Food production is the world’s leading cause of biodiversity loss. It also accounts for about a third of global greenhouse gas emissions and causes widespread degradation of the land and water resources upon which it depends. Agroecology is a science that applies the principles and concepts of ecology to farming, making the most of nature’s...

The project ''Sembrando Capacidades'' will hold during August a series of events to present products on agroecology, the result of the work developed in this area, by this trilateral south-south cooperation project. On 19 August 2021, at 14h Colombian time/ 16h Brazilian time, the event Presentation of results: ''Public policy guidelines...

This article traces multiple directions in the evolution of agroecology, from its early emphasis on ecological processes in agricultural systems, to its emergence as a multidimensional approach focusing on broader agro-food systems. This review is timely, as agroecology is being increasingly applied within a diversity of scientific-, policy-, and farmer-based...

Agroecology Newsletter of July 2021

Right to Food Newsletter of July 2021

The Brazilian Association of Agroecology (ABA-Agroecologia) and the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) present the IV ''Agroecological Transition Collection''. The book analyses the relations between biodiversity, food culture, and gender relations, from the perspective of food security and food and nutritional sovereignty.