This document represents an attempt by the Chair to capture the richness of the contributions presented during the Symposium by different stakeholders and experts, to be more fully registered in the full report of the Symposium to be prepared by FAO, and does not necessarily reflect the opinions and views...

Farming the land as if nature doesn’t matter has been the model for much of the Western world’s food production system for at least the past 75 years. The results haven’t been pretty: depleted soil, chemically fouled waters, true family farms all but eliminated, a worsening of public health and...

The objective of the 4th Conference of West Africa on Ecological and Organic Agriculture is to contribute to a better integration of ecologic and biologic agriculture into national programmes of agricultural development and to steer agricultural policies towards sustainable practices in the context of climate change.

During its 44th Plenary Session, the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) requested the High Level Panel of Experts (HLPE) to produce a report on "Agroecological apporaches and other innovations for sustainable agriculture and food systems that enhance food security and nutrition". As part of its elaboration process, the HLPE is...

Tha main objectives for the conference are: - To show that agroecology and other forms of sustainable agriculture and fisheries are key to reach many of the SDGs. - To strengthen the arguments and increase the pressure on governments and international institutions  to increase the financial  and political support for agroecology and other...

Innovation and research: alliancies for agroecology