The Map of Agroecology Knowledge and Practice is a technological platform that allows the mapping and exchange of Agroecological experiences in order to bring people (in every nook and cranny, from the countryside to the city), to strengthen, and create new networks of collaboration that enhance the sharing of real...

Networked Agroecology is a system of information on initiatives in Agroecology. It consists of three interconnected databases: the Experiences, the Research Bank and the Contact Bank (personal and institutional). Database queries and entries can be made freely by system visitors. The following organizations are responsible for managing the databases: • National Articulation...

Os cursos de agroecologia têm crescido nos últimos anos e sua introdução nas instituições deensino se deu, em especial, a partir dos anos 2000. Desde então, diversos cursos são criados anualmente. No entanto, são poucos e dispersos os estudos que realizam uma análise quantitativa sistematizada sobre o ensino da agroecologia no Brasil....

If there was a silver lining in the disastrous 2007–2008 food price crisis, it was that it prompted governments and international donors to re-examine their priorities for agricultural development. They committed to invest in agriculture and food security in a manner that prioritizes small-scale producers (especially women), enhances the environment...

The sustainable food systems framework pro- posed here enables an understanding of specific food systems problems as the component parts of wider systemic problems, and as func- tions of particular logics and dynamics running all the way through a food system. Such a framework can help to identify synergies and...

This paper explains the problem of carbon dioxide buildup and climate change, how carbon can be taken out of the atmosphere and restored to the soil, and the advantages that can come to farmers and consumers from growing in carbon-rich soils.