In India, a grassroots movement focused on agroecological farming is spreading fast. In Karnataka's southern state, the natural farming methods were adopted first by tens, hundreds, and now hundreds of thousands of farmers across India. So, what is so special about it? The natural methods have spread with support from the...

This article published in The Conversation describes the inextricable linkage between the crisis of biodiversity loss and the loss of indigenous cultures. From animals to insects and plants, biodiversity loss cannot be effectively addressed without tackling the rapid disappearance of indigenous cultures.  According to the author, indigenous peoples have conserved biodiversity for millennia. They have created much...

The presentation for the workshop “Pesticides, Agriculture and Food: Multiple and Growing concerns in Cambodia”, 28th of November 2019

The European Commission is expected to publish its communication on the Long-Term Vision for Rural Areas during the first semester 2021. The Long-Term Vision for Rural Areas is coordinated by Vice-President Dubravka Šuica, European Commissioner for Democracy & Demography. Janusz Wojciechowski, EU Commissioner for Agriculture, and Elisa Ferreira, Commissioner for...

As part of FAO’s "Boosting Koronivia" project supporting the negotiation process under the Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture, FAO is planning to publish a collection of case studies to showcase proactive solutions taken to support and strengthen the livelihoods of small-scale food producer youth under a changing climate. These include sustainable practices and measures that create...

Farming Smarter is intended as an overview of the thinking and principles behind agroecological approaches to agriculture and land management. It explores the economic argument for regenerative farming and confirms that there is no need for a trade-off between profit and nature in an agroecological system. The report reinforces the view that...

At a dialogue on farmer-managed seed systems and agroecology, held in Acornhoek, Limpopo on 20-22 January 2020, farmers and support organisations made clear that they want to see more government and policy support for agroecology and farmer-managed seed systems, that they will work together to engage government in this direction,...

Helping to write a script for a farmer training video on vermiwash triggered my interest in trying it out myself, as I began to wonder if ideas from tropical India could work in temperate Belgium.

This is a film produced by ICENECDEV(International Centre for Environmental Education and Community Development) to promote sustainable Food System in the Mount Cameroon Forest Region through Tradition/Indigenous Knowledge, Agroecology and Natural Farming Practices in providing healthy Food to Healthy People. This film is produced to promote cultural and traditional practices...

Diversas têm sido as estratégias de comercialização e abastecimento alimentar adotadas por organizações da agricultura familiar. Algumas delas em diálogo com órgãos de saúde dos estados e municípios. O objetivo é garantir circuitos curtos de comercialização, cuidando da saúde de todas e todos nós e, também, mantendo a renda de...

Uncle Wiz is a shining example of a thriving smallscale farming and food distribution business that not only farms without chemicals but also focuses on and promotes indigenous food crops. Owners Wisdom and Mpumi Edward live in south Johannesburg and farm on land in Vanderbijlpark. Not only do they grow...

Sustainable food systems are fundamental to ensuring that future generations are food secure and eat healthy diets. Many food system activities must be reconstructed to transition towards sustainability, and myriad actors worldwide are starting to act locally. While some changes are more comfortable than others, knowing how to navigate them...

Diego Machuca, ingeniero agrónomo y encargado de la Unidad Productiva Agroecológica de centro Ceres, nos entrega una serie de recomendaciones para desarrollar en nuestras casas una almaciguera ¡Míralo y celebra con nosotros la curiosidad! #FECI2020#CienciaPública#ExploraValpo

The Haller Foundation is a UK based charity that was set up in order to educate rural farmers in East Africa on sustainable pioneering farming techniques to maximise their food production and to help build self-sustaining communities. Since our launch back in 2004, we have worked with over 25,000 people...

La situación de emergencia por la enfermedad covid-19 ha retrasado el proceso editorial, ya que algunos artículos llegaron tarde y el mismo equipo editorial de LEISA está limitado a actuar solo remotamente. También consideramos que las muchas circunstancias de esta condición de salud, que afecta a la mayoría de los...

I want to tell the whole world to switch to organic farming. There is nothing to fear and you will find it highly beneficial.” Meet Muhammad, a farmer from Pakistan who has been farming organically for many years now

A video about the Impact of COVID-19 on small holder farmers in Laos

¿Sabemos cómo se producen los alimentos que consumimos diariamente? La agroecología es una propuesta que nace en los ‘80 como respuesta a los estragos provocados por la agricultura industrial, que se centraba en monocultivos y uso intensivo de agrotóxicos. Hoy en día, algunas corporaciones se están apropiando de la palabra...

El Caldo Sulfocálcico es utilizado especialmente por sus características fungicidas y acaricidas. Éste consiste en la mezcla de una medida de azufre en polvo y media medida de cal, hervidas en agua. El uso de la cal favorece la dilución del azufre en el agua que una vez decantado y...

This video has been produced as a replacement for a field trip to the farm Gothenborg that was originally planned to take place during the OK-NET EcoFeed meeting in Billund in May 2020. Due to the COVID19 situation, instead the meeting was held online. The video replaces the farm visit...