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El derecho humano a la alimentación. Debates y praxis en un escenario de crisis

El efecto pandémico de la covid-19 recrudeció un extenso marco de flagelos anteriores, entre ellos, la vulneración a uno de los derechos más elementales y constitutivos de nuestra condición humana: el derecho a la alimentación. En este contexto, desde el Área de Derechos Humanos de la Universidad Nacional de Rosario...
Argentina
2022 - Universidad Nacional de Rosario (UNR)

Blog article
Exploring the connections between Agroecology and Regenerative Agriculture

Food security is one of a human being’s most basic needs, and the threat of food insecurity causes primal anxiety. Food insecurity is among the main causes of climate-related migration and, in turn, one of the main causes of the growing insecurity of nations. With these vulnerabilities so raw, it’s no...
2022 - Agroecology Fund.

Case study
Georgia is moving forward on sustainable agritourism ambitions

Georgia is keen to grow its agritourism industry in a responsible, inclusive, eco-friendly way
Earlier this summer, renowned Georgian chef Guram Baghdoshvili prepared khinkali – a traditional Georgian meat-filled dumpling – on an Instagram live hosted by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and FAO. As Baghdoshvili took viewers through the steps – rolling out the dough, mixing the filling, shaping the dumpling just so to prevent...
Georgia
2022 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO

Book part
Agroecología como estrategia radical de responsabilidad social empresarial para la realización de los derechos ecológicos

Este trabajo presenta una aproximación crítica al concepto de responsabilidad social empresarial a partir de un cuestionamiento del impacto socio-ecológico de las empresas transnacionales en Latinoamérica. Se postula como hipótesis que sólo un enfoque radical de la responsabilidad social empresarial tiene potencial para contribuir a la realización de los derechos...
2022 - Organización Internacional del Trabajo,

Article
Evaluación agronómica y fisiológica de cinco cultivares de lechuga bajo dos sistemas de agricultura protegida en el departamento de Magdalena, Colombia

Objetivo. Evaluar agronómica y fisiológicamente el desarrollo de cultivares de lechuga en condiciones protegidas. Materiales y métodos. Bajo un diseño en bloques completamente al azar se evaluó el crecimiento, las características agronómicas y fisiológicas de cinco cultivares de lechuga en dos sistemas de agricultura protegida y en condiciones de campo...
Colombia
2022 - Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA)

Case study
Farmers’ Organizations as innovation intermediaries for agroecological innovations in Burkina Faso

Agroecology has been recognized as a paradigm that can offer multiple ecological and socio-economic benefits. In many developing countries, the promotion of agroecology is facilitated by intermediary organizations such as Farmers’ Organizations (FOs). Detailed studies on how FOs support their farmers in the adoption of agroecology innovations are still scarce,...
Burkina Faso
2022 - International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability

Blog article
Kicking the antibiotic habit

Humanity may be on the verge of a scary new world where antibiotics no longer work. An infected wound, for example from a scratch on a rusty nail, could be potentially fatal. Surgery would become much riskier. Common diseases such as tuberculosis would once more threaten the lives of millions....
2022 - Access Agriculture

Report
AGROECOLOGY & DIGITALISATION

Traps and opportunities to transform the food system
The digital revolution occurring across global food systems has become undeniable. From robotic tractors and spraying drones to fully integrated data-driven strategies to manage food value chains, a host of new digital technologies are now being sold as the solution to tackle a growing population, climate change and the depletion...
2022 - IFoam Organics

Video
DOCUMENTAL: Detrás del humo

“Detrás del humo”: el documental de la UNR sobre la quema en las islas El trabajo 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. “Ahí está Rosario, pero no se ve...
Argentina
2022 - UNICANAL - Universidad Nacional de Rosario

Blog article
Small-scale farmers are vital to feeding West and Central Africa and transforming food systems

Amid increasing global hunger and poverty, devastating climate change impacts, the Covid-19 pandemic and the widespread effects of the war in Ukraine, small-scale producers can play a lead role in reducing hunger and poverty at country and regional levels. On 16 November 2022, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)...
2022 - IFAD

