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Agroecology plays an important role in contributing to the eradication of hunger and extreme poverty, and as a means to facilitate the transition to more productive, sustainable and inclusive food systems. Creating a greater awareness of agroecology and its advantages is an important step to help policy-makers, farmers and researchers to apply this approach to achieve a world without hunger.

The database provides a starting point to organize the existing knowledge on agroecology, collecting articles, videos, case studies, books and other important material in one place. The objective is to support policy-makers, farmers, researchers and other relevant stakeholders through knowledge exchange and knowledge transfer. The database is a ‘living process’ that is constantly being updated.

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A Technical Guide: Making silage from green raw fodder material

Making silage is a method of preserving and storing green feed through anaerobic fermentation (without oxygen). Silage can be made from a diversity of forage materials and stored for periods when feeds are less available or farmers busy with other activities. This technical guide highlights the usage, impacts and step-by-step guide...
Guidelines
2024

A Technical Guide: Composting animal waste and agricultural by-products

Composting manure using biological products is a natural way to decompose animal and plant waste into nutrient-rich organic matter that plants can easily absorb within weeks. This eco-friendly process not only reduces unpleasant odors and harmful bacteria but also minimizes the presence of disease-causing germs and parasites. By using compost, you...
Guidelines
2024

An approach to the social construction of agroecological principles in Latin America

As an emergent glotopolitical field in Latin America, Agroecology offers a critical and sustainable guide about agrifood systems. Its conversion into a food global agenda by FAO underlined a unique, glocal and social experiment because it is trying to organize local agriculture skills towards Agroecology production. All of this implied certain concequence...
Journal article
2024

Embedding global sustainable development goals in local agroecology initiatives: experiences from China

As part of sustainable agricultural innovations and the alternative food movement, agroecology provides important tools to achieve the sustainable development goals (SDGs). Yet very few existing studies have explicitly addressed their linkages. Synergies among the SDGs are often examined at the national level, overlooking nuanced opportunities revealed by small agroecology...
Journal article
2024

Agroecology Knowledge Hub Digest, September 2024

The FAO Agroecology Digest presents a round-up of news, research publications, stories from the field, and multimedia materials (and much more) worldwide. Browse the database for up-to-date resources and share additional resources and feedback by writing to [email protected]. We want to bring to your attention the Germinate! column which features the perspective, insights, and innovations of leading...
Newsletter
2024

Farmer Managed Seed Systems - Why Controlling Seeds Is a Threat to Food Sovereignty

Diverse, localized, farmer managed seed systems are the cornerstone of a biodiverse, climate-resilient, equitable food system—and essential to achieving zero hunger. However, somewhere along the way in the “modernization” of our food system, the trend is towards less rather than more seed diversity. That diversity has been eroded by corporate...
Article
2024
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