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Pathways for the amplification of agroecology
A transition to an agriculture based on agroecological principles would provide rural families with significant socioeconomic and environmental benefits. If agroecology has such great potential to feeding the world, why it is not adopted more widely by farmers? Most research analyzing factorsneeded for scaling up agroecology focuses on the social...
2018 - Agroecology and sustainable food systems
Artículo de blog
Inspirational ideas: Working on resilient dairy farming
Dairy farming is currently facing a number of challenges. On the one hand, the products have to meet high environmental standards and animal welfare requirements, on the other hand the market demands cheap products. Kirsten Wosnitza, who runs a farm of 120 dairy cows in Schleswig-Holstein with her husband Gerd...
Germany
2018 - Eip Agri Agriculture&Innovation
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Food sovereignty and the regeneration of terraced landscapes
The emerging food sovereignty paradigm offers a viable alternative for food, farming and well−being in terraced landscapes and the territories they are embedded in. This paper first defines ‘food sovereignty’ and briefly describes the origins and history of this policy framework for food and agriculture. The second part of this...
2018 - Annals for Istrian and Mediterranean Studies
Documento de la Conferencia
2nd International Symposium on Agroecology - Chair's Summary
This document represents an attempt by the Chair to capture the richness of the contributions presented during the Symposium by different stakeholders and experts, to be more fully registered in the full report of the Symposium to be prepared by FAO, and does not necessarily reflect the opinions and views...
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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Using agroecology to enhance dietary diversity
United Nations System Standing Committee on Nutrition (UNSCN) News
Changes in farming and land-use practices over the last 60 years have resulted in a significant decline in overall agrobiodiversity. This decline in domesticated crop and livestock breeds, as well as edible wild plant and animal species, is occurring at an incredible rate.This paper focuses on the contributions that agroecology...
2018 - United Nations System Standing Committee on Nutrition (UNSCN)
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Salud y Derecho a la Alimentación - Bienestar, equidad y sosteniblidad a través de las políticas alimentarias locales
La salud y el derecho a una alimentación adecuada son derechos que se encuentran avalados y secundados por numerosos tratados, acuerdos y jurisprudencia desde el nivel internacional hasta el local. Sin embargo, a pesar de los compromisos, nos encontramos ante una situación de emergencia debido al ininterrumpido aumento de la...
Spain
2018 - Fundación Entretantos, con la colaboración de la Red de Ciudades por la Agroecología
Hoja informativa
The Zambia food change lab
Maize is the predominant crop in Zambia, both in terms of production and consumption, and levels of crop diversity on Zambian farms tend to be very low. The country’s maize-centric food system contributes to poverty, malnutrition, and vulnerability to drought, pests and diseases. Growing a wider variety of nutritious crops...
Zambia
2018 - Hivos-IIED
Boletín informativo
Romanian National Rural Network Newsletter
Romanian Rural Network News no.6/2018. a
Romania
2018 - Romanian Rural Network
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Políticas Alimentarias Urbanas para la Sostenibilidad
Análisis de experiencias en el Estado español, en un contexto internacional
El informe ha sido elaborado por la Fundación Entretantos, con el apoyo de la Red de Ciudades por la Agroecología y la Fundación RUAF. Consiste en el estudio comparado de políticas alimentarias desarrolladas en once ciudades integradas en dicha Red, partiendo de un análisis de políticas alimentarias urbanas a nivel internacional y...
Spain
2018 - Fundación Entretantos
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Agrobiodiversity in Southeast Europe - Assessment and Policy Recommendations
The three-year project “Rural Development through Integrated Forest and Water Resource Management in Southeast Europe (LEIWW)” is jointly implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and the Standing Working Group for Regional Rural Development (SWG RRD). The project aims to improve the regional capacities for sustainable management of...
2018
Artículo de revista especializada
Challenges and Action Points to Amplify Agroecology in Europe
Agriculture in Europe results in the production of food for both the European population and for the export sector. Significant environmental and social problems have emerged with the intensification of European agriculture. These include the loss of biodiversity, the contamination of soils, water, and food with pesticides, and the eutrophication...
European Union
2018 - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute ( MDPI) - Sustainability
Artículo de revista especializada
Using comparative historical analysis to compensate shortcomings of crosssectional methods in explaining causal mechanisms: Lessons from a study of rice farmers in Vietnam
The benefits of mixed methods are well recognised. Using mixed methods, researchers are able to overcome shortcomings inherent in individual methods while enhancing the validity and reliability of their research findings. Mixed methods are commonly used in cross-sectional studies – to answer research questions, and/or explore contemporary social issues. However,...
Viet Nam
2018
Vídeo
AGROECOLOGY IN ACTION: The Women of Kampong Speu, Cambodia
In the villages of Samrong Tong, district of Kampong Speu province, Cambodia, women vegetable farmers are at the forefront of promoting agroecology.
In this short documentary, watch how the Women Organic Vegetable Producer Group, with the support of the Cambodian Center for Study and Development in Agriculture (CEDAC), are able to...
Cambodia
2018 - PAN Asia Pacific
Artículo de revista especializada
Multi-actor networks and innovation niches: university training for local Agroecological Dynamization
The global environmental and social-economic crises of industrialized agriculture have led to the emergence of agroecology as an alternative approach aiming to increase the ecological, social and economic sustainability of agri–food systems. The ‘multi-level perspective’ is now a widely used framework to understand and promote the upscaling of local innovation niches, such as...
Spain
2018
Boletín informativo
Romanian Rural Network Newsletter No. 4
Romanian Rural Network Newsletter, with a lot of news from Romania and EU
Romania
2018 - Romanian Rural Development Network
Artículo de revista especializada
Agroecological Transition - What can sustainability transition frameworks teach us? An ontological and empirical analysis
In the next section, we analyze some ontological mismatches of the main sustainable transition frameworks and identify debates and gaps in current research. Instead of reinforcing the understanding of sustainability issues, we conclude that a hasty combination of frameworks without critical reflection on their ontologies generates theoretical inconsistencies and the...
2018
Boletín informativo
Romanian Rural Network Newsletter No. 3
Romanian Rural Network Newsletter, with news article regarding Rural development in Romania and in EU
Romania
2018 - Romanian Rural Network for Rural Development
Documento de trabajo
Agroecology- Innovating for sustainable agriculture & food system
A growing body of scientific evidence shows that agroecology innovations and practices are technically feasible, affordable, politically socially and culturally acceptable, adaptable to local circumstances and environmentally sound. This paper presents a set of evaluation criteria with which to assess innovations against such conditions.
2018 - Friends of the Earth International
Hoja informativa
Organic Sector in the European Union
Organic farming is one of the most dynamic sectors of the European agri-food industry. Organic farming means producing food respecting the natural life cycles, minimising the human impact on the environment. The European Union organic logo guarantees production and quality standards for organic farming, such as sustainable production, strict limitations...
European Union
2018 - European Commission
Libro
Potentially Important Food Plants of Nepal
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...
Nepal
2018
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