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Rice and ducks have been ‘good friends’ of farmers in the Mekong Delta for a long time. Traditionally, farmers in the Mekong Delta planted rice paddies and raised ducks by releasing them into the paddy fields after the harvest to eat residues.
A Japanese farmer, Mr. Takao Furuno, took this traditional...
Viet Nam
Case study
2016
On 14th of November, the sixth Belgian Agroecology Meeting will take place in Gembloux, co-organized by the University of Liège, the Walloon Agricultural Research Centre, the Université Libre de Bruxelles and the GIRAF group.
The Meeting will highlight the key importance of biodiversity along the conception and application of agroecology. The...
Belgium
Event
2017
The First Agroecology Europe Forum intends to bring together actors from a wide horizon, who want to share their views and knowledge to design the agricultural and food systems of tomorrow. Tackling challenges related to global change, environmental issues, consumer and citizen expectations require new knowledge and progress in agroecology....
France
Event
2017
In Noord-Brabant, a region in South-West Netherlands, Govert van Dis and his wife Phily Brooijmans are running an organic arable farm of around 100 hectares. They run the farm together and actively follow innovations in agroecology. Crops are grown without the use of pesticides and chemical fertilizers, therefore crop rotation...
Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
Case study
2017
The profile features farmers in New Zealand who came to the idea of regenerative agriculture due to an awareness of the ecological limits being breached by New Zealand agriculture. They believe that while farming is responsible for many of the environmental problems faced by their country, they also believe that better...
New Zealand
Case study
2017
48 million people live in Colombia nowadays. During the last 60 years of internal conflict, the country urbanized. According to the World Bank stats, less than 24% of the Colombian population lives in rural areas. About the 30 largest cities concentrate more than 70% of the population.
The competition for land,...
Colombia
Case study
2016
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