What is family farming and why we need it? Although there is no clear definition of family farming yet, there are some premisses which can describe and guide our understanding of this complex concept. Family farming starts with food for people. This type of production model allows to ensure food and nutrition...

“The Mediterranean Caravan: Learning and Sharing Agroecology” podcast aims to show that agroecological practices help to tackle biodiversity loss, climate change, and rural poverty with a focus on the Mediterranean region. This podcast is part of an ERASMUS+ educational project that aims to collect, valorise and share local and innovative...

Stay informed with the FAO Brief Podcast, your essential source for the latest on global food security and agriculture. In this episode, we present the current figures on acute food insecurity worldwide and highlight the rise of the FAO Food Price Index in April. Additionally, we cover the importance of...

John Wilson's recent article for the AFSA blog in honor of World Water Day 2023 offers valuable insights into the importance of restoring water cycles. Wilson emphasizes the need to restore ecosystems, especially farming systems, so that rainwater can infiltrate the ground and replenish the water table, rather than causing...

In this era when many societies have embraced fast food and convenient, ready-made meals, it was refreshing to watch a documentary on the Korean Air flight back home recently, showing how citizens, chefs and scientists across the globe are increasingly waking up to the importance of nurturing and promoting local...

A recent report by Pesticide Action Network (North America) highlights the vicious cycle of pesticide use contributing significantly to greenhouse gas emissions, while climate change is expected to increase their application. Pesticides impact climate change throughout their lifecycle, including manufacturing, transportation, and disposal, and also lead to the production of...

Corinne Mngomezulu, an agroecological farmer in Ingwavuma, South Africa, holds a harvest of pearl millet. Corinne is a member of the Lindizwe Agroecology Farming Group. Agroecology farmers in Ingwavuma are reviving small grains including pearl and finger millets, which are drought tolerant and nutritious grains indigenous to Africa. These grains...

Students learn about farming and food systems, acquire communication and facilitation skills, and become able to turn theory into action. Students also learn how to reflect and to open up to new ideas while recognizing the goals, needs and interests of their co-workers. The program is designed to develop agroecologists...

In the last years, Agroecology Europe started to map agroecological initiatives in different countries or regions of Europe with the aim to support the development of agroecology in Europe, raise awareness for it and thereby strengthen agroecology in Europe. This work, namely the mapping of initiatives, writing of reports and coordination...

La demi-lune est une technique de récupération des terres encroûtées et qui a pour but de réhabiliter les sols dégradés, de conserver les eaux et de fertiliser les sols en culture pluviale.

Feeding Europe’s growing population requires more sustainable food production, but another summer of extreme weather, alongside severely disrupted supply chains, have once again highlighted the need to move towards a more resilient and regenerative food system – and the next Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) (2023 - 2027) is set to...

El Director del Centro de Gestión y Secuestro de Carbono (C-MASC) de la Universidad de Ohio, es además experto en regeneración de suelos y de seguridad alimentaria. En esta entrevista no sólo plantea que para alcanzar el ODS 2 “Hambre Cero” no es necesario producir más alimentos, sino mejores. Asimismo,...

‘Going to the field is compulsory for our students’ – told a professor, ‘…even I go to field regularly. As you see, the knowledge of the farmers is quite poor, particularly about the latest technologies.’ ‘We go to collect data to understand farmer’s problem’ – chirped a student from behind. Our...

Le bassin de collecte d’eau de ruissellement est un ouvrage qui a pour but de stocker les eaux de ruissellement à des fins utiles pour le producteur pendant les poches de sécheresse.

In this video, How I Build Soil in My Garden, Nasira Habib explains how nature works to provide nutrients to plants. She also shares her experience of hot and cold composting. Additionally, she tells about the compost water extract.

Le jardinage hors sol est fait sur des sacs vides de céréales, remplis de terre mélangée à du compost avec au milieu du gravillon ou quartz et qui assure le développement d’une plante en dehors de la pleine terre.

ECHO is an international nonprofit organisation that seeks to reduce hunger and improve lives through agricultural training and resources. Its resources comprise a vast knowledge-base of practical information, technical support and a seed bank of beneficial underutilised plants.

Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which: identify highly nutritious local food plants, explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way, detail the nutritional value of the plants and describe why human bodies require those nutrients. The resources created by FPS allows people to better...

el Laboratorio de Historia de los Agroecosistemas (https://lha.es/es/) de la Universidad Pablo de Olavide y el think tank Alimentta (https://alimentta.com/) son los organizadores del IX Congreso Internacional de Agroecología, que tendrá lugar en Sevilla (estado español), en las instalaciones de la Universidad Pablo de Olavide entre el 19 y el...

Seeds and people: we have shaped each other. Throughout most of our history, people have chosen the most resilient, most productive, most nutritious seeds. Those seeds have nourished us for the following year, and the year after that. Sowing, selecting, saving and sharing the source of new life was an intrinsic...