Stories in this publication demonstrate how local seed systems continue to be a fundamental component of agroecology and African food systems.
The Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) collaborated with...
In the northern region of Burkina Faso, where drought is a major problem, insufficient rainfall combined with poor soil conditions do not guarantee sufficient cereal production during the rainy season...
On 27 July at 19:30 CEST an affiliated session to the Pre-Summit of the United Nations Food System Summit (UNFSS) ‘’Strengthening food systems transformation through agroecology’’, co-organized by the Food...
This course, developed by the French Institute for Higher Education in Tropical and Sub-Tropical Agri-Food Sciences (Montpellier SupAgro), aims at helping the participants to discover what agroecology is, through the...
The food system is facing enormous challenges. Inequalities, environmental degradation, scarcity, and overabundance characterize the conventional system. Alternative forms of food production and distribution are urgently needed.
The Agroecology & Food...
The Pulicaro farm is located in Tuscia Viterbese, between Orvieto and Lake Bolsena, Italy. It occupies an area of 33 hectares divided between forest and farmland associated with poultry and...
In this talk, Adilen Roque, National Coordinator of Peasant-to-Peasant Agroecological Movement of the National Association of Small Farmers (ANAP, for its acronym in Spanish) of Cuba explained the history of the peasant-to-peasant methodology,...
This new global era demands the reformulation of the old paradigms of the "green revolution" and the industrial agricultural model of the 20th century. The strong incidence of intensive agro-industrial...
The compendium The Politics of Knowledge: Understanding the Evidence for Agroecology, Regenerative Approaches, and Indigenous Foodways tackles the dominant questions about evidence that are holding back food systems transformation. Authors unpack the narratives...
The Transformative Partnership Platform (TPP) on agroecological approaches to building the resilience of livelihoods and landscapes aims to foster transitions to more sustainable agricultural and food systems. It seeks to do...
The collection of case studies of the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) show how agroecology benefits Africa in terms of food security, nutrition, poverty reduction, climate change adaptation...
Finca Marta is a reflection of the Cuba of yesterday and today. It is projected into the depths of a country that dreams of a better future. Finca Marta is the Cuban...
Bees provide a critical link in the maintenance of ecosystems, pollination. They play a major role in maintaining biodiversity, ensuring the survival of many plants, enhancing forest regeneration, providing sustainability...
Co-Impact announces its Open Call for Country-level Grants to advance gender equality.
There are multiple ways to advance gender equality. These include technical engagement, advocacy efforts, strengthening governance and accountability mechanisms,...
Farmer-led seed systems can and do make a critical contribution in responding to current global ecological and social threats through adaptation to climate change, enhancing agricultural biodiversity, strengthening food security...
Agroecology has been defined based on three interdependent dimensions: as a practice, as a scientific approach, and as a social movement. As a social practice, it is expressed in the...
Agroecology is now emerging as a science, a productive practice in the countryside and a social movement. Faced with a food system in crisis, the integration of agroecology into an...
This book is about the invisible or subtle nature of food and farming, and also about the nature of existence. Everything that we know (and do not know) about the...
There are urgent calls for the transformation of agriculture and food systems to address human and planetary health issues. Nutrition-sensitive agriculture and agroecology promise interconnected solutions to these challenges, but...
