The organic food and farming movement defends a transition to agroecology as the direction for the upcoming Commission’s “Farm to Fork” strategy. In a new paper on agroecology, IFOAM EU emphasises to consider organic and agroecology through their synergies, common principles and drivers. IFOAM EU’s vision of agroecology is based on the...

The Italian Network for Local Food Policies is being promoted by a group of academic, scientific and independent researchers, from different Italian cities engaged in multiple ways in research activities related to "local food policies".The Network proposes to focus research efforts towards the transformation of the food system and the...

In April 2018, FAO hosted the Second International Symposium on Agroecology to Achieve the SDGs; the Symposium had an impressive level of attendance with a total of 768 participants.    With the main objective of moving from dialogue to action, the Symposium brought together different stakeholders and catalyzed inter-disciplinary dialogue and collaboration,...

The chinampas (raised beds) of Xochimilco, Mexico City, are highly productive, traditional wetland agricultural systems, which were able to feed most of the population in pre-hispanic times. There is a strong trend to substitute chinampas with plastic greenhouses for flower production, which creates negative impacts in the landscape, environment and...

Durante mucho tiempo la producción de ganado en el trópico seco se ha centrado en el desmonte del bosque (también llamado “monte”) y la siembra de pastos mejorados. Sin embargo, el bosque tropical seco alberga numerosas especies de árboles y arbustos con potencial forrajero. Cada vez son más reconocidos los...

En los Andes, la agroecología se promueve a través de proyectos de desarrollo rural que comúnmente trabajan con agrobiodiversidad, poblaciones tradicionales y la promoción de cadenas de valor. Los estudios comparativos con encuestas de hogares son herramientas útiles para entender la situación en hogares agroecológicos y no agroecológicos, o participantes...