La agricultura urbana (AU) ha surgido como una importante alternativa sostenible para mejorar la seguridad alimentaria en un planeta urbanizado. Si bien se ha estimado que la AU puede proporcionar entre el 15 y el 20% de los alimentos a nivel mundial, se cuestiona si acaso la AU puede contribuir...

Urban agriculture (UA) has been bolstered as a major sustainable alternative to enhance food security on an urbanized planet. Although it has been estimated that UA can provide 15–20% of global food, it is questionable weather UA can significantly contribute the level of food selfsufficiency of cities, due to low...

Diversified farms have received considerable attention for their potential to contribute to environmentally sustainable, resilient,and socially just food systems. In response, some governments are building new forms of public support for social-ecologicalservices through the creation of mediated markets, such as targeted public food procurement programs. Here, we examine therelationship between...

Agro-ecological bases for the adaptation of agriculture to climate change. Although many indigenous and peasant populations are particularly exposed to the impacts of climate change and are vulnerable, many communities are actively responding to the changing climate and have demonstrated innovation and resilience, using a variety of strategies to deal with droughts, floods, hurricanes, etc....

Lowland irrigated rice fields serve the dual purpose of providing an essential food crop to the world’s most populous regions and functioning as man-made wetlands that harbor a diversity of organisms. Amphibians occupy rice fields throughout Asia and South America, but little is known about their functional role in the...

Diversified farms have received considerable attention for their potential to contribute to environmentally sustainable, resilient, and socially just food systems. In response, some governments are building new forms of public support for social-ecological services through the creation of mediated markets, such as targeted public food procurement programs. Here, we examine...