing CSOs at the local, regional, national and international levels in the region of Europe and Central Asia, came together in Antalya, Turkey, on May 2-3, 2016 to provide...

For the past four years, the Family Farming Barometer has been addressing the issues that affect family farming and to which family farming is responding. It investigates the transition towards sustainable food systems that would ensure food security for all, today and tomorrow. For this 2021 edition, the Family Farming Barometer...

Individual agroecological farms can act as lighthouses to amplify the uptake of agroecological principles and practices by other farmers. Amplification is critical for the upscaling of agroecological production and socio-political projects emphasizing farmer sovereignty and solidarity. However, territories are contested spaces with historical, social, cultural, and economic contexts that can...