The global discourse on food sovereignty suggests several mechanisms for improving foodsecurity and agricultural livelihoods, including redistributive land reform and restructuringof markets to improve food distribution and access. In Brazil,...
The booklet, edited by the United Federation of Farmers and Livestock Associations (FUGEA), presents a series of practices and techniques to reinforce farmer's autonomy and the environmental, social and economic...
During its 44th Plenary Session, the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) requested the High Level Panel of Experts (HLPE) to produce a report on "Agroecological apporaches and other innovations...
This paper describes action research intended to transform a food system in a country that is still governed centrally by administrators who assume that industrialised agriculture, based chemical fertilizers and...
Abstract. The production of sufficient food for an increasing global population while conserving natural capital is a major challenge to humanity. Tree-mediated ecosystem services are recognized as key features of more...
Sustainable Intensification is especially important in Africa where the need is greatest. We present eleven targets for action, paying specific attention to the needs of poor smallholder farmers in Africa....
The regional Symposium on Agroecology for Europe and Central Asia was held in Budapest from 23 to 25 November 2016, which was attended by over 180 participants from 41 countries...
On 14th of November, the sixth Belgian Agroecology Meeting will take place in Gembloux, co-organized by the University of Liège, the Walloon Agricultural Research Centre, the Université Libre de Bruxelles...
Today’s society faces many challenges when it comes to food production: producing food sustainably, producing enough of it, distributing food, consuming enough calories, consuming too many calories, consuming culturally-appropriate foods,...
In sub-Saharan Africa, the magnitude of the demographic challenge implies anticipating targetsto be reached within the time horizon of the next generation, in all sectors of activity. We propose an...
IPM was first proposed in 1957, as a concept that promoted biological control, good agronomic practices and the use of other means to control pests besides chemical pesticides. IPM is...
Palopuro Agroecological Symbiosis Pilot Project 2015-2016 This model of production and processing of local organic food is being developed through a project called “Palopuro Agroecological Symbiosis”, which is funded by...
This document elaborates the outcomes of the Addis Ababa Conference on “Changing Food Systems in Africa: Agroecology and Food Sovereignty and their Role in Nutrition and Health”. The three-day conference...
The UA Magazine tries to provide insight into the questions: “What is ‘urban agroecology’,exactly? Is it a type of ecological or organic agriculture in the city or if not, what...
El Rancho Ecológico de Vía Orgánica es un modelo educativo de producción agrícola orgánica regenerativa y la vida sostenible. El Rancho es un centro de formación, contacto y colaboración para...
Everyday Experts explains how knowledge built up through first-hand experience can help solve the crisis in the food system. It brings together fifty-seven activists, farmers, practitioners, researchers and community organisers...
Participatory Guarantee Systems (PGS) have been established to help the hundreds of smallholder farmers in India who are unable to gain cost-prohibitive certifications for organic farming. These systems allow access...
The Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) programme, launched as an initiative of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in 2002, provides international recognition to important traditional agricultural...
The present study aims to build a framework and provide a quantitative overview of the effects of adopting selected agroecological practices at the farm level. A literature review has been...
