Despite the large-scale mobilisations seen across Europe over the last month and clear political demands to protect farmers’ incomes, European policymakers have failed to take appropriate action and address the concerns of farmers. Their only response has come in the form of misguided and damaging decisions to revoke environmental measures....

From Berlin and Paris, to Brussels and Bucharest, European farmers have driven their tractors to the streets in protest in recent times.  This article brief analyses the key demands from farmer groups in 12 countries to determine how they are related to greenhouse gas emissions, climate change, biodiversity or conservation. The findings show that many of the issues...

This policy brief summarizes key learnings derived from the initial phase of a project carried out by the Alliance of Biodiversity and CIAT and Solidaridad in the Brazilian Amazon. The project as part of the Agroecological TRANSITIONS program’s Inclusive Digital Tools (ATDT) project. ATDT aims to promote innovations related to digital...

Agroecology is identified as an important solution to increase the sustainability of agricultural and food systems. Despite the increasing number of publications assessing the socio-economic outcomes of agroecology, very few studies have consolidated the scattered results obtained on various case studies. This paper provides new insights by consolidating evidence on...

This paper puts forward general steps for developing a holistic agrifood system assessment, as well as principles to guide decision-making at each step of the design process, intended to support metrics users in navigating the jungle of available approaches and selecting something that meets their needs. By developing a guiding...

This video pictures the innovative land recovery project in the Northern part of Senegal that is harvesting rainfall, improving food security, and rehabilitating the ecosystem.