Como práctica, la agroecología propone el diseño y manejo sostenible de los agroecosistemas con criterios ecológicos (Altieri 1995, Gliessman, 2002) a través de formas de acción social colectiva y propuestas de desarrollo participativo que impulsan formas de producción y comercialización de alimentos y demás productos agroganaderos que contribuyen a dar...

The High Level Panel of Experts for Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE) is the science-policy interface of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS). In October 2014, the CFS requested the HLPE to prepare a study on Sustainable forestry for food security and nutrition. The present document is the response...

The Mi Huerto Web uses technology to create a fairer and more direct relationship between producers and consumers, supporting an inclusive, local and sustainable agriculture. "We are convinced that is fundamental to be conscience about what and how we eat, to be responsible towards our neighboring producers. We need to establish...

Built in the permafrost, the ten-year-old Svalbard Global Seed Vault, which currently contains 850,000 food crop seed varieties, was supposed to take care of itself, to operate “without the help of humans.” Unfortunately, just last week [May 2017] the massive refrigerator in an abandoned coalmine made headlines for needing our...

The farmland structure of the Misiones province (Argentina), unlike many other regions in the country, gravitates around numerous small farmsteads –typically less than 30 ha, which are the home of 60,000 families dedicated to forestry, agriculture, livestock raising, fisheries and beekeeping. In this context, the ‘Abundance’ cooperative was established in...

Agroecology is defined as the study of the interactions between plants, animals, humans and the environment within agricultural systems. Agroecology as a discipline therefore covers integrative studies within agronomy, ecology, sociology and economics.