As part of the Agroecological series, this guide introduces the community-based landscape work of the Seed Knowledge Initiative (SKI), a partnership of Southern African organizations committed to securing food sovereignty and promoting climate resiliency in the region. The illustrated resource offers guidance on working with communities - particularly with smallholder...

An ecological and local farmers' market has emerged at the initiative of a group of engaged consumers and producers in Rabat, Morocco. The farmers market happens every fifteen days since the beginning of January 2017. A Participatory Guarantee System (PGS) initiative has been developed in order to achieve a satisfactory relationship between...

There is substantial evidence illustrating that the dominant agricultural management practices are not sustainable for the future. Several alternative production systems, including agroecology and organic farming, are proposed for their environmental and social benefits. Studies conducted under temperate environments (mostly in Europe) have established the benefits of organic farming practices over...

The Malaysian Agroecology Society for Sustainable Resource Intensification (SRI-Mas), the Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) and the Malaysian Food Security and Sovereignty Forum (FKMM) are organizing the International Webinar Series on Agroecology & Community.  The webinar series aims to promote agroecological approaches for sustainable agriculture, with related topics presented by local and...

The Biovision Foundation is partnering up with the Agropolis Fondation for the SHIFT Prize for Transformative Agroecological Research for Development. This prize aims to recognize collaborative research for development projects and initiatives that have made an exemplary contribution to the agroecological transformation of food systems through their transdisciplinary research for development actions. The SHIFT Prize is intended...

This new open access book develops a framework for advancing agroecology in shifts towards more just and sustainable food systems focusing on politics and governance. It explores agroecology's potential as a sustainable and socially just alternative to today's dominant food regime.