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Becoming an agroecologist – fostering social learning and responsible action for sustainable food systems
This brief is based on experience gained from the Master’s Programme in Agroecology at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) in particular, and on contributions from our partner programmes at Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) and Martyrs University in Uganda (UMU). The brief provides an overview of agroecology,...
Ethiopia - Uganda
2019 - Stockholm Environment Institute, Master’s Programme in Agroecology at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) and Swedish International Agricultural Network Initiative (SIANI)
تقرير
HLPE 14: Agroecological and other innovative approaches for sustainable agriculture and food systems that enhance food security and nutrition
In this report, the HLPE explores the nature and potential contributions of agroecological and other innovative approaches to formulating transitions towards sustainable food systems (SFSs) that enhance FSN. The HLPE adopts a dynamic, multiscale perspective, focusing on the concepts of transition and transformation. Many transitions need to occur in particular...
2019 - the High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition of the Committee on World Food Security
مقالة في مدونة إلكترونية
France, Agroecology & the Coming CAP Reform
Agroecology is much talked about, and practiced in many regions, but how does it relate to the word of policy-making? In some countries such as France, agroecology forms the basis of emerging agri-food policy – albeit in a contested and sometimes contradictory way.
Since the time of ecologically progressive Agriculture Minister...
European Union
2019 - ARC2020
مقال صحفي
Agroecology and La Via Campesina I. The symbolic and material construction of agroecology through the dispositive of “peasant-to-peasant” processes
In this essay, we look at the symbolic and material territorialization of agroecology in La Via Campesina (LVC) through peasant-to-peasant processes (PtPPs) in the broad sense. The most significant examples of the scaling up of agroecology are clearly tied to organizational processes and in our perspective, PtPPs are the motor...
2019 - : Agroecology and sustainable food systems
دراسة حالة
The Good Cocoyam Seed Initiative
Indigenous cocoyams in Burundi have the potential to increase food and nutrition security and contribute to improved livelihoods, but farmers’ capacity to meet the growing demand for them has been constrained by a lack of good quality seed and technical knowhow. The Good Seed Initiative targeted both seed and cocoyam...
Burundi
2019 - ESAFF Burundi
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Second Agroecology Europe Forum
Agroecology Europe (AEEU) is an association of members that want to exchange knowledge and experiences on agroecology and to support the transition toward agroecological practices and policies. Together with local farmers, universities, social movement organisations and non-governmental organisations, the second Agroecology Europe Forum was organised to support exchange, reflection and bottom-up contributions. It took...
Greece
2019 - Agroecology Europe (AEEU)
كتاب
Agroecological Transitions: From Theory to Practice in Local Participatory Design
There is wide agreement on the need to change the prevalent agricultural models, given their negative impacts and their incompatibility with current societal issues. Agroecological transition has been promoted as a potential solution to the ecological, social and economic problems generated by these models. It however involves a systemic, multi-scale...
2019 - Springer
دراسة حالة
Agroecology and carbon neutrality in europe by 2050: what are the issues?
The latest IPCC report sets the objective of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050, 2070 at the latest. The sustainable intensification of agricultural production, in a land sparing logic, is most often considered as a necessary step to achieve this. In contrast, this Study questions the potential contribution of a more...
European Union
2019
موجز في السياسات/ وثيقة في السياسات
Resilient Seed Systems: Shared Action Framework
This Shared Action Framework developed by the Global Alliance for the Future of Food is a result of the publication ''The Future of Food: Seeds of Resilience, A Compendium of Perspectives on Agricultural Biodiversity from Around the World'' and of a strategic convening on resilient seed systems that was held in Oaxaca, Mexico.
From these discussions,...
2019 - The Global Alliance for the Future of Food
موجز في السياسات/ وثيقة في السياسات
Scaling Agroecology in the Sahel
Groundswell International and Cultivate! publish this new briefing on how to upscale and outscale agroecology in the Sahel in West Africa.
The briefing starts from an integrated approach, combining agroecology with women’s self-empowerment, nutrition, equity and governance. It outlines concrete steps in three general strategies for how civil society organisations can successfully support processes to scale up...
