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Best Practice Guide for Collecting Agroecological Knowledge

THE MEDITERRANEAN CARAVAN: LEARNING AND SHARING AGROECOLOGY

Due to the global climate crisis, the importance of communities adopting sustainable methods and practices is becoming increasingly urgent. Globalised production systems and rampant consumption cause the loss of living soils, biodiversity and local seeds, the abandonment of lands, and the deepening of socio-economic inequalities. However, some systems that sprout and flourish in this context increase our hope for a livable future. Agroecological practices, which include sustainable methods from past to present days, and nature-friendly approaches developed using today’s technologies and knowledge, offer solutions to combat biodiversity loss, the climate crisis, and rural poverty. By bringing together sustainable agricultural practices and social movements, agroecology recognises co-created knowledge as a common value. The “Mediterranean Caravan: Learning and Sharing Agroecology - MedCaravan” project, supported by the European Union under the Erasmus+ Programme, is implemented between 2020 and 2023, by DEAFAL (Italy), Buğday Association for Supporting Ecological Living (Turkey), Zelena Tranzicija (Serbia), HSEP (Croatia), FCiencias. ID (Portugal) and URGENCI, the international network of all forms of Local Solidarity-based Partnerships for Agroecology (LSPAs). Agroecology knowledge is applied around the world by farmers who take ecological principles in their agricultural production seriously, and by other food systems actors. It is especially important to collect traditional, nature-friendly practices before they disappear. Similarly, it is equally important to publish them in media accessible to those who need them in order to transfer this knowledge to future generations and to popularise them. Understanding this necessity, the MedCaravan team created the Best Practice Guide for Collecting Agroecological Knowledge which aims to help the efforts to collect and record agroecology knowledge in a proper way. This booklet carries the hope that agroecological practices, which provide solutions in many areas – from agriculture to art, from supply systems to community solidarity – will be widespread as a useful tool for the recovery of agroecosystem needs. We hope that this booklet will be instrumental in recording as much agroecological knowledge and practices as possible.

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Editor: Published in 2023 as part of “The Mediterranean Caravan: Learning and Sharing Agroecology” project, funded by the European Union under the Erasmus+ programme.
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Autor: Oya Ayman, Solmaz Karabaşa, Ines Costa Pereira, Carlota Ribeiro Sanches
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Organización: URGENCI
Otras organizaciones: DEAFAL, Buğday Association for Supporting Ecological Living, Zelena Tranzicija, HSEP, FCiências.ID
Año: 2023
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Cobertura geográfica: Europa y Asia Central, Unión Europea
Tipo: Informe
Idioma utilizado para los contenidos: English
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