This edition of the EU Rural Review focuses on the resource efficiency challenge and examines what the concept of ‘doing more with less’ means for rural development in this regard. The Earth’s natural resources are fundamental to health, well-being and quality of life on the planet. As the global population approaches...

El folleto describe qué es MULCH o cobertura de suelo, sus beneficios, la forma en cómo se realiza,  los materiales que requiere y los efectos fisicos, quimicos y biológicos para el suelo. 

Este video explica con el apoyo de expertos qué es la milpa, su diversidad y su importancia como cultivo funcional. Además siguiendo el hilo conductor de la sopa de guías con chepiles de Oaxaca, la combinación de ingredientes de la milpa, para lograr una combinación de sabores y platillos ricos...

SIMRA’s fourth brochure collecting examples of social innovation in marginalised rural areas has just been published. This collection of brochures aims at concretely illustrating social innovation through the presentation of local on-going initiatives throughout Europe and the Mediterranean basin, taking turns addressing different marginalized rural areas. This brochure addresses mountain...

There is a broad consensus that agroecology can be instrumental in achieving a wide range of policy, environmental and food security targets, from sustainability related goals to the reduction of rural poverty. Building on the 1st International Symposium on Agroecology for Food Security and Nutrition, held in Rome in 2014, and...

  2018 is the year for change and action! As part of the European days of Action, Urgenci joins forces with organizations across Europe to call out to decision makers to support a sustainable transformation of our food systems. During the month of October awareness rising events will take place across...

This book presents selected genetic resources and their contribution to sustainable agricultural practices and food systems, yet note that many more could not be covered. Pieces of the story of Turkey’s food and agriculture and environmental heritage can be found in many sources, for instance, in the national periodic country...

This booklet presents FAO’s work on mainstreaming biodiversity as a crosscutting theme in the agriculture, fisheries and forestry sectors. It provides examples of on-the-ground activities and highlights relevant international mechanisms.

The EAFRD holds a budget of €96.4 billion and is available for co-financing rural development projects in the 27 EU Member States. Governed by Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005, the EAFRD is focused on three main types of rural development activities. These are: • Improving the competitiveness of agriculture and forestry;...

International treaties and conventions encourage national governments to recognize, protect, and promote traditional knowledge, including traditional agroecological knowledge. Following this mandate, a multidisciplinary team of Spanish scientists from 7 universities and research centers have worked together with the Spanish seed network ‘Red de Semillas: Resembrando e Intercambiando’ to develop CONECT-e....

The purpose of this study is to explore whether and how products from agroecological production systems are being valued in markets. The study is based on a meta-analysis of 12 case studies (Benin, the Plurinational State of Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Ecuador, France, Kazakhstan, Mozambique, Namibia, Uganda), mainly from...

It is widely accepted that crop yields will be affected by climate change. However, the role played by climate in affecting crop yields vis-a-vis non-climatic stresses, is often unclear, limiting decision choices around efforts to promote increased production in light of multiple stresses.

Countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia need better engagement in global sustainable livestock processes when developing national policies for their livestock production sectors. Solving this problem is one aim of meetings begun today in Uman, Ukraine, on the continued development of a Global Agenda for Sustainable Livestock, gathering myriad stakeholders...

Bio Gardening Innovations [BIOGI] is a non profit making organization operating from Vihiga County in Western Kenya.The organization works with small holder farmers and like minded Non Government Organizations and other associations and networks addressing that focus on raising food using agro-ecological principles and sustainable management of natural resources within...

A better use of crop genetic diversity is recognized as an essential leverage for agroecology, as it promotes various ecosystem services, in a context of increasing environmental stochasticity caused by global change. Increasing within field diversity through the use of cultivar mixtures is a timely option, as testified by past...

This report is a compilation, which captures the experiences of the Project Team during their engagement with their respective governments and various organizations over the 5 years of project implementation. Such experiences were compiled for, shared, and discussed at a workshop specifically organised by the FAO FPAM project and held...

Agroecological symbiosis (AES) is a new, transformative model for adaptive and resilient localized food production and consumption. An AES is formed by farms, small and medium-scale food processors, and bioenergy producers working as one system, in close proximity to each other. The physical proximity is dictated by the ecological necessity...

O presente trabalho, objetiva por abordagem decolonial apresentar práticas e vivências da agroecologia, alinhadas à economia solidária que resgatam modos alternativos das relações econômicas, na chamada economia feminista por meio do feminismo comunitário. Para isto, a pesquisa qualitativa trará como sujeitas as mulheres do Sistema Participativo de Garantia da Qualidade...

This book was prepared under the framework of TCP/UZB/3501: Institutional capacity building to develop organic agriculture and to promote good agriculture practices in Uzbekistan to provide guidance to the stakeholders. This book brings together the status of organic agriculture in Uzbekistan including, market, legal standards, methods, experiences and useful methods...

Provides an overview of Agroecology in Europe and central Asia countries, also how agroecology can support the SDGs achievement and how countries in the region can implement agroecology at national level.