Our food and farming systems need to respect the planetary boundaries, be climate neutral, circular, diverse, and fair. They need to be resilient and prepared for external shocks and crises like we recently experienced with the Covid-19 pandemic, the Russian war in Ukraine and the related energy, fertiliser and food...

En raison des interrogations sur la capacité des services de conseil Agricole à faciliter les transitions agroécologiques, cette étude, conduite sur 5 pays (Bénin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinée et Niger), croise agroécologie et conseil agricole. Elle tente d’apporter des éléments de réponse à ces interrogations en (i) identifiant les besoins de transitions agroécologiques dans les cinq...

All of a sudden, they are there. Just a moment ago, helpers had cut a cocoa pod and draped it on the table. They had straightened the cube-shaped seats while wistfully staring at the half-empty aisles. Everything was still being set up and food was still cooking in kettles on...

Sustainable, ecological approaches to European farming, the heart of the European Green Deal, are needed to safeguard food supplies for EU citizens and protect the long-term livelihoods of rural communities. The emergence of more support for organic systems as a form of agro-ecological production can help address these policy challenges...

• Replacement of Contentious Inputs in Organic Farming Systems • Evaluates solutions to further reduce the use of external inputs and develop cost-efficient and environmentally safe tools and technologies to: • Reduce the use of copper and mineral oil in plant protection • Identify sustainable sources for plant nutrition •...

The International Summer School is a collaboration between Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW)'s research group Geography of Food, the Swiss Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL), the Hungarian Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (ÖMKi), and research institutes in Spain and Slovenia. In this International Summer School, you will learn about various perspectives on agrobiodiversity and its contribution...

Historically, before the introduction of high-yielding rice varieties (HYV), the traditional rice varieties (TRV) were predominant in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam (MDV). The TRV-based farming system is environment-friendly and has been existing for hundreds of years—now, it has been proven to be sustainable under increasing climate change conditions. It is...

The Organic Research Centre is a leading, independent, research charity working for better farming, food and health, promoting environmental sustainability, quality food and health and wellbeing for all. We work in the UK and internationally to: research and develop practical, sustainable land management and food production systems based on organic...

Emphasising the relevance of the Assamese language versions of ‘Access Agriculture’ training videos on agroecology and organic farming for the smallholder farmers of Assam state in northeastern India, Dhirendra Nath Kalita, Head of Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) of Kamrup district, called it the “the need of the hour.”

There is broad consensus on the key role of organic production and consumption in the transition to a sustainable food system, with the Farm to Fork Strategy including the objective of ‘at least 25% of the EU’s agricultural land under organic farming by 2030 and a significant increase in organic aquaculture'. To achieve this target and to help...

La agricultura siempre ha mirado más a las plantas que a sus raíces, más al verde que a los suelos. Pero la agricultura regenerativa se ha fijado precisamente en las tierras donde cultivamos, con el objetivo de mejorar la salud del suelo, aumentar la biodiversidad y mejorar la disponibilidad y...

ALL-Ready and AE4EU jointly host their final project conference at the European Committee of the Regions in Brussels on 27 September 2023. REGISTER HERE The one-day conference will shed light on how the two projects paved the way for a European Network of Living Labs and Research Infrastructures. Both projects will feature...

The Family Farming Knowledge Platform (FFKP) Monthly Digest showcases the latest contents uploaded in the FFKP to provide its readers with relevant and up to date information on family farming main themes such as agroecology, smallscale fisheries, pastoralism, indigenous people, and more. For more documents, feel free to search in the...

"La FAO en la promoción de la agroecología en Cuba" resume los prinicipales resultados del trabajo de la FAO en Cuba en la promoción de la agroecología.

Soils that have many living organisms hold more carbon and nutrients and can better absorb and retain rainwater, all of which are crucial in these times of a disturbed climate.  But measuring life in soils can be a time-consuming activity depending on what one wants to measure. While bacteria and fungi...

Este trabajo aborda, a modo de ensayo, el potencial de las huertas comunitarias como dispositivos de transición socio-ecológica. Se parte de la premisa acerca de la insostenibilidad del sistema alimentario del desarrollo, sustentado en la producción a gran escala de materias primas, la industrialización de los procesos de elaboración y...

Objetivo: postular que el derecho humano a la alimentación está amenazado por la expansión del modelo de alimentación industrializada así como por los mecanismos asistencialistas de alimentación de emergencia. Metodología: desde un enfoque de complejidad, se realiza un aporte teórico para el desarrollo del concepto de adecuación alimentaria como un elemento integrador del...

Germany’s agriculture ministry is pushing for more organic food in canteens and restaurants in a first step towards achieving the coalition’s 2030 goal of ensuring 30% of arable land is dedicated to organic farming. At the end of 2021, Germany’s government coalition agreed that organic farming should account for 30% of arable land...

L’agriculture biologique est une alternative pour préserver la santé humaine, de pratiquer une agriculture durable et aussi protéger notre environnement. il existe des Bonnes pratiques agricoles très économiques en Agriculture biologique ces bonnes pratiques sont: le paillage, la rotation des cultures, l'association des cultures.

In the Mekong Region, agroecological approaches provide a niche alternative to the dominant traditional or intensive farming systems. We conducted a synthesis of current evidence on agroecological interventions by means of a systematic literature review and mapping of case studies in Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, and Myanmar. The majority of...