"This first booklet in the series – 'Where Have all the Small Farmers gone?' – traces the broad path that agriculture took in India, to see where and how the...
This publication is an effort by Heifer Ecuador to substantiate the importance of small-scale family farming and agroecology in Ecuador. The five chapters comprising this book will take reads through...
"The practices illustrated through these case studies are being extensively shared among farmers from across the country. These local practices are not just ways of thinking or alternatives; they are...
"This booklet is aimed to educate and inform farmers about diverse possibility of sustainable and safe food production methods and its techniques. This handbook is designed as a practical guide...
This film examines a cooperative of the Brazilian Landless Movement (MST) in the South of Brazil, which struggled for access to land and then transitioned to ecological agriculture, or agroecology....
Documentaries on the Best Practices in Rural Development carried out by young farmers that have been granted support under EU Rural development policies.
Documentaries on the Best Practices in Rural Development carried out by young farmers that have been granted support under EU Rural development policies.
This paper investigates differences in yield and field microclimate of cotton under traditional planting (one plant in a hole) and cluster planting patterns (three plants in a hole). Yield and...
The Mi Huerto Web uses technology to create a fairer and more direct relationship between producers and consumers, supporting an inclusive, local and sustainable agriculture.
"We are convinced that is fundamental...
Most of Near east and North Africa societies have been in the midst of social and political transition in recent years. Three of them changed governments following the events of...
The Zimbabwe Organic Farming Handbook is a simplified organic production manual based on the Zimbabwe Organic Standards, and is particularly designed to be farmer-friendly.
The handbook covers the whole production process,...
In 1987, the popularization of an organoponics program began in Cuba. In 1995 this movement was strengthened by the addition of “intensive gardening"" and was created by the National Commission...
The agroecological innovations reported here can be grouped under the broad heading of System of Crop Intensi cation (SCI).1 This approach seeks not just to get more output from a...
Applying a resilience lens to food system analysis and programming requires that we pay particular attention to understanding the ways shocks, stressors and even program interventions that impact one part...
Chilling stress, one of the most important limiting environmental factors, delays plants growth and development and reduces crops yield. Chilling stress causes cell membrane damage, which triggers an excessive production...
The 1st International Symposium on Agroecology was an important step to consolidate agroecology at the international level. However, the desired paradigm shift will need patience and big effortsfrom everyone, especially at...
Recent high-level policy papers call for scaling-up agroforestry to sustainably increase agricultural production and maintain environmental services. Evidence suggests that this will not be achieved by wide scale promotion of...
Interviewed onsite at The Economist Feeding the World Summit 2014, Rose Akaki tells Farming First the key challenges faced by female farmers in Uganda and offers her recommendations for improving...
FAO held, with the support of France, the Swiss Development Cooperation and the Foreign Office of Agriculture of Switzerland, the International Symposium on Agroecology for Food Security and Nutrition at...
The video outlines three case studies of farmers utilizing agroecological practices in their farming systems. It focuses on complex adaptive rice systems in the Easter part of the island of...
