This study was done in collaboration with the Chief Minister's Rajasthan Economic Transformation Advisory Council (CMRETAC) to explore the suitability of natural farming in Rajasthan and propose a strategic roadmap...
The FAO’s 10 Elements of Agroecology have become a key framework for evaluating the sustainability of agricultural systems. To support this effort, FAO developed the Tool for Agroecology Performance Evaluation...
FAO Regional Office for Asia and Pacific (FAO RAP), in collaboration with the SAARC Agriculture Centre (SAC), an intergovernmental organization of the eight Member States in the South Asia region,...
Today, one of the major global challenges we face is that of feeding the world. Would it be possible to solve this challenge? If yes, via what pathways? Nowadays, two paradigms...
To expand agroecology depends on raising and stabilising incomes for small-scale producers through alternative markets that avoid profit-driven middlemen. Producers thereby retain more of the value that they add, build...
While agroforestry is a well-established approach for agroecological intensification, rice is less often integrated with trees than other annual staple crops. The benefits and risks from rice agroforestry practices have...
On 25 June 2021, the European Union (EU) finalised its negotiations for the new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) that is set to come into power on 1 January 2023 and...
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Pollination is a fundamental ecosystem service for plant reproduction, agricultural production and the maintenance of terrestrial biodiversity. Almost 90 per cent of the world’s...
To officially launch the upcoming Good to Grow Weekend of Action , Capital Growth, Good to Grow and Sustain are organising a webinar on 15 March to discuss the climate and nature emergency and how to...
The call for abstracts to participate in the 5th World Congress on Agroforestry 2022 ‘’Transitioning to a Viable World’’ is now open until 15 November 2021. Farmers, researchers, advisors, policymakers, and representatives from...
The climate emergency affects us all deeply, in so many ways. However, for farmers, it has implications that are more drastic. It undermines all aspects of the food systems that...
This article details an open laboratory field school where researchers from CIRAD and INERA and farmers work together in a field trial to ecologically intensify their cropping system.
Food systems governance reform and food systems multi-stakeholder mechanisms (MSMs) have been recognized as key interventions during the UN Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) and the related Summit Member State Dialogues...
Vegetables are commonly produced with high inputs of pesticides and fertilisers to boost production and meet cosmetic market standards. Yet, reports on the relationships between agrochemical inputs and crop productivity...
This article reflects on the regional dialogue on agroecology held on 12 May 2022 and co-organized by Global Alliance for the Future of Food (GAFF), Asia Farmers Association (AFA), and Andhra Pradesh Community-managed Natural Farming (APCNF) with...
Current global challenges put strong emphasis on the urgent need for a sustainable transformation of agriculture and food systems. Recognizing these challenges, the FAO Strategic Framework 2022-2031 focuses on the...
In Lower Casamance, several projects carried out by civil society organizations support young people in their (re)integration through agriculture. the youths benefit from training, support, and sometimes even financial support...
On 1 March 2022, Denmark hosted a flagship side event at the Fifth Session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA 5) titled “We are all Atlas: sharing best practices for collaboration on sustainable...
The Asia-Europe Environment Forum (ENVforum) Annual Conference 2021 focused on Circular Food Systems as possible solutions to reverse climate change. One of the sessions of the Conference was “Agriculture and...
The Secretariat of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mexico is holding the Cycle ''Food Self-Sufficiency and Technological Innovation with Sustainable Practices'' and presents the 35th Conference on ''Public Policies for Sustainable...
