This is the story of Ms Bouchan Huengvilay, a PGS-organic farmer in Lao PDR. She is part of one of the PGS groups formed and supported under the FAO Technical...
The project Macho Sauti (Eyes and voice in Kiswahili) is an innovative collaboration between scientific research institutions and civil society in the development context. By merging agroecological methodologies that promote...
In western Burkina Faso, on-farm manure production has long been confined to the edges of houses and cattle pens. With increasing land pressure and the remoteness of fields, manure production...
La innovación consiste en la implementación de un sistema integrado que contempla la utilización de tecnologías y técnicas agroecológicas para la producción de hortalizas por parte de mujeres campesinas. Este...
Por muchos años, el desarrollo agrícola en Bolivia se caracterizó por un modelo de transferencia tecnológico, burocrático y vertical: de los investigadores académicos, a los extensionistas y finalmente a los...
In the field of agroecology, the problematics of innovation are not just about technology: the obstacles of sustainable production also stem from ignorance and the lack of a common language....
Like many African countries, Benin has had a rapid increase in its urban population, with high demand for garden produce, such as fruits and vegetables. Large quantities of fertilizer and...
The Government of Andhra Pradesh (AP) adopted an innovative, climate change resilient, zero budget natural farming (ZBNF) intervention in 2015. The purpose was to cover 500 000 farmers by 2020,...
The community livestock enclosure is an innovative strategy to defend the land for communal use, deployed by peasants, whose occupation areas are territories disputed by the agribusiness in the context...
Maize is the predominant crop in Zambia, both in terms of production and consumption, and levels of crop diversity on Zambian farms tend to be very low. The country’s maize-centric...
The conference will be a five-day event, including a field visit, from 12-16th November 2018 at the Conference Centre, Radisson Hotel, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. There will be...
A growing body of scientific evidence shows that agroecology innovations and practices are technically feasible, affordable, politically socially and culturally acceptable, adaptable to local circumstances and environmentally sound. This paper...
This project will look at processes of ‘innovation’ in agroecology and food sovereignty – tackling questions such as what does it look like, is it different from other innovative approaches,...
The needs of rural and high-risk areas are diverse and location specific. As the market is limited, the private sector is not interested in developing technologies for high-risk areas, and...
More than 12 million small-scale farmers and their families in the risk-prone, dryland areas of the Western Sahel have become chronically vulnerable to food and nutrition insecurity. This growing crisis...
Adapting agriculture to build resilience to climate change involves a series of actions to identify, test, demonstrate and disseminate good agricultural practices to challenge changing climatic conditions. This study seeks to...
Agroecology can offer an important vehicle to reduce poverty and inequality, by contributing to decent work and addressing a fundamental human need – access to food.
