"Investment in small-scale sustainable agriculture is the most efficient way to reduce hunger and poverty. It is at least twice as affective as investments in any other sector. Despite these facts, only a small portion of the expenses of governments in developing countries and of the official development assistance /aid...

The regional Symposium on Agroecology for Europe and Central Asia was held in Budapest from 23 to 25 November 2016, which was attended by over 180 participants from 41 countries in the Region. The Symposium participants formulated 37 recommendations to develop agroecology for sustainable food and agricultural systems in Europe...

In recent years, more attention has been paid to local knowledge for its important contribution to the design of strategies for sustainable management of natural resources. The importance of soil as a key component os sustainability in agricultural landscapes has led to an increasing demand for indicators that would allow...

La cooperación con las organizaciones no gubernamentales y con otras organizaciones de la sociedad civil (OSC) fue un tema en el que insistieron los gobiernos de los Estados Miembros en el Plan de Acción de la Cumbre Mundial sobre la Alimentación y que figura también en el Marco Estratégico para...

This global map is a tool to link consumers, buyers and traders, who are looking for organically produced food, with growers and processors that have chosen Participatory Guarantee Systems (PGS) as a way to certify their products. Through this map: Consumers, buyers, retailers, traders and restaurants can find organic food producers certified through...

Family farms, which constitute the main segment of agricultural and food systems, are key players in the management of this unprecedented health crisis provoked by COVID-19. Farmers organizations (FO) and civil society organizations (CSO) networks are essential for sustainable ways out of the crises: to set up and implement economic,...