Richard van der Hoff from Federal University of Minas Gerais revisits Brazil's journey in financing forest conservation efforts.

En esta conferencia de prensa se dieron a conocer los pormenores de la la nueva NOM-187, que busca regular la tortilla y otros productos de maíz. De igual manera se hará un llamado a la sociedad civil a participar en la consulta pública de la misma.

Peasant agroecology supports life-enriching systems and opposes life-alienating systems. It offers solutions to the major environmental, social, economic and political challenges we are facing today. It is a living practice, as well as a science and a socio-political movement, built and fostered by people over thousands of years. For aeons...

The Farm to Fork and Biodiversity strategies as part of the European Green Deal objectives set up important targets to improve the sustainability of farming and food systems, among which reducing the overall use and risk of chemical pesticides by 50% and the use of more hazardous pesticides by 50%...

The Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) ‘’ Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability’’ identified, with a high level of confidence, that agroecological principles and practices are feasible adaptation options for the future and stresses the importance of matching agroecological options to context. The Working Group II...

This policy brief discusses how feebate policies could upscale organic agriculture and food self-sufficiency in Bhutan, specifically looking at rice production. The simulations show that a feebate (fee and rebate) policy coupled with promotion and training in agroecological farming methods could incentivize widespread adoption of agroecology, achieving both 100 percent organic production and greater self-sufficiency for rice in Bhutan.

Organic farming has countless benefits for the natural environment and society, but they are often overlooked. This article outlines some of the benefits of organic farming, exploring the role of science, consumers and research and innovation.

L’agroécologie est de plus en plus plébiscitée pour développer des systèmes agricoles durables et adaptés aux contraintes des producteurs, plus résilients face aux aléas climatiques et sanitaires. S’appuyant sur 15 ans de recherche en partenariat dans les pays du Sud, les chercheurs du Cirad ont identifié les leviers pour mettre...

We are excited to announce that Access Agriculture podcasts are now available in English (https://accessagriculture.podbean.com/category/english/) and French (https://accessagriculture.podbean.com/category/french/). It is a great way to listen to farmers and experts from around the world talk about the topics you care about, as we have repurposed summaries of our popular videos as...

While agroforestry is a well-established approach for agroecological intensification, rice is less often integrated with trees than other annual staple crops. The benefits and risks from rice agroforestry practices have not been systematically explored. Considering the need for strategies that may address low fertility and high degradation of arable soils...

CIFOR-ICRAF Senior Scientist Kristell Hergoualc'h addresses the importance of incorporating peatland into national policy in the fight against climate change.  Peatlands are terrestrial wetland ecosystems in which waterlogged conditions prevent plant material from fully decomposing. Consequently, the production of organic matter exceeds its decomposition, which results in a net accumulation of peat. In...

On 1 March 2022, Denmark hosted a flagship side event at the Fifth Session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA 5) titled “We are all Atlas: sharing best practices for collaboration on sustainable deforestation-free, agricultural commodity production and consumption.” ''We are all Atlas’’ aimed to share lessons and discuss challenges regarding collaboration between governments, the...

The terms ‘regenerative agriculture’ and ‘nature-based solutions’ have gained prominence in policy and funding spaces related to food systems. Global policy fora like the UN Food Systems Summit and the UN climate and biodiversity conferences have recently used these terms as bywords for sustainable development. They add to a collection...

Agri-innovations are mostly delivered to farmers through private and public sector-led institutions around the world, with various degrees of success in Malawi. These distribution systems, on the other hand, do not meet everyone's production and productivity needs, particularly those of smallholder farmers. Alternative gap-filling systems are therefore required. Over the...

Esta publicación tiene por objeto dar a conocer los estudios a nivel mundial y las experiencias de AGROSAVIA en control de calidad de bioinsumos agrícolas, con especial énfasis en parámetros microbiológicos, fisicoquímicos y biológicos de plaguicidas microbianos. El uso de microorganismos con interés comercial implica diferentes etapas y los controles...

Organic Without Boundaries is a blog by IFOAM – Organics International.Uncover interesting stories about organic agriculture and the people working to build a more sustainable world.

This brochure has been produced within the framework of the European Innovation Partnership for Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability (EIP-AGRI), which was launched by the European Commission to promote innovation in the agricultural and forestry sectors and to improve connections between research and practice. This publication follows up on the work...

Ce manuel s’adresse à des agronomes. Il aborde les bases d’écologie, de chimie et d’agronomie nécessaires à la compréhension des pratiques agroécologiques. Il décrit ces pratiques et le pourquoi de celles-ci. Après avoir parcouru ce document, le lecteur sera en mesure de mettre en place, de développer et de gérer un...

CIFOR-ICRAF Bioenergy Research Scientist Mary Njenga highlights the importance of implementing circular bioeconomy principal in bioenergy. What is a circular bioeconomy? A circular bioeconomy is an economy powered by nature. It is a new economic model that emphasizes the use of renewable natural capital and focuses on minimizing waste, replacing the wide...

Los parámetros de calidad microbiológica para bioplaguicidas producidos a base de hongos, bacterias y virus son similares, pues se enfocan, principalmente, en la identificación, cuantificación y viabilidad del principio activo y en la determinación del contenido de contaminantes. Sin embargo, existen aspectos particulares que requieren más atención que otros, los...