GRAIN produced an outstanding report evaluating the resounding clamor to shift funding away from industrial agriculture and toward agroecology in order to achieve food sovereignty. While it’s true that we need to resource and strengthen agroecology, the idea that it’s matter of moving money around, or pointing institutions in a...

En el marco del Sistema de Innovación Agropecuaria y frente al desarrollo de las capacidades locales hablar de procesos de enseñanza-aprendizaje en la extensión rural y agropecuaria se vuelve cada día más frecuente. Este tema cobra importancia porque favorece la apropiación social del conocimiento, la transferencia tecnológica, el cambio y...

El Ministerio de Desarrollo Agropecuario (MIDA), con el apoyo de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO), ha establecido un sistema de alerta temprana y vigilancia de la sequía en agricultura (ASIS, por sus siglas en inglés). El objetivo de ASIS es proporcionar a los...

Soil biodiversity contributes to the provision of multiple ecosystem functions and services and is therefore emerging as a nature-based solution to global challenges. Despite the substantial progresses made in obtaining knowledge about soil biodiversity and its functions, only around one percent of soil organisms have been identified so far. The...

Le CCFD-Terre solidaire, qui lutte contre l’insécurité alimentaire, vient de mettre en place un programme baptisé « Face ». L’initiative vise à renforcer les capacités des organisations féministes face au changement climatique et à financer des alternatives pour la transition écologique et la préservation de la biodiversité.

Women and men play important roles throughout the fish value chain, and also for the conservation of aquatic resources. However, there is little recognition of women’s valuable contribution to the fisheries sector. Women glean and collect seafood from the mangroves. Women clean and process the fish. Women sell fish products...

Table of Contents CHAPTER 1: Agroforestry: the situation in my family and the WorldThis is my family A global food crisisSpot the differences CHAPTER 2: What is Agroforestry?The beauty of agroforestryFood and income securityClimate change is different from weather CHAPTER 3: Agroforestry and Climate Change Why the Earth is warming? Chapter 4: Let’s learn...

Global change – including population growth, urbanization, land use change and climate change – is increasingly disturbing the equilibrium of the world’s drylands. Growing numbers of people are dependent on natural resources for their survival, against a background of advancing land degradation, weakened traditional governance and the intensified and unsustainable...

In the village of Mudjoga, in North Kivu, DRC, farmers have devised an innovative agricultural competition inspired by football. The competition is called “agricultural match” and it consists of farmers demonstrating the application of certain cultivation practices. The exercise itself is inspired by football, or “soccer”. It pits farmers against each...

El folleto edu-comunicacional de las Guías Alimentarias Basadas en Alimentos (GABA) del Ecuador es un material educativo que ayuda a la población ecuatoriana a comprender las recomendaciones. El objetivo de este folleto es proporcionar materiales simples que el público en general pueda entender y seguir para una alimentación y una...

This Manifesto is the result of discussions among young people from various countries around Europe. They gathered and exchanged common experiences during the first edition of the Agroecology Europe Youth Forum in France in September 2022. 2022 being the European Year of Youth, this manifesto was published to express the willpower to unite, build alliances...

Les consommateurs sont un moteur puissant de la transition vers un monde en développement durable qui ne laisse personne pour compte et respecte les droits humains. Cette publication vise à faire le lien entre le travail central des organisations de consommateurs et la réalisation du droit à une alimentation adéquate,...

This study tries to discuss issues relating to both internal and external cost. Through information leaned from literature, onsite observation, and actual discussion with stakeholders, this study attempts to draw attention to the impacts of aquaculture on the environment, on the lives of the people dependent on these environments, and...

National and international climate discussions overlooked agriculture for decades. The climate community has happily realized the significance of agricultural and food systems in combating climate change. Climate specialists who are new to the complexities of food and agricultural systems must study how those systems function and the causes of food...

Los sistemas silvopastoriles, se desarrollan como una estrategia sostenible para la producción ganadera, buscando un desarrollo más eficiente, en comparación con los modelos tradicionales ganaderos, caracterizados por prácticas extensivas donde no siempre se obtienen los mejores rendimientos.

Le CCFD-Terre solidaire, qui lutte contre l’insécurité alimentaire, vient de mettre en place un programme baptisé « Face ». L’initiative vise à renforcer les capacités des organisations féministes face au changement climatique et à financer des alternatives pour la transition écologique et la préservation de la biodiversité.

Since ALL-Ready prepares the framework for a future  European  network of  agroecology  LLs and  RIs, many  different  stakeholders  need  to be  involved  from  the  start  of  the  process  to ensure  that  it  will  satisfy  stakeholders’ needs and is built upon their experiences, knowledge and motivation. The  ALL-Ready stakeholder  engagement  plan supports...

Launched in 2019, the "Building global capacity to increase transparency in the forest sector” (CBIT-Forest) is a project implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and funded by the Capacity-building Initiative for Transparency (CBIT) trust fund established under the Global Environment Facility (GEF). This project was...

The 7th West African Peasants Seed Fair was held March 15-17, 2022, in Djimini, Senegal. Participants adopted a Declaration in support of continental advocacy for a new paradigm on seed governance and policies at the end of the three-day seed, knowledge, and experience exchange gathering. Over 400 people came out...

The Rural Pact conference brought together EU, national, and regional policy makers along with local authorities, social and economic stakeholders in a participatory event that reflected the rural vision’s ambition and bottom-up character. This on-site event engaged participants in designing the governance of the Rural Pact and gathered commitments for the achievement of the long-term vision for...