Seed commons—the collective management of seeds and associated knowledge—is a major aim of food sovereignty, that crucial alternative to the dead end of industrialized agriculture. To reclaim the commons explains Michel Pimbert in this wide-ranging policy analysis, there is a need to enable community control over growing, trading and consuming...

22 and 23 February 2022 | 10:00-13:00 CET| Register here Organic agriculture continues to develop dynamically in Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region as in many parts of the world. The increased demand for organic products in regional and international markets provides an opportunity to develop the organic agriculture sector in the region...

This regional publication provides an overview of the development of organic agriculture in eighteen countries in the following Europe and Central Asia sub-regions: Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan); Eastern Europe (Belarus, Republic of Moldova, the Russian Federation and Ukraine); South Caucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia); and South-Eastern...

The first newsletter of the project “The European Agroecology Living Lab and Research Infrastructure Network: Preparation phase'' (All-Ready).

What is a weed? It is generally viewed as a ‘plant in the wrong place’. But an alternative could be to view these plants as signs of the ecology in which they are embedded. In this blog, Chris Maughan discusses a recent participatory study exploring the use of ‘plant bioindicators’...

FoodSHIFT2030 is a 7.5 million Innovation Action project funded by the EU Horizon 2020 programme which aims to launch an ambitious citizen-driven transition of the European food system towards a low carbon circular future, including a shift to less meat and more plant-based diets. The innovative project's approach focuses on supporting innovation...