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Working paper
Sustainability in global agriculture driven by organic farming
Agricultural practices need to change to meet the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. How to achieve the SDGs is heavily contested. Here we propose a policy framework that triggers the required transition.
Organic agriculture, although not a silver bullet, is a useful component in such strategy.
2020 - Nature Sustainability
Report
Evaluación final conjunta de los proyectos “Fortalecimiento de los procesos de restitución de tierras y territorios” y “Comunidades rurales resilientes para la construcción de paz”
En agosto 2019, la Embajada de Suecia en Colombia solicitó la Oficina de Evaluación de la FAO (OED) a realizar una evaluación final de dos proyectos en forma conjunta para proporcionar recomendaciones que pudieran apoyar tanto a la Embajada de Suecia y FAO Colombia a implementar un nuevo proyecto, “Transformación...
Colombia
2020 - Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Blog article
La pandemia entre un conflicto en la agricultura familiar y la agroecología: el caso peruano
La vigente crisis sanitaria conlleva a repensar los sistemas de producción local, así como sus beneficios o daños al ecosistema y sus sociedades. En los últimos años, por ejemplo, ha surgido fuertemente el concepto de agricultura familiar para denominar al 70% de aquellos proveedores de alimentos a nivel mundial. Las...
Peru
2020 - Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales (CLACSO)
Project
BIOSOCIAL_Small farm organic vegetable production as integrated model between production and local social impact
The proposed operative group (GO) intends to set up a new circular local economy model, which combines the profitability of farms with social productivity: the valorization of horticultural genetic resources will be based on minimum technological input and on production schedule according to the needs of the community expressed by...
Italy
2020
Report
BOND's Synthesis Report
Highlighting and harvesting collective action benefits: A synthesis reflection on BOND’s regional reports
This document synthesises the principle outcomes of the four regional BOND reports Biodiversity & Locality (for Poland and the Czech Republic), Policies for Family Farming (for Portugal and Spain), Regenerative Food (for Hungary and Croatia) and Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) (for Romania, the Republic of Moldova and France). These reports above...
Poland
2020 - The BOND Project
Guidelines
Surviving Covid-19
The neglected remedy
Covid-19 is a wakeup call to us all. Let’s turn the tide away from over-processed foods that are often grown using chemicals and instead build a healthy norm, by eating a great variety of nutritious, locally produced natural foods, including indigenous crops and vegetables that we have often dropped from...
2020 - The Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA)
Video
In 2021, Celebrate the International Year of Fruits and Vegetables!
The UN General Assembly designated 2021 as the International Year of Fruits and Vegetables (IYFV). The IYFV 2021 is a unique opportunity to raise awareness on the important role of fruits and vegetables in human nutrition, food security, and health and as well in achieving UN Sustainable Development Goals. Ifoam...
2020 - IFOAM Organics
Video
DUHA Farmers Directory in Czech Republic
Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is a type of solidarity-based food system introduced to the Czech Republic by Jan Valeška, following the example of other European countries. This video presents key CSA principles, the most common forms that CSA takes in the Czech Republic, as well as the experiences of some...
Czechia
2020 - Local Food Initiatives Association
Article
Agroecology and natural agriculture could accelerate inclusive economic growth in India
On May 29, the National Institution for Transforming India (NITI Aayong), the premier policy ‘Think Tank’ of the Government of India, organized a convention with international experts with the aim of promoting agroecological agriculture in India. The experts united on the importance of producing food free of fertilizers, agrochemicals and pesticides,...
India
2020 - PIB Delhi
Blog article
Empowering sustainability in Ghana
Sometimes, it is not so easy for people to embrace sustainability instead of some “not so sustainable” practices which could be beneficial as far as their income is concerned.
Without a single doubt, sustainability holds the key to food security along with education, woman empowerment and gender equality. Sulemana Hibbatullah Wunpini is a gender activist fighting for women and girls’ rights while seeking for equality. She constantly seeks for opportunities to speak in public for everything she stands for...
