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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...
Article
2019
El Rancho Ecológico de Vía Orgánica es un modelo educativo de producción agrícola orgánica regenerativa y la vida sostenible. El Rancho es un centro de formación, contacto y colaboración para campesinos, familias y activistas.
La visión del Rancho es luchar contra el cambio climático, la degradación ambiental y la pobreza rural...
Mexico
Learning
2017
Sempreviva Feminist Organisation is involved in a series of processes in which a group of women, social movements and organizations are raising the urgency of another paradigm for the sustainability of life, and are building paths to achieve it. This publication contributes to the effort to highlight the experiences, elaborations...
Book
2015
This paper is an appeal to policymakers to recognize a new narrative for agriculture in Africa, which redirects efforts from a high input industrial strategy to supporting food and agricultural systems and practices that are healthy, equitable, efficient, resilient, and culturally diverse, using renewable energy resources.
Policy brief/paper
2016
This document elaborates the outcomes of the Addis Ababa Conference on “Changing Food Systems in Africa: Agroecology and Food Sovereignty and their Role in Nutrition and Health”. The three-day conference brought together representatives of civil society organizations, farmers, fisherfolk, pastoralists, indigenous peoples, consumers, youth networks, women’s networks, food processors, practitioners,...
Conference report
2017
In this edition of LEISA 29-1, experiences of application of the System of Intensive Rice Cultivation (SICA), an innovative technology successfully adopted in different countries around the world where this important cereal is grown, are presented.
Article
2013
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