The growing number of ecological, health, economic and social crises situations are compounding and are based on an exceptionally complex political reality that demands a systemic and holistic perspective. This first article of a three-part contribution to Agroecology Now presents the current moment as a crisis in capitalism that demands systemic and...

Feeding and nourishing a growing and changing global population in the face of rising numbers of chronic hunger, slow progress on malnutrition, environmental degradation, systemic inequality, and the dire projections of climate change, demands a transformation in global food systems. Policy change at multiple levels is critical for catalysing an...

Enhancing biodiversity in cropping systems is suggested to promote ecosystem services, thereby reducing dependency on agronomic inputs while maintaining high crop yields. This paper assesses the impact of several diversification practices in cropping systems on above- and belowground biodiversity and ecosystem services by reviewing 98 meta-analyses and performing a second-order...

Food security faces many multifaceted challenges, with effects ranging far beyond the sectors of agriculture and food science and involving all the multiscale components of sustainability. This paper puts forward the point of view about more sustainable and responsible approaches to food production research underlying the importance of knowledge and...

In 2018, Satya Devi, 50 years old, switched over to Zero Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF)—a drive launched by the Himachal Pradesh(HP) state government to bring an end to the use of harmful chemicals in growing cash crops and fruits including apples. A resident of a small mountain village in Lafughati, 44...

This short animation makes the case that there is a need to de-fund industrial agriculture, which can be harmful to the environment, and funnel that money into agroecology.    This video is part of an ongoing collaboration between International cooperation for development and solidarity (CIDSE), Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience (CAWR) at Coventry...