Stories in this publication demonstrate how local seed systems continue to be a fundamental component of agroecology and African food systems. The Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) collaborated with journalists and writers from 14 African countries to showcase the struggle, the challenge, the hope and aspirations of seed savers...

Integrating urban and peri-urban agriculture (UPA) into development and humanitarian assistance provides opportunities for both forcibly displaced persons (FDPs) and host communities. In the often-fragile contexts of forced displacement, it can increase resilience at both the livelihood and landscape levels. ''Urban and Peri-Urban Agriculture and Forced Displacement'', a forthcoming volume...

Nissa Wargadipuras’s earliest memories involve learning how to live with nature. Her childhood home’s backyard in the hilly town of Garut, West Java was a little forest where her father planted vegetables, herbs and fruits. Her mother produced traditional medicine from the plants for their family and their neighbours. Nissa’s idyllic...

This video presents the process through which 800 000 farmers in the southern Indian region of Andhra Pradesh cultivate their lands without any pesticides and how the agricultural region around Anantapur, one of the largest in the country, is in the process of converting to 100% natural agriculture. This is the largest agroecology project in...

The French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD) and the National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE) have joined forces to step up scientific exchanges – in terms of skills and knowledge – between Europe and Africa to boost the impact of agricultural research carried out on the two continents...

This recommendation paper presents general recommendations for food systems transformation to achieve net-zero emissions from food production by 2030 and net negative emissions from food systems by 2050. According to the document the following actions are needed to transform food systems: 1. A global shift to nature-positive production: Nature-positive food production systems protect...