The article shares some of the most compelling insights from a four days Learning Exchange gathering in Uganda, facilitated by the AgroEcology Fund and the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa. The meeting brought together grassroot organizers, advocates and donors to discuss, learn and come up with new successful strategies for...

In April 2018, FAO hosted the Second International Symposium on Agroecology to Achieve the SDGs; the Symposium had an impressive level of attendance with a total of 768 participants.    With the main objective of moving from dialogue to action, the Symposium brought together different stakeholders and catalyzed inter-disciplinary dialogue and collaboration,...

Today's challenges require systemic responses that reconcile the economic, environmental, and social dimensions. Agroecology can give that opportunity to generate a necessary and urgent conversation about transforming food systems towards sustainability. This article documents how municipalities throughout Argentina are committed to the proposal of promoting agroecology, generating markets, fairs, knowledge exchange meetings, and...

The initiative is located in the Chittoor district in the Rayalaseema region of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. With a tropical climate, Chittoor is one of the most drought prone districts in the country, a problem exacerbated by depletion of natural resources, global warming, increasing population pressure, pollution, loss...

The video provides a brief summary about the First Symposium on Agroecology and Family Farming that took place in Santiago (Chile). Organized by the Institute of Agricultural Development (INDAP, for its Spanish acronym) and FAO's Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean, the Symposium brought together agroecological practitioners, representants from...