Brazil, Kenya, Sri Lanka and Turkey represent some of the world’s most mega-diverse countries thanks to the extraordinary diversity of ecosystems and species existing within their borders. They each contain...
The Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development (JAFSCD) announces a call for papers and essays for a Special Issue, “COVID-19 and the Food System”. The deadline for submissions is...
The International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems (IPES-Food) video shows agroecology as a way of farming in harmony with nature and how it can build resilience to climate change...
Extreme weather events and disruptions in normal weather patterns brought about by climate change negatively impact agricultural productivity in Nepal. This, in turn, leads to decreased food security in the...
The Haller Foundation is a UK registered charity that launched Haller Farmers Web App in 2014. Haller Farmers is a mobile application designed to support small producers through open access...
The situation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has reinforced the need to create alternatives driven by agroecology and the social and solidarity economy. AlterBanc is an alliance between the networks...
Youth in Agroecology and Business Learning Track Africa (YALTA) is an initiative with the goal to support young agripreneurs to apply agroecological principles and to co-create networks in order to...
The unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic and various measures taken by the Governments to safeguard the spread of the virus, including restriction of movements of people and goods have been affecting the...
Harriet Bradley, EU Agriculture and Bioenergy Officer argues in this piece that we currently produce more than enough food in the EU – even too much when it comes to...
This video is produced by Research and Technological Development for Family Farming of the National Institute of Agricultural Technology (INTA) of Argentina. The video shows the agroecological practices done in the "agroecological...
This issue of LEISA is dedicated to the dissemination of agroforestry management experiences as sustainable production alternatives for farming families, both ecologically and economically. There are many current examples of...
The Guide "Biopreparations for the sustainable management of pests and diseases in urban and peri-urban agriculture" focuses on the use of a wide range of biostimulants/rooters, bio fungicides, bioinsecticides, bio-repellents/bio-fertilizers...
Over the past decade, a new food system narrative has been established. Nothing less than a real paradigm shift for agriculture, nutrition and food systems emerged, inspired much by the...
This event is presented as an alternative institutional relationship, giving access to professionals and farmers in the region to build more social, economic and ecological communities, to contribute to development...
Trees have traditionally been an integrated part of European farmlands and bringing them back could be part of an answer to some of our pressing environmental challenges. Asger Mindegaard and...
This regional publication provides an overview of the development of organic agriculture in eighteen countries in the following Europe and Central Asia sub-regions: Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and...
A team of researchers from the National University of the Litoral (UNL) and The National Scientific and Technical Research Council in Argentina (CONICET for its acronym in Spanish) evaluated the...
The National training service of Colombia (SENA for his acronym in Spanish) and FAO signed an agreement for the training and certification of the country's future extension workers, who are...
This article written by Wendel Georges highlights the water pollution and waste caused by industrial and agricultural activities. The author determines that the wastewater issue is a major environmental problem that...
What does agroecology mean? How is it practiced? Who are the holders/creators of agroecological knowledge? What are the exciting questions or recent advances in agroecology research?
This session discussed the interpretation...
