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

The conference will be a five-day event, including a field visit, from 12-16th November 2018 at the Conference Centre, Radisson Hotel, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. There will be key note addresses, invited papers, oral presentations and poster presentations. The main aim is to bring together leading local, regional and...

This report presents a review of international and regional agroecology (AE) and food sovereignty (FS) policies and assesses the extent of their implementation in selected countries: Ethiopia, Togo and Zambia. The review was undertaken to facilitate provision of high quality policy support to influence policy makers in the region to...

Agriculture in Europe results in the production of food for both the European population and for the export sector. Significant environmental and social problems have emerged with the intensification of European agriculture. These include the loss of biodiversity, the contamination of soils, water, and food with pesticides, and the eutrophication...

Agroecology has been gaining interest in recent years among governments, research and civil society organisations worldwide and many actors present it as a strategic pathway to transition to sustainable food and agriculture systems for achieving food security and nutrition. Following the 1st International Symposium on Agroecology for Food Security and Nutrition,...