The study shows how Brazil's National School Feeding Programme (PNAE, its acronym in Portuguese)  contributed to fostering: on-farm transitions from low agrobiodiversity, input-intensive farming oriented to diversified farming systems (i.e., horticultural production), and a significant increase of the cultivated area under diversified farming systems. The horticultural output conversion favored the...

This article discusses the economic dimensions of agroecological farming systems in Europe. It firstly theoretically elaborates why, and under what conditions, agroecological farming systems can produce higher incomes than farms that follow the conventional logic. This theoretical exposition is then followed by a presentation of empirical material from a wide...

This book represents the work of experts and leaders who have taught, researched, and expanded Chinese agroecology and eco-agriculture for more than 30 years. It reviews decades of agricultural change to provide an integrated analysis of research and development progress in agroecological farming practices. It contains research on traditional and newly...

In 2020, Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula was ravaged by intense drought, flooding from tropical storm Cristobal, hurricanes, and frequent pest outbreaks, in addition to the impacts of the Covid-19 crisis. These events have taken a toll on food security and livelihoods, elevating the risk of hunger, especially among families of small-scale...

As part of a complex view of the production, distribution, consumption, and public policies around the agrifood system, in this video,  Beatriz Fadón, a member of the Association Landscape, Ecology, and Gender (Asociación Paisaje, Género y Ecología), proposes ways to transform the whole food system from the field to the...

国际社会已难以如期实现《2030年议程》提出的 各项可持续发展目标，尤其是有关消除饥饿和一切形 式营养不良的目标（可持续发展目标2）。COVID-19 疫情已揭示并加剧了粮食体系目前面临的各项挑战， 清楚地表明迫切需要开展颠覆性改革，保障人类充足 食物权这一基本人权。在这份勇于探索的前瞻性报告 中，高专组指导委员会提出了一个分析和概念框架， 为粮食体系彻底转型指明了战略方向。报告呼吁将能 动性和可持续性与供应、获取、利用和稳定性一道， 列为粮食安全和营养不可或缺的维度。 根据过去十年间高专组报告的 发现以及广泛的科学文献，本报告的 主要信息为： 1. 迫切需要加强和巩固关于粮食安 全和营养的概念思维，以便优先 考虑食物权、拓宽对粮食安全的 理解、采用粮食体系分析和政策 框架； 2. 近年来的粮食安全和营养结果显 示出国际社会未能实现《2030年议 程》具体目标（特别是可持续发展 目标2）的程度，并且粮食体系面 临的一系列挑战（和一些机遇）与 粮食体系变革驱动因素的主要趋势 相关； 3. 鉴于粮食体系面临的各种挑战， 促进粮食安全和营养的政策方法 和行动需要关键的政策转变和支 持，以创造支撑粮食安全六个维 度的有利条件。