The agricultural sector, particularly in low-income countries, is facing multiple challenges including climate change, soaring food, fuel and fertilizer prices, biodiversity loss, and lack of adequate investment in agricultural development. With world hunger levels on the rise, an urgent move away from industrial agriculture and intensive farming practices is essential...

Based on the lessons learnt from farming systems research, pursuant to the goals of sustainable development, the topics covered and policy recommendations provided in this brief are relevant to agricultural policies at the national and regional level, as well as to the actors in specific commodities and sectors, organic value...

Rome, 6 April 2023 - The brainstorming on the Future of Farmer Field Schools (FFS) for Sustainable Agrifood Systems took place virtually with the FFS pioneers, Peter Kenmore, Kevin Gallagher, Stephen Sherwood, Jan Willem Ketelaar, Dada Abubakar, James Okoth, Alfredo Impiglia, Alberta Mascaretti, Deborah Duveskog, Shi Shangbai, Makhfousse Sarr, Oscar Ortiz....

Rome, 06 April 2023 - The brainstorming on the Future of Farmer Field Schools (FFS) for Sustainable Agrifood Systems took place virtually with the FFS pioneers, Peter Kenmore, Kevin Gallagher, Stephen Sherwood, Jan Willem Ketelaar, Dada Abubakar, James Okoth, Alfredo Impiglia, Alberta Mascaretti, Deborah Duveskog, Shi Shangbai, Makhfousse Sarr, Oscar Ortiz....

Agroecology Newsletter of March 2023

This Guide for the evaluation of agroecology offers an approach and methodological tools to assess the effects of agroecological practices and systems on the agro-environmental and socio-economic performance of agriculture and on the other hand, the conditions for the development of agroecology.  It aims to help development actors to better design their...