Convened under UN auspices, chaired by China, and hosted by Canada, the 15th Conference of Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity adopted on 19 December 2022 the “Kunming-Montreal...
We like to share with you our recently published Training Manual of the Ecological Organic Agriculture Leadership Course (EOALC) that combines a unique mix of leadership topics and technical knowledge...
This manual is intended for those wanting to design or facilitate a course or workshop based on the Ecological Organic Agriculture Leadership Course (EOALC).
The EOALC and the manual cover a...
This article details the experience shared during World Soil Day 2022 event on how to make uncultivable soil fertile and suitable for food production in Slovenia while increasing interest in this subject...
It never ceases to amaze me why it’s so difficult to buy locally produced food that is tasty, seasonal, fresh and chemical-free directly from farmers. Why do government policies and...
The FAO’s 10 Elements of Agroecology have become a key framework for evaluating the sustainability of agricultural systems. To support this effort, FAO developed the Tool for Agroecology Performance Evaluation...
This Manifesto is the result of discussions among young people from various countries around Europe. They gathered and exchanged common experiences during the first edition of the Agroecology Europe Youth Forum in...
Global and local agri-food systems, including in Norway, face significant ecological, economic, and social sustainability challenges, necessitating a shift from the current "business as usual" approach. Understanding the contributions of...
Dilemma
It had been a year since I completed my bachelor’s degree in agriculture, but the dilemma of what to do next still continued. “Should I find a job or get...
I grew up in a place known as Kabazi, Subukia Constituency and Nakuru County in Kenya. As a child of a family farming household, I had to participate in farming...
Ecosystem restoration has the potential to significantly contribute to reversing biodiversity loss, supporting climate change mitigation and adaptation, and increasing societal well-being, including gender equality. This policy brief provides the lessons...
We were launching a rural tourism project just as the Covid-19 pandemic startled the world. How ironic, after waiting years for funding for our local organization Nawaya, we were incapable...
Under the framework of the project “Scaling up agroecology to strengthen food security and improving food diversity in the Congo Basin”, the first task is to map agroecology actors and...
In Benin’s cotton-growing regions, the agroecological transition is being assessed through its impact on farm biodiversity and household food diversity. Surveys conducted with farmers across five municipalities collected data on...
We are Magdalene and Gillian, trainers working for Kulika Uganda. We are passionate about seeing that people engaged in agriculture adopt sustainable farming practices which are easy to implement and...
I spent my summer vacations at my grandma's after my 6th-grade examinations. Grandma lives in a small village in Kerala in India. It was always fun to be at her...
It was a sunny Saturday morning, full of life and energy as we arrived in one of the beautiful and serene farming communities in the hinterlands. Whilst one could easily...
It all started on the day when I escorted our country director to Rufunsa District, which is located in Lusaka Province in Zambia. We were off to meet the village...
In this briefing, we highlight the pivotal role of agricultural biodiversity – in particular, crop diversity and its interrelatedness and dependence on farmermanaged seed systems and the unfettered exercise of...
The industrialized food system is one of the biggest stressors on planetary health, contributing to almost a quarter of global greenhouse gas emissions and causing immense biodiversity loss. This model...
