Agroecology and organic agriculture present promising alternatives to the current food system, supported by a growing body of evidence. Despite the potential of AE/O, their full benefits cannot be realised in most countries due to political and institutional barriers and lock-ins, including incentives and funding that favour “business as usual”...

Sargassum, a type of brown macroalgae, has been inundating beaches across the Caribbean since 2011. It comes from the Sargasso Sea in the Atlantic Ocean. The seaweed has harmed Caribbean economies and human health, making it a national emergency in some island-nations. Over the past decade, entrepreneurs and scientists have found ways...

The paper discusses the increasing use of the term agroecology in scientific literature and how its meanings vary in different contexts. However, the key issue is not the different understandings of agroecology per se, but whether various interpretations align with its intrinsic systemic and transformative meaning. To address this, the...

There is a growing interest in approaches to education that can support agroecological transformations. Many grassroots and community-located initiatives, such as peasant agroecology schools, are driving agroecology forward and are widely known to be crucial for scaling out agroecology. This seminar series aims to share examples, stories, learnings amongst educators...

Discover and share valuable resources and knowledge, find agroecological practices near you and connect with a like-minded using this agroecology map.The One Million Voices citizen science initiative is a project implemented by the Agroecology TPP in collaboration with partners from the Agroecology Map, Asian Farmers Association (AFA), Groundswell International, the...

The renewed FAO Agroecology Digest presents a round-up of news, research publications, stories from the field, multimedia materials (and much more) from around the world. Browse the database for up-to-date resources and share additional resources and feedback by writing to [email protected]. We would like to bring to your attention the...