Report
Informe sobre el uso del Instrumento para la Evaluación del Desempeño de la Agroecología (TAPE) en Argentina

Resultados y discusión desde el Área Metropolitana de Rosario
A medida que la agroecología se ha incluido cada vez más en el diálogo internacional sobre el futuro de la alimentación y la agricultura, ha habido llamados para producir las evidencias de su desempeño en las múltiples dimensiones de la sostenibilidad y de su capacidad para lograr múltiples ODS. En...
Argentina
2022 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)

Blog article
How the Association of Organic Agriculture Practitioners of Nigeria Is Empowering Communities Through Collaboration

Through one of these international interactions, NOAN collaborated with IFOAM – Organics International and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmBH to conduct the Training of Teams of Trainers (ToToT) in Nigeria from 1 – 5 February 2021. The Covid-19 pandemic prevented the training from taking place in person as planned,...
Nigeria
2022 - Ifoam Organics International

Website
La Terre de Milpa

Un projet de développement et de promotion de l’agroécologie pour les femmes Nous créons un écolieu sur le territoire de la Métropole de Lyon, à Saint-Didier-au-Mont-d’Or qui sera : Une ferme polyvalente d’insertion, d’apprentissage et de production en agroécologie (maraîchage, fruits et production de pains bio) Un tiers-lieu nourricier : espace ouvert de rencontres...
2022 - La Terre de Milpa

Blog article
Weeds: What can they tell us about our soils?

What is a weed? We generally think of it as a ‘plant in the wrong place’. But what if we viewed these plants as signs of the ecology in which they are embedded? In this blog, Chris Maughan discusses a recent participatory study exploring the use of ‘plant bioindicators’ by...
2022 - Agroecology Now!

Blog article
KHEA holds Agroecology debates in Schools to promote organic farming

Knowledge hub for Organic Agriculture in East Africa (KHEA) on Tuesday, April 14, 2022, climaxed its inter-school debate competition on organic agriculture in schools. The debate was meant to empower the youth on the health benefits of consuming organic products and also promote organic agriculture among students. Speaking at the...
2022 - Knowledge hub for Organic Agriculture in East Africa (KHEA)

Event
Online Course: Agroecological Multitudes ''civilizational transformations and post-capitalism'' every Tuesday and Thursday from 1 to 24 November 2022

This online course organized by the Latin American Scientific Society of Agroecology (SOCLA for its acronym in Spanish), seeks to investigate the social processes of agroecology in the context of the current crises. It will develop how to consider agroecology as part of the complex - but urgent - political project towards...
2022 - SOCLA

Blog article
From traditional practice to top climate solution, agroecology gets growing attention

The recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report emphasises the need for action to reduce emissions in the strongest terms yet, and one of the key strategies it outlines for policymakers is agroecology. According to the IPCC, agroecology, which includes techniques ranging from intercropping to agroforestry, is a solution...
2022

Article
Between institutional reform and building popular movements: The political articulation of agroecology in Brazil

Agroecology is increasingly seen to contain solutions that can be used for wider societal transformation. While debates have mainly focused on reformist versus revolutionary strategies, less attention has been paid to how such strategies connect to peasant demands and how they can be combined for agroecological transformation. This article explored on...
Brazil
2022 - Journal of Rural Studies

Journal article
Organic Farming as an Alternative Maintenance Strategy in the Opinion of Farmers from Natura 2000 Areas

gricultural land accounts for approximately 40% of the total Natura 2000 (N2K) network area. Therefore, many habitats and species protected under the Habitats and Birds Directives are dependent on or linked to agricultural practices. This implies that sustaining agriculture of a high natural value is a priority in achieving the...
European Union
2022

Journal
Organic Research Centre Bulletin No. 136 - Summer 2022

The Organic Research Centre is a leading, independent, research charity working for better farming, food and health, promoting environmental sustainability, quality food and health and wellbeing for all. We work in the UK and internationally to: research and develop practical, sustainable land management and food production systems based on organic...
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2022 - The Organic Research Centre
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