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.

Agroecology is best practice: Biowatch's work with smallholder farmers explores the workings of eight homestead farms in northern KwaZulu-Natal, illustrating agroecology best practices through the personal experiences of each of the smallholder farmers. These farmers have shown that the land can take care of its people - if its people take...

On 24-26 September, FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, in collaboration with colleagues from the Plan Production and Protection Division (AGP) and the Animal Production and Health Division (AGA) have organized a regional workshop in Bangkok in order to introduce the Tool for Agroecology Performance Evaluation (TAPE). This tool  has been developed under the...