There is a growing awareness across Africa about the need to improve the health of soils dramatically to produce nutritious food and use water sustainably. Healthy Soil Healthy Food (HSHF) initiative is jointly established by the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) and the Seed and Knowledge Initiative (SKI), bringing...

Between 2013 and 2015, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA) undertook a survey of innovative approaches that enable markets to act as incentives in the transition towards sustainable agriculture in developing countries. Through a competitive selection process,...

How do we redesign agricultural landscapes to maintain their productivity and profitability while promoting rather than eradicating biodiversity, and regenerating rather than undermining the ecological processes that sustain food production and are vital for a liveable planet? Ecological intensification harnesses ecological processes to increase food production through management processes that...

Healthy soils contribute to resilient food production. Soil carbon is a key to healthy soils. Today we see the long-term consequences of agricultural management that have neglected soil carbon – degraded soils, polluted waters, and unprecedented rates of hunger and malnutrition. There are good examples of agroecological practices that were...

It is generally accepted that agriculture is a major driver of climate change as well as being acutely challenged to adapt to its effects. Agroecological approaches involve the application of integrated ecological, economic and social principles to the transition of smallholder farming systems, towards greater resilience. This involves adapting 13...

Este artículo aporta elementos para visibilizar la agroecología como opción política para la construcción de paz en Colombia, en el marco de los acuerdos de tierras y desarrollo rural que se adelantan en La Habana, Cuba. A partir del uso de documentos de análisis académicos y políticos y del trabajo...