The present study aims to build a framework and provide a quantitative overview of the effects of adopting selected agroecological practices at the farm level. A literature review has been conducted to identify scientific work addressing agroecology's contribution to a set of socio-economic indicators, which affect human, financial, and social...

The study shows how Brazil's National School Feeding Programme (PNAE, its acronym in Portuguese)  contributed to fostering: on-farm transitions from low agrobiodiversity, input-intensive farming oriented to diversified farming systems (i.e., horticultural production), and a significant increase of the cultivated area under diversified farming systems. The horticultural output conversion favored the...

This article discusses the economic dimensions of agroecological farming systems in Europe. It firstly theoretically elaborates why, and under what conditions, agroecological farming systems can produce higher incomes than farms that follow the conventional logic. This theoretical exposition is then followed by a presentation of empirical material from a wide...

This book represents the work of experts and leaders who have taught, researched, and expanded Chinese agroecology and eco-agriculture for more than 30 years. It reviews decades of agricultural change to provide an integrated analysis of research and development progress in agroecological farming practices. It contains research on traditional and newly...

In 2020, Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula was ravaged by intense drought, flooding from tropical storm Cristobal, hurricanes, and frequent pest outbreaks, in addition to the impacts of the Covid-19 crisis. These events have taken a toll on food security and livelihoods, elevating the risk of hunger, especially among families of small-scale...

As part of a complex view of the production, distribution, consumption, and public policies around the agrifood system, in this video,  Beatriz Fadón, a member of the Association Landscape, Ecology, and Gender (Asociación Paisaje, Género y Ecología), proposes ways to transform the whole food system from the field to the...