Food forests in Kenya are using modern forestry techniques to create food sovereignty and security. The holistic gardening project in Emuhaya, Western Kenya, is attracting local and international acclaim. Bio Gardening Innovations (BIOGI) is equipping smallholder farmers to break away from monocultures and create thriving, overflowing “food forests” on their farmland....

The increasing pace of climate change is an existential threat to farming continuity and biodiversity. Agricultural innovation is running too slowly but could be accelerated by a change in the agroecological narrative. A farmer-led agroecology prioritising farming continuity for biodiversity would speed up innovation and better serve science and society.  

Ortofficina Società Agricola is a 3.6 ha agroecological and peri-urban project born in 2019 in Nova Milanese founded by three young people from the area and specialised in the production of vegetables, medicinal herbs, and beekeeping. The participatory workshop will be held in Italian and aims at providing students and young...

In the context of the release of their latest publication ‘Peasant agroecology according to European Coordination Via Campesina (ECVC), invites members, Allies and policy makers to a webinar to explore and discuss its approach to peasant agroecology. In this webinar, ECVC will develop its vision and policies proposals for a new paradigm, based...

The European Green Deal is a monumental step in achieving a greener and more sustainable Europe, filled with promising targets, which aim to culminate in no net emissions of greenhouse gases by 2050, and economic growth decoupled from resource use. It establishes great potential for a fairer economy, the revitalisation...

The need for harmonized evidence on agroecology was a systematic recommendation from the various global and regional consultations on agroecology organized by FAO between 2014 and 2018 and specifically requested by FAO governing bodies in 2018. To respond to these mandates, FAO and a large number of partners have developed...