The side event to the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) 48 will increase understanding of the interlinkages and potential synergies between the CFS policy recommendations and United Nations Food System Summit (UNFSS) to scale up agroecology, identify how CFS policy recommendations on agroecology can help implement UNFSS game-changing solutions on...

The specialization course in agroecology aims to train professionals qualified to reflect, debate and articulate actions focused on agroecology, enabling future specialists to directly contribute to the structuring of resilient agroecosystems and to the enhancement of sovereignty and food security and socio-biodiversity in the territories of Latin America. This course in...

The study ‘’Innovative Gender Practices for Rural Transformation: Lessons from Brazil and Uruguay’’ presents some of the best practices in rural development led by women in the context of International Fund For Agricultural Development (IFAD) supported projects in Brazil and Uruguay. These initiatives generated transformative and lasting results and contributed to...

The UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration provides a unique opportunity to transform food, fiber, and feed production systems to the needs of the 21st century, and to eradicate poverty, hunger, and malnutrition. This report presents the case for why we all must throw our weight behind a global restoration effort. Drawing...

The leader of the Andhra Pradesh Community Managed Natural Farming (APCNF) program Vijay Kumar explains the Social Capital side of the story, and how women’s groups were a central part of the success of APCNF, now recognized worldwide as a model of agricultural transformation. The APCNF initiative has mobilized over a million...

A range of research and development institutions have partnered to address knowledge and implementation gaps related to agroecology and to use this evidence as part of agricultural and food systems transformation. The Agroecology Transformative Partnership Platform (TPP), which will be launched and discussed during this side event, aims to accelerate and coordinate the work...