Burkina Faso - Mali - Senegal
2019 - Groundswell West Africa and Cultivate
دراسة حالة
The Story of Lanka Farmers’ Forum
The history of Lanka Farmers’ Forum (LFF) draws back to the project implemented through the Medium Term Cooperation Programme (MTCP) which is supported by the International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD). MTCP started as a pilot project in 2009 with farmers organizations in Asia and the Pacific. The main objective...
Sri Lanka
2019 - Asia Pacific Farmers
مقال صحفي
Transitioning to Sustainable Agriculture Requires Growing and Sustaining an Ecologically Skilled Workforce
In the face of rapidly advancing climate change, biodiversity loss, and water scarcity, it is clear that global agriculture must swiftly and decisively shift toward sustainability. Fortunately, farmers and researchers have developed a thoroughly studied pathway to this transition: agroecological farming systems that mimic natural ecosystems, creating tightly coupled cycles...
United States of America
2019
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Basics for CSA Groups
CSAct !, a Community-Supported Agriculture collaborative training programme, is developing the first Webinar Series dedicated to CSA.
4 webinars will be organized during the Spring.
2019 - Urgenci
مقال صحفي
What do we mean by agroecological scaling?
As support for agroecology grows around the world, an urgent question spanning our field’sscientific, practical, and movement dimensions is how agroecology can “scale” to includemorepeople in more places in fair, sustainable food systems. Our challenge is to seize this opportunitywhile pushing back against the tendency to strip agroecology of its...
2019
مادة سمعية
Small-scale farming and agroecology
The intensive production of livestock, poultry, fish and crops, is environmentally damaging. This is because industrial farming can affect the soil, water and climate. The answer lies in promoting less intensive farming methods, known as agroecology.
In this week’s episode, Rachel Wynberg the bio-economy research chair at the University of Cape...
2019 - The Conversation
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Rural Dialogues | Smart Villages – Turning Momentum into Support for Local Action
At a European policy level, the ‘EU Action for Smart Villages’ was officially launched in the European Parliament during the Spring of 2017 by the EU Commissioners for Agriculture (Phil Hogan), Regional Development (Corina Creţu) and Mobility (Violeta Bulc). It has received major support from the EU Parliament which promoted...
2019 - ARC 2020
مقال صحفي
Defining agroecology: Exploring the circulation of knowledge in FAO’s Global Dialogue
This article traces how ‘agroecology’ is co-produced as a global socio-technical object. The site of co-production, the Global Dialogue on Agroecology, was convened by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in different cities around the world between 2014 and 2018 (Rome 2014; Brasilia, Dakar, Bangkok 2015;...
2019
فيديو
EIP-AGRI inspirational video: AGRI challenge: crop diversification in grass land
Dutch dairy farmer Matté Eikelenboom explores crop diversification in his grazing land, to stimulate soil life and improve the health of his cows. His mixed pastures show promising results for the quality of his feed and the health of his animals. The variety of species also helps increase organic matter...
European Union
2019 - EIP-AGRI Support Facility
مقالة في مدونة إلكترونية
Alimentos saudáveis são preparados com produtos da biodiversidade
Produtoras lideram o comércio de produtos da agricultura familiar. Receituário Saúde Saberes e Sabores valoriza produção regional
“A terra é uma mãe, aquela que ampara seu filho”. É assim que a agricultora familiar Maria Luzinete, de 63 anos, descreve sua relação com a natureza. Moradora do povoado Lagoa da Volta, no município de Porto da Folha, em Sergipe, Netinha, como é conhecida na comunidade, vive do preparo...
Brazil
2019 - Secretaria de Agricultura Familiar e Cooperativismo (SAF)
دراسة حالة
Digital tools for an organic farm
Suzana Dimitrievska is an organic farmer in North Macedonia. Coming from a line of strong, well-educated women, she has always been comfortable embracing new technology. She is using Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) to increase the efficiency of her family farm.
North Macedonia
2019 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
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