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...

With global hunger likely to double as a result of the Covid-19 crisis, the need for food systems transformation has never been more urgent. Across five continents, Agroecology Fund partners...

This call for essays is proposed by the Gender Working Groups of the Brazilian Association of Agroecology (ABA, for its acronym in Portuguese) to deepen the intersectional understanding of agroecology...

The initiative is located in the Chittoor district in the Rayalaseema region of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. With a tropical climate, Chittoor is one of the most drought...

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development calls for a new agricultural approach to ensure sufficient, safe, and nutritious food as well as a stable multifunctional landscape. Agroecology contributes to a...

Agriculture faces severe challenges such as increasing food demands, climate change, soil degradation, resource scarcity and biodiversity loss. At the same time, agriculture experiences a crisis of social acceptance due...

This new report of the Global Alliance for the Future of Food ''True Value: Revealing the Positive Impacts of Food Systems Transformation’’ presents evidence that food systems transformation is possible and having...

The initiative is located on the Deccan Plateau of India. The climate is semi-arid in the north but tropical elsewhere. The majority of the farming population own less than one...

The global agenda for sustainable development includes the alleviation of poverty and hunger by developing sustainable agriculture and food systems. Intensive farming systems and its variations, such as sustainable intensification...

The virtual workshop on ''Agroecology and safe food system transitions for green, inclusive and resilient COVID-19 recovery in the Southeast Asian Nation (ASEAN)'', was organized through the project ''Agroecology and...

This book co-authored by SOL and Navdanya Navdanya summarizes the results and analyses 10 years of joint actions carried out with Indian women farmers to increase their autonomy and resilience...

Sustainable Public Food Procurement (PFP) represents a key game changer for food systems transformation. It can influence both food consumption and food production patterns. It can deliver multiple social, economic,...

In 2020, Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula was ravaged by intense drought, flooding from tropical storm Cristobal, hurricanes, and frequent pest outbreaks, in addition to the impacts of the Covid-19 crisis. These...

Maria Tekülve, the Deputy Head of Division and Focal Point for Rural Development and Agroecology at the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) reflects on the role...

A range of research and development institutions have partnered to address knowledge and implementation gaps related to agroecology and to use this evidence as part of agricultural and food systems transformation. The...

This Manifesto on Forgotten Foods is the result of a broad and intensive consultation process carried out in Africa, Asia-Pacific, Europe and the Middle East. It was facilitated by the...