Leader of a group of 114 women in his community in Guatemala, Rosaura Díaz, was delighted with the organization of rural women in the semi-arid region of Paraíba, which he met by participating in the Exchange between Farmers of Arid and Semi-arid Regions of the World, which is being promoted...

The Global Alliance for the Future of Food is a strategic network of independent foundations that commissioned experts from around the world to weigh in on a future that protects and improves resilient seed systems. This Compendium, includes an Opportunities Report by agricultural biodiversity researchers Emile Frison and Toby Hodgkin, as well...

This online course, launched by the National Institute of Agricultural Technology (INTA) and the French National Institute of Higher Education in Agricultural Science, Montpellier SupAgro, shows what agroecology is, what the different approaches are and how they translate into agricultural practices. In a participatory training dynamic, based on the social and geographical diversity of...

The Sustainable Food Production Program in Peri-urban is a public policy that promotes the productive transition of the peri-urban areas of Municipalities and Communes (in both intensive and extensive productions) in relation to the environmental, social and economic aspects of the productive processes. This initiative seeks to promote and strengthen alternatives...

Iván León Ayala, FAO Representative in Nicaragua, talks about how agroecology could help the country to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. He states that Nicaragua has a great potential to apply agroecological practices in different sectors, since a lot of work has been already done so far by farmers and...

As part of its food security and livelihood programs, Action Against Hunger (ACF-USA) has organized seed fairs in rural areas of Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo to provide farmers with seeds. The fairs have been widely spread and had a great number of direct beneficiaries and vendors, successfully...