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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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Ana Paula Santos is an urban farmer in the Penha neighbourhood of Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. In the third and final episode of the "Women and Agroecology" series, the interviewee reflects on the importance of agroecology for women farmers. “It's part of their knowledge, their ancestry, what our grandmothers lived by....
Brazil
Video
2024
Three captivating videos on the theme "Women and Agroecology" have been produced.These compelling videos shine a spotlight on the pivotal role of women in shaping sustainable agricultural practices, highlighting their knowledge, organizational leadership, and rich cultural heritage in the agricultural sector. This first video of the series, "Women’s Organizations –...
India
Video
2024
“Women’s Knowledge - Seeds of Wisdom" is this second video in a three-part series entitled “Women and Agroecology,” which looks at the contributions of women to sustainable agricultural practices. In Gokwe, in northern Zimbabwe, farmers have been instrumental in shaping nature positive and agroecological practices  for generations. Through their dedication and...
Zimbabwe
Video
2024
This factsheet gives an overview of the economic viability and potential of agroecology – highlighting how diverse agroecological farming systems together with advances of organic farming practices can lead to an overall higher productivity compared to monocultures or cash-crop systems.  Relying on various exemplary studies conducted between 2014 and 2023 within the framework of ProSoil, it further...
Fact sheet
2024
This article calls for increased funding for Climate and Food Systems Transformation. Currently less than two percent of global philanthropic giving goes toward climate mitigation and only three percent of all climate finance is allocated to food systems, an even smaller fraction to farmer, fisher or Indigenous-led organizations.  In December 2023, at the launch...
Article
2024
Agroecology is receiving increasing attention and recognition as a concept for transitions to more sustainable agricultural and food systems. There is however a lack of characterization of agroecology in agricultural and food systems, while integrated and holistic measurements of their sustainability are scarce. Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is considered to...
Belgium
Journal article
2024
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