During COP 13, the Global Mechanism of the UNCCD and FAO strengthened their collaborative efforts to support Small Island Developing States (SIDS) to set national targets to achieve LDN. The purpose was to identify lessons learned from the LDN target setting process in SIDS in order to generate recommendations to...

This online course, organized by Ecologistas en Acción will make a tour of different proposals of the peasant movement such as food sovereignty, agroecology or fair trade, paying special attention to specific initiatives and experiences that currently are offering alternatives to such system. The course will take place from the 23...

In this Nyéléni newsletter no 36 the Food Sovereignty movement is exposing how the discourse on innovation is actually a way to depoliticise the debate on what a new food system should look like – by not setting any criteria on what innovation must deliver on. In this way Agroecology...

This newsletter presents a synopsis of the digitalization of food, and contains examples of how digitalization affects and is used by communities in different parts of the world. We hope that these articles help social movements to engage in a collective discussion about digital technologies – and particularly how to...

This issue of LEISA is dedicated to the dissemination of agroforestry management experiences as sustainable production alternatives for farming families, both ecologically and economically. There are many current examples of productive efficiency on farms that have opted for agroforestry as an agroecological management strategy. LEISA 35-4 also includes a livestock...

Shri Subash Palekar has conducted a two-day training on Zero-budget Natural Farming (ZBNF) in Hyderabad for IT and other professionals. The training was conducted at Keshav Memorial Institute of Technology during 28 – 29 November 2015.