The Androy region, in southern Madagascar, is known as a semi-arid climate region, with high variability in rainfall and regularly suffers from droughts. As noted above, environmental issues (droughts, rainfall) drive several disturbances, affecting frequently the production systems in the region and livestock activities.   In response to climate vulnerability, there is...

This report, co-developed by Biovision, IPES-Food and the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), zooms in on the all-important financial flows in food system research to sub-Saharan Africa, with a view to understanding more about the limitations in current trends to unlock sustainable transitions and where the opportunities lie for sparking agroecological transition. From the Green...

This course addressed issues and articulations around local agroecological based food systems, including food resistances, which together with agroecological experiences constitute the responses against agro-industrial crops (genetically modified, monocultures, biofuels, greenhouses, etc.) and food models (large surfaces, junk food, school catering, etc.) that generate enormous inequalities and seriously affect the...

La pandemia de COVID-19 es una amenaza multidimensional que ha afectado los sectores político, económico, social, ambiental y alimentario. Por lo tanto, se necesita una respuesta adecuada para proteger tanto las zonas urbanas como las rurales. En línea con la “Agenda 2030”, se propone la Agroecología como solución para impulsar...

El objetivo de este diagnóstico es de conocer el nivel de adopción de la propuesta agroecológica y cuáles fueron los factores favorables y desfavorables en este proceso para poder sacar conclusiones y recomendaciones para mejorar la propuesta de la organización y elevar los niveles de adopción en las familias productoras...

Trees have traditionally been an integrated part of European farmlands and bringing them back could be part of an answer to some of our pressing environmental challenges. Asger Mindegaard and Celia Nyssens walk the readers through the forest of opportunities for more agroecological farming provided by agroforestry in Portugal. Herdade do...

In 2019, the South Korean organic movement in partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs submitted a proposal to the Ministry of Economy and Finance. This was for the provision of environmentally-friendly food[1] to pregnant women and new mothers in Seoul, Gyeonggi and Jeonnam Province, and twenty-three...

Many farmers in Europe and North America are burdened with debts due to the heavy investments they have made over the years to buy farm machinery. A new tractor easily costs 100,000 Euro or more. New agricultural policies often force farmers to change as well.

Este video muestra cómo seleccionar, reproducir y almacenar semillas criollas, a diferencias con semillas híbridas.

There is widespread acknowledgement and appreciation in Northern Europe of the important role that small farms play in supporting rural livelihoods, conserving biodiversity, and maintaining traditional landscapes, rural traditions and cultural heritage. The EU-funded SALSA project set out to examine another potentially important role of small farms – their contribution...

La pandemia provocada por el COVID-19 requiere, además de las medidas sanitarias adoptadas por los gobiernos, respuestas coordinadas para proteger a los sectores más vulnerables; mantener los sistemas agroalimentarios eficientes, inclusivos, resilientes y sensibles a la seguridad y soberanía alimentaria y nutricional. Y, consecuentemente, poder mitigar los efectos sociales y...

In February 2020, more than 100 participants from nearly 30 countries gathered together for a week-long global learning exchange on agroecology.  The practitioners work at the intersection of policy, scientific research, grassroots movement-building, and natural farming practices. They were joined by 18 donors, a half-dozen advisors, and other agroecology allies.  The...

This report explores the politics and practices of small-scale fisheries (SSF) in the context of the global movement for agroecology and food sovereignty. It frames the policy context and explains the challenges related to SSF initiatives and communities and how they organize to address them. It shows how alternative food...

En medio de la crisis socioambiental y los impactos de la agricultura intensiva, ha surgido la agroecología como una opción que propone una visión sistémica del alimento, considerando no sólo la regeneración del suelo y las relaciones ecológicas de los agroecosistemas, sino también la dignificación de las y los agricultores. El...

Part of online course Social ecologism in times of emergency, reflections from confinement treating topics as a Sustainable and healthy diet for young and old, Preparing the Day After transformative consumption options for post-confinement this virtual meeting focuses on agroecological alternatives. Emergency measures are centralizing food purchases in large supermarkets, putting small businesses...

Local food initiatives with agroecological approaches are increasingly recognized. The global pandemic's challenge is alerting communities to the importance of being self-sufficient and resilient. Overall, farmers are thriving during the pandemic by making appropriate adaptations while urban consumers moved towards 'growing own food' and 'buying local'. This issue of the Low-External-Input and...

With the focus on food security rising, smallholder farmers have been propelled into the limelight as the heroes in the production sector. They are playing a major role in nourishing large urban populations as large-scale farmers feel the impacts of COVID 19. We spoke to two organic farmers in Uganda...

De acuerdo al censo agropecuario 2018, más de dos mil explotaciones agropecuarias argentinas realizaron prácticas agroecológicas. Pero, ¿en qué consiste realizar un cultivo, por ejemplo, de trigo agroecológico? ¿Comienza con la siembra? ¿O comienza mucho antes construyendo la fertilidad que necesitamos en el suelo? Martín Zamora desde el INTA Barrow...

Weeds threaten crop yield and quality. Developing and promoting non-chemical weed management techniques can help reduce the risks linked to the use of herbicides which can impact non-target organisms, the environment and animal and human health. In this EIP-AGRI Focus Group, experts worked together to identify alternatives including redesigning cropping systems,...

The growing number of ecological, health, economic and social crises situations are compounding and are based on an exceptionally complex political reality that demands a systemic and holistic perspective. This first article of a three-part contribution to Agroecology Now presents the current moment as a crisis in capitalism that demands systemic and structural...