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This booklet is published as part of the EatingCraft International project funded by the European Union under the Erasmus+ programme and is part of a collective writing process undertaken by many CSAs.
The publication clarifies the undoubted connection between PGS and CSA and show hoe the two approaches are being similar in their overall...
Belgium - France
Book
2019
Every three years, the organic sector assembles to host the Organic World Congress (OWC) - the world’s largest organic gathering. In 2020, the 20th OWC will be held 21-27 September in Rennes, France drawing from the motto, ‘From its Roots, Organic Inspires Life‘.
OWC 2020 will aim to provide organic and likeminded...
Event
2020
This article published in The Conversation describes the inextricable linkage between the crisis of biodiversity loss and the loss of indigenous cultures. From animals to insects and plants, biodiversity loss cannot be effectively addressed without tackling the rapid disappearance of indigenous cultures.
According to the author, indigenous peoples have conserved biodiversity for millennia. They have created much...
Article
2020
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Food Systems research team from the Colorado State University (CSU) developed the Local Food Systems Toolkit to help stakeholders explore the impact of local food efforts and to evaluate the economic impact of local food systems. The project was based on principles...
United States of America
Innovation
2019
Amrita Bhoomi is a peasant agroecology training centre. It was launched in 2013 by Indian farmers to find solutions to the agrarian and ecological crises in India. The centre is an established pioneer in the movement for seed sovereignty and food sovereignty, based on agroecological self-reliant farming and rural enterprises....
India
Learning
2020
What does the UN Environment Programme bring to the table in the zero-budget natural farming debate?
UN Environmental Programme (UNEP) explains in this story that Zero Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF) is a form of agricultural system redesign that is being practiced at scale in India, particularly in the state of Andhra Pradesh. It is an emerging set of agricultural practices designed dramatically to reduce farmers’ direct costs (hence “zero...
India
Article
2020
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