This project will look at processes of ‘innovation’ in agroecology and food sovereignty – tackling questions such as what does it look like, is it different from other innovative approaches, and how do agroecological innovations spread around? The goal is to support farmers, communities and social movements in developing approaches...

The present document corresponds to the revised version of the Ten Elements of Agroecology approved by the 163th Session of the FAO Council in December 2019. The process of approval of the 10 elements of Agroecology included a submission to the Committee on Agriculture (COAG) at its 26th Session. The document has...

Academia is one of the pillars that contribute to building agroecology by providing scientific knowledge and by giving future research the opportunity to innovate and enhance the agroecological approach. The FAO Agroecology team believes in the future agroecology promoters and for this reason, we are creating an academic database in the Agroecology...

Este número recoge una variedad diversa de autores/as y entidades que trabajan en ganadería extensiva, dando espacio a artículos que analizan tanto los obstáculos como las oportunidades del sector. Entre ellos, destacan: el pastoreo racional y sus servicios ecosistémicos (de la Universidad de Extremadura), la diferenciación de los productos de...

This paper investigates how transformative agroecology may contribute to the critical reframing of social-ecological relationships, and how this might in turn create a foundation for bottom-up peace formation in fragile environments, within which rural communities are often habituated to conditions of control, violence and mistrust that drive social division. Here,...

This is a participatory case study together with the Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) Cetap (Centro de Tecnologias Alternativas Populares) in Brazil and the farmers in two of the groups with whom Cetap cooperates. The objective of the study is to describe and evaluate the process of agroecological transition with the aim...