The Forage-Silage-Compost model links livestock feed, manure recycling and compost production to support integrated upland farming in Viet Nam.

A policy brief reviews Viet Nam’s agrarian transition, agricultural policies and key actors to examine the institutional development of agroecology.

A woman farmer in Nam Dinh, Viet Nam, shares her transition away from chemical inputs and her role in spreading agroecological knowledge locally.

A review of 97 Southeast Asian studies maps agroecology impacts and identifies gaps in evaluating social, cultural and system-level outcomes.

Research in Lao PDR examines Phousan tea farming systems, agroforestry market opportunities and consumer demand in Xiengkhouang and Vientiane.

Research from nine tea plots in Xieng Khouang examines how shade-tree species and spacing affect tea yield, quality and soil protection.

A method tested in 16 Lao villages uses 21 indicators and focus groups to rapidly assess agroecology and identify entry points for local action.

Five policy priorities for Lao PDR address pesticide regulation, monitoring, farmer-led agroecology, safer contract farming and vulnerable groups.

On-farm trials in Preah Vihear show how climate, management and local rice diversity influence yields and adaptation across agroecological systems.

Evidence from Cambodia shows how long-term cassava-based conservation agriculture influences soil carbon storage and greenhouse gas emissions.

Research from Cambodia examines how long-term cassava-based conservation agriculture affects soil carbon sequestration and greenhouse gas emissions.

A Battambang case study explores local agroecological practices for reducing agricultural inputs and supporting more sustainable horticultural production.

Research from Preah Vihear, Cambodia, examines whether organic rice certification can sustain low-input farming amid rapid agricultural intensification.

Cambodia’s MetKasekor model links public and private extension services to support smallholder adoption of conservation agriculture practices.

Whose Intelligence? Whose Farming? Innovation is not the same thing as digitalization: grassroots innovation, appropriate technology, and the knowledge infrastructure agroecology needs. A Germinate! guest column by Dorn Cox (Farm Hack US), with contributions from Caroline Ledant (Schola Campesina), members of the Grassroots Innovations Assembly for Agroecology (GIAA)

This fourth issue of Rooted Magazine brings together voices and stories from youth who are reclaiming land, seeds, knowledge and community in ways that challenge dominant food systems while nurturing alternatives grounded in care, resilience and justice. They halt rural outmigration, create 'classrooms without walls', and build intergenerational networks for dignified futures.

Farmers and plant breeders work together to select and improve maize varieties, strengthening local seed systems, crop diversity and adaptation to changing conditions

Rangelands Rising, launched at UNCCD COP17, calls on investors and governments to recognize the world’s largest overlooked landscape and to back the 500 million pastoralists who sustain it

Choum Vanna’s work around Cambodia’s Tonle Sap links fisheries conservation, traditional knowledge, women’s leadership and community livelihood support

A review of nature-based pest management in rice, linking biodiversity, biological control and integrated farming to more resilient agroecosystems