The French Development Agency (AFD) supports Senegalese policies in favor of agroecology and the protection of marine biodiversity. On June 25th, 2021, the French bank signed two financing agreements for a total of 55 million euros. The first agreement consists of a €40 million loan and a €10 million grant. It...

By putting farmers at the heart of the learning and innovation process, FAO’s Farmer Field Schools (FFS) empower people, households, and communities and help restore ecosystems. The discovery-learning process in FFS is ideal to support farmers’ learning and innovation on agroecology. Agroecology is a holistic approach that applies ecological and...

Andhra Pradesh Community Managed Natural Farming (officially abbreviated as APCNF), which was launched in 2016 in Andhra Pradesh, India is a paradigm shift in agricultural development. For the first time in the country, a state government has acknowledged and admitted the pitfalls of seed-water-fertilizer models promoted by the Green Revolution...

It has been since 1998 that Valdibella Cooperative is working in Camporeale, Italy to create and spread alternatives to the food system in Sicily. With more than 30 members, Valdibella Cooperative aims at restoring dignity to farmers by promoting concrete actions against commercial and labour exploitation and by applying organic...

10 September, Panama City FAO in collaboration with the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) and within the Scaling up Agroecology Initiative, presented the publication "Legislation to promote agroecology in Latin America and the Caribbean" to the Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries of the Latin American and Caribbean Parliament (PARLATINO).  The objective...

FAO published, in collaboration with the support of the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) and within the Scaling up Agroecology Initiative, ''Legislation to promote agroecology in the Latin American and Caribbean region'' which addresses the international and regional legal framework, as well as some good practices from comparative law, in...