This short animation makes the case that there is a need to de-fund industrial agriculture, which can be harmful to the environment, and funnel that money into agroecology.
This video is...
Continuing the process of implementing Agroecological Logbooks in the semiarid region of Brazil, as a tool for the empowerment of rural women, the Semear Internacional Program launches a video that...
Farmer-to-farmer learning is a pillar of the food sovereignty and agroecology movements, enabling territorially-specific learning and alliance-building to support farmers’ livelihoods and broader socio-political transformations. Most accounts of experiences in...
This independent side event of the UN Food Systems Summit launches a new citizen science initiative reaching out to farmers and food consumers around the world to take part in...
Agroecology is gaining prominence as a solution to sustainability challenges in agricultural systems. To evaluate its impacts, FAO developed the Tool for Agroecology Performance Evaluation (TAPE). While TAPE has been...
The initiative is located in the winter rainfall area of South Africa at the south-west of the Western Cape Province.
Cold Mountain aims to demonstrate sustainable development through indigenous knowledge and...
In order to address the challenges of food insecurity and poverty, the unsustainability of agri-food systems, and migration, many actors, donors, local elected officials, universities, research institutes, NGOs, local and...
Small farmers are by far the largest and most prolific group of seed breeders not only in Uganda but also in Africa and they have successfully cultivated an abundant diversity...
At the launch of the Agroecology Transformative Partnership Platform (TPP) on Committee on World Food Security’s side event on June 3, 2021, the President of Sri Lanka, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, announced its nation’s...
In 2013, the Collaborative Crop Research Program of McKnight Foundation, initiated support for farmer research networks (FRNs). FRNs were envisaged as a general approach to networked participatory research aimed at supporting...
This working paper seeks to support food producers’ organizations and other grassroots-based organizations in the complex debate on digitalization. It highlights four critical issues when considering digitalization in agriculture from...
There is substantial evidence illustrating that the dominant agricultural management practices are not sustainable for the future. Several alternative production systems, including agroecology and organic farming, are proposed for their...
Natural Farming methods have significantly reduced the expenses incurred in the purchase of chemicals, insecticides, and fungicides and improved the incomes of farmers in the Himalayan state in India.
Himachal Pradesh...
FAO and the International Fertilizer Association (IFA) are pleased to announce the webinar "Fertigation – a tool to simultaneously improve water and nutrient use efficiency", as part of the new...
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On 27 October at 12:00-14:00 UTC (14:00-16.00 CEST), the Transformative Partnership Platform on Agroecology (TPP) hosted an online event on ‘’Research on Agroecology: Current strengths and innovative futures for sustainable food systems’’.
The topic...
The forest ecosystem of Baoudoumboin is a 400 ha area from which local populations draw most of their resources to meet their subsistence needs, including: firewood and service wood; non-timber...
NAPPC's mission is to encourage the health of resident and migratory pollinating animals in North America. This year, NAPPC partners will gather virtually from throughout North America and beyond on 19-21 October...
