As agroecology has increasingly been brought into the international dialogue on the future of food and agriculture, there have been calls for building the evidence base of its performance across the multiple dimensions of sustainability and its capacity to achieve multiple Sustainable Development Goals. In response to this need, FAO...

As agroecology has increasingly been brought into the international dialogue on the future of food and agriculture, there have been calls for building the evidence base of its performance across the multiple dimensions of sustainability and its capacity to achieve multiple Sustainable Development Goals. In response to this need, FAO...

Cocoa is a key crop for many Indonesian smallholder farmers, who own over 90 percent of the country’s cocoa production land. However, cocoa bean yields have fallen from around 750 kg/ha in the 1980s to below 400 kg/ha over the last two decades, with ageing trees, pests, diseases, poor soil...

Agroecology Newsletter of April 2022

This podcast mini-series entitled ‘A Feminist Journey Through Agroecology’, co-created by AgroecologyNow and International Cooperation for Development and Solidarity (CIDSE), explores the question of what food systems would look like if they were based on feminist values. When people hear the word 'feminism', they think of women, and of gender, but...

Dryland areas are experiencing the devastating consequences of climate change through rapid desertification, increasing poverty and diminished soil fertility. These marginalized areas are also often the theatre of gender inequalities due to socio-cultural reasons, negatively affecting the recognition of women’s invaluable contribution to drylands management. These women are frequently responsible...