In this monthly newsletter, CAP reform, more details are also given on the CAP strategic plans process, while there are two dedicated features on climate change and its relationship to farming, a document from Ireland and another visionary - Anders Borgen - with decades of practical knowledge on organic plant breeding,...

Onde e quem produz a comida que chega até você? Em um cenário de pandemia mundial, em que a população vivencia diariamente os resultados de um projeto político que tem como consequência uma crise econômica com impactos diretos na saúde pública, é preciso falar sobre os direitos dos povos em decidirem...

This newsletter has “scaling” as the focus theme. The various stories illustrate some of the various approaches that AIRCA members use to maximize the impact of our innovations.

El Programa Colaborativo de Investigación en Cultivos (Collaborativecrop Research Program) de la Fundación Mcknight financia investigaciones colaborativas entre pequeños productores, investigadores y promotores de desarrollo para generar conocimientos que contribuyan a lograr sistemas agroecológicos sustentables. El Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales (CLACSO) es una institución internacional no- gubernamental con status asociativo...

Traditionally, extensive farming has been one of the activities that has fixed more population in disadvantaged rural areas in Europe and the Mediterranean. Moreover, it creates jobs and shapes most of our ecosystems. However, isolation and depopulation in these areas translate into the loss of their activities and the landscapes...

AFSA continued the work started in 2017 with more training courses on bio-fertiliser production and saw a growing demand and uptake of the technologies. Trainees have been energised to pass on the knowledge to others, and have recognised through practice and on-farm trials that this technology is a success, and...

This report provides a medium-term outlook for major EU agricultural markets and agricultural income to 2030. It is based on a set of coherent macroeconomic assumptions deemed most plausible at the time of the analysis, including the continuation of current agricultural and trade policies. The analysis relies on information available...

The Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) is a broad alliance of different civil society actors that are part of the struggle for food sovereignty and agroecology in Africa. These include: African farmers’ organizations, African NGO networks, specialist African NGOs, consumer movements in Africa, international organizations which support the...

Every day since the early 1990s some 2,000 hectares of irrigated land in arid and semi-arid areas across 75 countries have been degraded by salt. Over the years not only the scale but also the range of threats to food, water and income security of vulnerable communities around the world...

Agroecology is increasingly evoked at the core of international discussions on the future of food and agricultural systems across the world, emerging as one of the pertinent responses to major global challenges in terms of economic & social development and the environment, largely reflected in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs):...

Young people have key roles to play in helping achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. With this in mind, FAO is actively trying to involve young people in taking actions for a better future. One of the ways recent FAO has done this is through an annual youth camp held...

The 12-minute film ‘We Unite’ is a window into the lives of two organic farmers and the reasons they join the yearly ‘We are Fed-Up’ demonstration in Germany. Along with hundreds of other farmers, they drive their tractors into the heart of Berlin where they unite with thousands of citizens calling for a better food and...

28 February, 2019, Bamako—Highly-vulnerable communities in the Sahel has agroecology as a mechanism to stem the rise of hunger and malnutrition in a region buffeted by increased pressure on natural resources including soils and water, the loss of biodiversity, and the uncertainties associated with climate change.

The Centre promotes cross-cutting research using Agroecological science to plan biodiverse, resilient and productive agricultural systems in Latin America. In addition, it develops research and training projects as well as publications, integrating traditional practices with novel knowledge-based ones related to ecology, agronomy and social sciences, in order to support the scaling...

CEJA's 2019 Activity Report is the organisation's annual summary of its activities for the year that has passed. It contains information about CEJA, its Presidency and Secrtariat, the topics it tackled 2019 and the projects it is involved in.

This article discusses the economic dimensions of agroecological farming systems in Europe. It firstly theoretically elaborates the reasons why, and under what conditions, agroecological farming systems have the potential to produce higher incomes than farms that follow the conventional logic. This theoretical exposition is then followed by a presentation of...

The EIP-AGRI Workshop: "Small is smart" - Innovative solutions for small agricultural and forestry holdings, will take place in Bucharest, Romania, on 29-30 October 2019. This two-day event will take place on Tuesday 29 and Wednesday 30 October 2019 in Bucharest Romania. Farmers and farmers' organisations, foresters, EIP-AGRI Operational Groups, SMEs, start-ups, advisers, universities, research and technology organisations,...

Traditional agricultural systems can sustain biodiversity and conserve genetic resources for food and agriculture, building resilence to climate change while respecting and promoting rural livelihoods and knowledge systems. It was to identify, support and safeguard these systems that FAO launched the Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) programme. An event starting today in...

Evidence from different studies has revealed a great contribution of agro-ecology in solving the world hunger sustainably. Agro-ecology addresses the problems and limitations of industrial agriculture such as inequalities, increased poverty and malnutrition rate, and environment degradation especially climate change; which are the roots causes of hunger in the world...

This online and face-to-face course in French provides practical knowledge on agronomical techniques from production to marketing. The objective of the distance-learning modules is to become familiar with the environment of Miracle Farms and to acquire basic notions of Agroecology in a diversified orchard through interaction with a trainer and participation...