The international conference 'Agriculture, biodiversity and food security: from commitments to actions' co-organized by Laval University (UL), the Ministry of International Relations and La Francophonie (MRIF) of Quebec, the FAO and the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (SCBD) was held in Quebec, Canada, from April 30 to May...

Food systems are facing major constraints, notably climate change and societal expectations, and are at an historic crossroads. Given the accelerating impact of global warming on resources such as water, as well as extreme weather events that ravage crops or destroy homes and infrastructure, and the depletion of soils and...

If agroecology is to gain ground, young people must be educated and inspired. Not enough development initiatives target youth, and it is often said that young people are not interested in agriculture, the stories in this book reveal that young people can and do inspire each other. This book showcases just a few...

Agricultural simplification continues to expand at the expense of more diverse forms of agriculture. This simplification, for example, in the form of intensively managed monocultures, poses a risk to keeping the world within safe and just Earth system boundaries. Here, this study estimated how agricultural diversification simultaneously affects social and...

Agroecology and organic agriculture present promising alternatives to the current food system, supported by a growing body of evidence. Despite the potential of AE/O, their full benefits cannot be realised in most countries due to political and institutional barriers and lock-ins, including incentives and funding that favour “business as usual”...

Sargassum, a type of brown macroalgae, has been inundating beaches across the Caribbean since 2011. It comes from the Sargasso Sea in the Atlantic Ocean. The seaweed has harmed Caribbean economies and human health, making it a national emergency in some island-nations. Over the past decade, entrepreneurs and scientists have found ways...