The Brazilian Association of Agroecology (ABA-Agroecologia) and the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) present the IV ''Agroecological Transition Collection''. The book analyses the relations between biodiversity, food culture, and gender relations, from the...
As part of the Collaborative Crop Research Program of McKnight Foundation, a team made up of Regional East and Southern Africa (ESAF) CoP team members, Research methods support (RMS), FAO Agroecology...
Food sovereignty is a vision for democratic control over food and agricultural systems. The Narrative Collective of the United States Food Sovereignty Alliance compiled a series of stories that explore the...
There is a growing attention for agroecology in debates around urban food strategies and policies. Already for several years, this is considered a promising policy area, and agroecology was even...
The leader of the Andhra Pradesh Community Managed Natural Farming (APCNF) program Vijay Kumar explains the Social Capital side of the story, and how women’s groups were a central part...
Nissa Wargadipuras’s earliest memories involve learning how to live with nature. Her childhood home’s backyard in the hilly town of Garut, West Java was a little forest where her father...
Food forests in Kenya are using modern forestry techniques to create food sovereignty and security.
The holistic gardening project in Emuhaya, Western Kenya, is attracting local and international acclaim. Bio Gardening...
This paper explores the role of the global food system as the principal driver of accelerating biodiversity loss. It explains how food production is degrading or destroying natural habitats and...
FAO published, in collaboration with the support of the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) and within the Scaling up Agroecology Initiative, ''Legislation to promote agroecology in the Latin American and...
Amplifying the voices of women farmers is proving an effective way to help tackle gender inequality and promote agroecology, helping small-scale farmers take back power over their land.
In the Adjumani...
In May 2021, Gaza experienced sustained bombing over eleven days. More than 50% of the women’s farms were damaged or completely destroyed. This article contains stories of success and resilience told...
Women farmers, especially female peasant and family farmers are pivotal to build back better food systems. 60% of the world’s food is produced by smallholders on 30% of the global...
The purpose of this booklet is to create broader awareness, promote deeper understanding and enhance capacities (through training) of rural people's movements on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of...
The next West African Organic Conference (WAOC) will be held between 23-26 November 2021 at the Ouaga 2000 International Conference Centre in Burkina Faso.
The West African Organic Conference (WAOC) is a...
The Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) is currently facilitating a campaign on mainstreaming agroecology in climate policies in 12 African countries and at the Africa regional level. The...
There have been many calls for an agroecological transition to respond to food shocks and crises stemming from conventional food systems. Participatory action research and transformative epistemologies, where communities are...
FAO has recently partnered with the organization IN SITU to measure the impact of agroecology through the Tool for Agroecology Performance Evaluation (TAPE) in 60 farms surrounding Rosario City in...
Amid ongoing efforts to mainstream the transformation of agriculture and food systems within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) process, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the...
One of our food system's main challenges is the inadequate relationship between the cost of production and production factors as a whole. Therefore, food production and distribution systems are often...
Agroecology increasingly has gained scientific and policy recognition as having potential to address environmental and social issues within food production, but concerns have been raised about its implications for food security and...
