IPM was first proposed in 1957, as a concept that promoted biological control, good agronomic practices and the use of other means to control pests besides chemical pesticides. IPM is location specific, based on local field ecology and socio-economic conditions. IPM in the Iranian programme meant more than just “pest...

The Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) programme, launched as an initiative of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in 2002, provides international recognition to important traditional agricultural systems (including forestry and fisheries) which conserve agrobiodiversity, indigenous knowledge, culture heritage and agricultural landscapes. Today (as of August 2017), there...

La Asociación Nacional de Empresas Comercializadoras de Productores del Campo (ANEC) was founded in 1995 in the wake of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). ANEC  offers member farmers, a diverse array of small and medium commercial grain farmers from 17 different Mexican states. Initially, ANEC assisted in the...

For more than a decade, Main Street Project has been working to create new possibilities for the growing numbers of rural Latino immigrants stranded in low-wage farming and food industry jobs with no benefits and no future. In 2010, Main Street Project set out to create a new regional food...

Introducción a las "Granjas regenerativas", un proyecto localizado en las afueras de San Miguel de Allende, México, pionero en la implantación del Sistema de agricultura Regenerativa Centrada en Aves desarrollado por Main Street. Combinando la producción de pollos y huevos con el cultivo y cuidado de árboles frutales y hortalizas,...

In an inspiring and emotive talk, Diego González reflects on the current agricultural practices, how those impact on food losses and how to save local, smallholder farmers from the preassures arising from big food distributors.