Across the globe, the countryside faces the " generation problem " : Who will grow food when the current generation of aging small farmers and peasants disappears? A combination of objective and subjective factors effectively discourages young people from assuming the continuity of peasant and family farming, especially in countries...

Promouvoir et soutenir l’agroécologie paysanne implique une mise en cohérence des politiques publiques. Il n’est pas possible de soutenir parallèlement des modèles qui lui nuisent. L’agroécologie est un modèle qui s’inscrit dans son territoire et se construit en fonction de l’environnement et des savoirs des populations. Cette dépendance au milieu...

Biowatch is among the organisations and international social movements that see agroecology as a means to realise the goal of food sovereignty. In 2007 civil society and social movement organisations representing millions of farmers met in Nyéléni in Mali to launch an international movement for food sovereignty. This movement views...

Biowatch believes that seed must stay firmly in the hands of farmers and, therefore, is committed to supporting farmers to establish household seed banks and community seed networks. Biowatch puts this into practice by providing training in agroecology and support to small-holder farmers in KwaNgwanase, Pongola, Ingwavuma, Tshaneni and KwaHhohho...

FAN was born out of the need to regularly inform a wide range of stakeholders about aquaculture development, especially in developing countries, to disseminate news about the many and diverse FAO field projects, and to inform about FAO global activities developed at headquarters. This issue is being published ahead of an important intergovernmental event, the 10th Session of the COFI SCA, to...

Biowatch advocates for agroecology as a proven, multi-faceted approach to creating a sustainable, diverse, just food system that applies ecological principles and methods to farming, while addressing wider environmental, economic, social, cultural, and political dimensions in order to transform the industrialised food system.