The video covers the stories of five young, agroecological producers in Costa Rica. Covering issues from traditional knowledge, efficiency, recycling, local economies and others, the video tells the stories of how agroecology is a viable and sustainable way to produce food and how young people can engage and lead small-holder...

From the 12 to the 15 of September 2017, the VI Latin American Congress on Agroecology, X Brazilian Congress of Agroecology and the V Federal District and Region Seminar on Agroecology will take place in Brasilia (Federal District). About 5,000 participants are expected from Brazil and other Latin American countries,...

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...