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What exactly is Agro-ecology?
You may well be under the impression that it is something complicated that has nothing to do with your day-to-day life. But in reality, you can strive every day to protect the environment and help to support a type of farming that both protects the environment and...
Definition
2014
Acting as a facilitator to enable debates and foster collaboration among a variety of actors in order to advance science, knowledge, public policies, programmes and experiences, FAO organized the International Symposium on Agroecology for Food Security and Nutrition in September 2014 in Rome, Italy. The Symposium was followed by three...
Conference report
2016
Conference on May 8, 2017 “Agroecology : past, present, future”
Topics of the courses :
Principles and concepts of agroecology Traditional farming systems as models of sustainability Biodiversity and pest management Agroecology and resiliency to climate change The agroecological basis of conversion Indicators of sustainability and resiliency Agroecology and food sovereignty: examples...
Belgium
Event
2017
El grupo Agrolab está formado por profesionales de diferentes ámbitos (agronomía, medio ambiente y comunicación) que venimos trabajando de forma colaborativa para tratar de generar debate, crítica y reflexión sobre los sistemas alimentarios existentes en la ciudad y la relación entre el campo y la ciudad. El reto principal es...
Spain
Website
Este informe presenta los resultados del estudio regional, transversal y comparativo de la Red Políticas Públicas y desarrollo Territorial en América Latina (Red PP-AL) sobre las políticas públicas a favor de la agroecología en América Latina y el Caribe. La cuestión central del estudio fue verificar en qué medida las...
Argentina - Brazil - Chile - Costa Rica - Cuba - El Salvador - Mexico - Nicaragua
Report
2017
This poster describes various innovative sustainable practices used in agroecology. It provides brief information on pollination, natural pest control, crop-livestock integration, soil biodiversity, water management, forest management, nitrogen fixing and other ecological, economic and social principles and techniques of agroecology.
Fact sheet
2016
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