In south India, a new type of insect is wreaking havoc on the chili crop. Thrips parvispinous, an invasive pest initially discovered in Indonesia in 2015, has quickly expanded throughout Telangana...
Humanity faces interlinked social, environmental and economic challenges of a magnitude not experienced before, and which are now compounded by the socio-economic challenges brought by COVID-19. A degraded natural resource...
Rina Vasquetto is part of a large family of farmers in Adelia María, in the province of Córdoba, Argentina. Her history and passion for agriculture and livestock have been with...
In Malawi and Zambia, a group of researchers from World Agroforestry (ICRAF), Zambia Agricultural Research Institute (ZARI), and Malawi's Department of Agricultural Research Services (DARS) is implementing a five-year research...
This review of the agroecology debate in South Africa is part of the research project ''Transitions to Agroecological Food Systems: a case for policy support (TAFS)'' launched in 2020.
Its main...
Zero-budget natural agriculture is a holistic agroecological alternative based on modern and traditional science that mitigates the consequences of climate change, reduces input costs and creates sustainable agricultural livelihoods.
The initiative...
Rodrigo is a producer at Granja Guasú, a family farm of 15 hectares in Baradero, province of Buenos Aires.
He is part of a large network formed by women and men...
Governments are beginning to recognize the urgent need to change our food systems. The current health and economic crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic increases the need for such a...
Berkeley University and Growing Roots organize the 2021 Agroecological City conference to engage all involved in critical conversations around building sustainable and resilient cities and exploring creative pathways to get there. The...
There are growing calls to transform the current food system in response to hunger, malnutrition, climate change, and biodiversity loss. Financial institutions and donors and other actors have tended to...
A redesign of food systems is urgently needed to simultaneously achieve ecological, economic and social sustainability. Agroecology is gaining prominence as an approach to achieving this radical shift. Evidence demonstrates...
The study ‘’Innovative Gender Practices for Rural Transformation: Lessons from Brazil and Uruguay’’ presents some of the best practices in rural development led by women in the context of International...
What is the role of policymakers in empowering the long-term, resilient transformation of the food and agricultural systems? The digital event “Scaling up Agroecology in the Himalayas Together” aims to inspire and...
Industrialized food systems use unsustainable practices leading to climate change, natural resource depletion, economic disparities across the value chain, and detrimental impacts on public health. In contrast, alternative food solutions...
The farm is located in the village of Katob, in the commune of Ndoga Babacar, in the Tambacounda region.
Mr. Diampoulo Diallo's family farm in eastern Senegal has been implementing an...
Agricultural pesticide use and its associated environmental harms are widespread throughout much of the world. Efforts to mitigate this harm have largely been focused on reducing pesticide contamination of the...
The 'Girls Empowerment through Agroecology and Permaculture (GAPE)' project is aimed at promoting young women's empowerment through organic agriculture and is set to benefit 2,000 selected individuals, 90 percent of...
Food systems need to meet food security, nutrition, and environmental goals, especially in a world with growing demand and a changing climate. There is now broad consensus on the need...
Individual agroecological farms can act as lighthouses to amplify the uptake of agroecological principles and practices by other farmers. Amplification is critical for the upscaling of agroecological production and socio-political...
For the past four years, the Family Farming Barometer has been addressing the issues that affect family farming and to which family farming is responding. It investigates the transition towards...