Greece
2020 - Food Security Center
Blog article
Contribution to national policies for a agroecological transition in Senegal
Different actors in agroecology including farmers, grassroots community organizations, communities organizations, non-governmental organizations, researchers and private companies have decided to come together in one framework to contribute to the reflections of the State of Senegal on the question of the agroecological transition referred to as "Dynamic for an AgroEcological Transition in Senegal"(DyTAES).
DyTAES aims, in...
Senegal
2020 - CIRAD
Technical paper
COVID-19 will almost double acute hunger by end of 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic will see more than a quarter of a billion people suffering acute hunger by the end of the year, according to new figures from the World Food Programme (WFP).Latest numbers indicate the lives and livelihoods of 265 million people in low and middle-income countries will be under...
2020 - World Food Programme
Report
Agroecology in Europe and Central Asia - An overview.
This publication aims to provide an overview of actions and initiatives on Agroecology in Europe and Central Asia countries.
There is enough evidence that agroecology contributes to more sustainable food systems, in particular to delivering food production while respecting natural resources, ecosystem services and social processes. However, to assure agroecology can...
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Book
Innovative cases of organic agriculture in Asia
This book is a product of the Xichong Organic Innovation Committee, a group composed of 9 organic innovation experts from all over Asia. It provides a valuable framework for organic farming stakeholders in Asia and around the world by sharing a selection of best organic practices and innovative cases in production,...
2020 - Universitas Bakrie Press
Blog article
Ensuring quality seeds when the need is greatest
At an FAO webinar, seed experts discussed the impacts of COVID-19 on seed systems – the primary basis for human sustenance – and potential action to mitigate these. The recording of the virtual event is available online.
Food production depends on the availability, accessibility, and quality of seeds. Although the COVID-19 crisis’...
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Report
Agroecology and Markets – Stories from the field
How wide are the agroecology ripples?
We cannot talk about food sovereignty without mentioning the role of mass markets on which the majority of people depend on their income and food. These markets have demonstrated their relevance during the COVID-19 era by strengthening rural-urban linkages. Mass markets have been the main avenue through which rural people...
Cameroon - Ethiopia - Ghana - Kenya - Lesotho - Mozambique - Nigeria - Senegal - Sudan - Uganda - Zambia
2020 - Alliance for Food Sovereignty (AFSA)
Report
Collective Approaches to Land Management
The BOND Project - New Solutions for Collective Action
In order to tackle the mounting environmental, social and economic challenges that humanity faces due to the impacts of climate change and other crises, agroecological and other sustainable good practices are needed to be put forward - and upscaled. To achieve this, empowering agriculture-focused organisation in the form of collective...
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2020 - The BOND Project
Newsletter
Asia-Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions Newsletter
This Newsletter provides highlights about 2019 accomplishments of Asia-Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions
2020 - Asia-Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions APPARI
Event
VIII Congreso de Agroecología: "Identidad Latinoamericana tejiendo el territorio: transformaciones urgentes para la vida".
Conscientes de la trayectoria histórica contra hegemónica, de resistencia y lucha, de construcción y propuesta, de acción y transformación, que se entrelaza y emerge en nuestros territorios, la Agroecología, iidentidad Latinoamérica, teje el territorio y las transformaciones urgentes para la vida.
Organizado por la Sociedad Científica Latinoamericana de Agroecología (SOCLA) y...
2020 - Sociedad Científica Latinoamericana de Agroecología (SOCLA)
Video
#IGrowYourFood - Meet Ibrahima, an organic farmer from Senegal
Conventional agriculture contributes to global warming while organic enables carbon sequestration in soil. It's a powerful way to become more resilient to climate change.” Meet Ibrahima working with over 157,000 people to promote organic agriculture in Senegal
Senegal
2020 - IFOAM - Organics International
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