The basis of agricultural production is land, and farmers need a properly functioning land market in order to make the most out of this precious asset. To this end, FAO convened Central Asian representatives of all related spheres in Bishkek to discuss the potentials of developing their national agricultural land...

The Island of Sea Women: A Novel by Lisa See, 2019, 384 pages, Simon & Schuster Ltd, New York,, ISBN: 978 1 5011 54867 “Every woman who enters the sea, carries a coffin on her back. In this undersea world we tow the burdens of a hard life. We are crossing...

This document is the first of two. This brochure introduces the system of indicators and describes its principles

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...

As part of its 10th anniversary celebration this year, Access Agriculture is organising a webinar on “How to scale agroecology” on 25 October 2022, in partnership with the Agroecology Coalition. The webinar will feature an eclectic line-up of distinguished speakers and panelists, including representatives from the Agroecology Coalition, FAO Family Farming Knowledge Platform, ANTHRA, Collaborative Crop Research Program at McKnight...

The global community is coming togetherunder the auspices of the CBD, after delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, to address the “silent catastrophe” of biodiversity decline (CBD, 2018). It is anticipated that the COP 15 to the CBD will meet in Montreal, Canada from 7-19 December 2022 to finalise and...

L’Iram lance un centre de ressources en ligne dédié au développement local en République centrafricaine. On y trouve des documents relatifs au cadre politique et législatif centrafricain, de la documentation scientifique, ainsi que des travaux produits à l’occasion de la conduite de projets (études, cartes, rapports). Le site a vocation...

With increasing global consensus on the need to support a transition to sustainable agricultural practices, the Partnership for Social Accountability (PSA) Alliance has launched an innovative tool to assess the degree to which national budgets and overseas development assistance (ODA) in Africa support a transition to agroecology. In response to growing...

Nearly half of Europeans think that securing a stable supply of food in the EU at all times should be a main objective of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) according to the latest Eurobarometer on agriculture and the CAP published today. In addition, more than half of respondents (55%) think...

1.   The UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration signifies the ambition to move be-yond a defensive focus on biodiversity protection towards a proactive agenda of restoring ecosystems to generate value for people and nature.2.   The international nature regime, based on the linked concepts of biodiversity and sustainable development, has achieved much....

This document is the second of two. It explains the methodology of the indicator system in detail and guides the evaluator on how to assign a value to each criterion, conduct the assessment and interpret the results. The first document introduces the system of indicators and describes its principles.

Nestled in a verdant valley in the southern Indian state of Karnataka, about a four-hour drive southwest of Bangalore, the agroecology learning center Amrita Bhoomi is one of dozens of farmer-to-farmer training hubs around the world focused on agroecology. The center was born out of organizing efforts of the local...

Register here Organized by the Forest and Farm Facility in collaboration withthe Vietnam Farmer’s Union (VNFU)in the context of the UN Decade of Family Farming.   The objective of the conference is to discuss how business models can foster diversification – not uniformity. Gathering representatives from FFPOs, governments, international organizations, CSO/NGOs and other stakeholders from...

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...

‘You shall not push farmers into one or another direction, but empower them to decide.’ Farmer’s representatives Shamika Mone from India and Elizabeth Nsimadala from Uganda on ecological farming methods, the need for sustainable food systems, and negotiating small-holders’ rights on the international stage.

I spent my summer vacations at my grandma's after my 6th-grade examinations. Grandma lives in a small village in Kerala in India. It was always fun to be at her place, spending my days playing, helping in the kitchen and feeding the cows. I rarely visited grandma every year as...

This study presents the concepts and methods of farm certification schemes and provides information on the main existing schemes in the EU and in third countries. It analyses how these schemes can help the EU reach its sustainability objectives in the farming sector and be instrumental in the implementation and...

El trailer del documental "Detrás del humo”aborda indaga sobre las causas de los incendios que se intensificaron en 2020 y dejaron más de 400 mil hectáreas destruidas, y más de 900 especies animales afectadas.

The species Vigna unguiculata L. (Walp), commonly known as cowpea, is a multi-purpose legume that has been selected into three subspecies that are divided into grain, fodder and pod (yardlong bean) types. However, genetic bases for distinctions are not well understood. The purpose of this study was to apply genotyping-by-sequencing...

In Cuba, food security is still a challenge after years of wars to fight against colonialism, imperialism and climate change. Yet, the island is far beyond the European Green Deal objectives, having largely achieved most of the Farm to Fork and Biodiversity targets that the EU aspires to attain by 2030....