In Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), there is a generation of chefs that promote sustainable agriculture through a link between smallholders and gastronomy. In 2007 they founded the Instituto Maniva, a nonprofit organization whose goal is to connect the two separate worlds of consumption and production. They started visiting different farmers at their...

Food Policy Forum for Change is pleased to invite you to the side event of the Third global conference of the Sustainable Food Systems programme on Stimulating markets for agroecology through public policy on Wednesday 2 December 03:30 - 4:15 PM CET. The creation of markets for agroecology is a key action...

Over several months, a broad range of experts, policymakers, and practitioners held a series of consultations to explore agroecology's contribution to innovative and transformative climate change adaptation responses. This paper culminated in the process, which sought to develop a collective understanding of agroecology's role in climate change adaptation and craft...

Food and agriculture have always been a central battleground for the deployment of new technologies. The power vested in technology to transform the global economic system has never been greater. The exponential technological changes ushered in by the so-called fourth industrial revolution can upturn all economic sectors, including food and...

The European Union (EU) has committed to supporting the global transition to more sustainable food systems. As the world's largest food importer, the EU can use its trade policies and agreements to stimulate and incentivize more sustainable practices by its trade partners. This brief drafted by the European Centre for...

Food systems are responsible for global greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions and global terrestrial biodiversity loss. They are a significant driver of land conversion and deforestation.  Policies that operate across the food systems can contribute both to food security and environmental sustainability. One of these cross-cutting policy fields is Public Food Procurement...