This report summarizes research around the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on women in and across the constituencies and regions of the Civil Society and Indigenous Peoples’ Mechanism (CSM) for relations with...
Mobility in West African countries has long been a traditional adaptation strategy to climatic stressors. Present environmental changes stress the agricultural sector, which accounts for 35 percent of West Africa's...
The Open Food Network is a global network of people and organizations working together to develop open and shared resources, knowledge, and software to support a better food system. Open...
The magnitude and urgency of the challenges facing agriculture and food systems demand profound modifications in different aspects of human activity to achieve real transformative change and sustainability. Recognizing that...
This video is produced in the framework of the EATingCRAFT project with the financial assistance of the Erasmus + programme of the European Union. It provides a brief explanation of Participatory Guarantee Systems (PGS) and their...
In 2009, the Laos government’s Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation entered into a bilateral agreement for the implementation of "The Agro-Biodiversity Initiative...
Since 2015, the Earth to Tables Legacies project has brought together a small group of food activists across big differences - youth/elders, rural/urban, Indigenous/settler, Canadian/Mexican for exchange around food justice,...
The alignment of the environmental, economic and social sustainability of farms is necessary for enhancing the provision of public goods in farming. This study combines the use of three tools for...
In February 2020, more than 100 participants from nearly 30 countries gathered together for a week-long global learning exchange on agroecology. The practitioners work at the intersection of policy, scientific...
This survey is carried out by the French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD for its acronym in French) and aims to: understand the opportunities and challenges of expanding...
The agroecological production aims at having certifications that are free of charge and therefore do not increase the production cost. This article outlines the difference between agroecological and organic certification...
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) together with World Wildlife Fund (WWF), EAT, and Climate Focus, released a new report "Enhancing National Determined Contributions (NDCs) for food systems: Recommendations for...
This video shows how the United Nations Decade of Family Farmers is promoting policies and investments to put family farming at the center of rural transformation toward a sustainable food...
While some agricultural inputs' harmful effects are becoming evident, many policies and incentives are emerging that promote sustainable farming. They encourage environmentally sound practices that conserve healthy, biodiverse, productive landscapes...
This special issue, "Women, biodiversity and food: the valorization of life through agroecological experiences ”, reflects part of the work of the Women's Alliance in Agroecology-Alliance of Women in Agroecology (AMA-AWA).
Most of the...
Agroecology is an approach to food and agriculture that promotes more sustainable interactions between humans, plants, animals, and the environment. It combines proven local practices with the latest evidence-based scientific...
Natural Farming applied in Himachal Pradesh, India is a sustainable agroecological practice that can minimize the cost of cultivation, sustain soil fertility, reduce water requirement and enhance farmers’ income. It...
Victor M. Toledo is a Mexican ethnoecologist and social activist at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. His work focuses primarily on the study of agroecological and knowledge systems. In...
This publication is the second in the series entitled Ideas for Emerging Agencies and was prepared as part of the initiative to promote the agroecological transition led by the United...
