As professional car mechanic, Vasile Mătrășoaie worked in the former Suceava car repair enterprise, and after work, he took pleasure in growing vegetables. He was even selling to his colleagues the seeds he was planting in order to make some money. This was his beginning in a field in which...

Berindu is an ordinary village located at 31 kilometres from Cluj-Napoca, on the road to Zalău. People from here, householders like in the whole Ardeal, liver their lives working the land and rearing animals. In the small locality affiliated to Sânpaul Municipality from Cluj we found a young investor in...

At only 23 km from Braşov, on the National Road 13, there is Rotbav, a village from Feldioara Municipality, Braşov County. The establishment is proud of its magnificent historical past along which it borne numerous names. The legend says that in the first half of the 13th century, about 20...

Agriculture plays an important role in social stability of the Kyrgyz Republic. More than a half of the population lives in rural area and their income is strongly linked to agricultural activities. The level of poverty among the rural population (41.4 percent) is much higher than urban areas (28. 5...

La ciudad de Puebla es una de las más contaminadas y con menos áreas verdes de México. Además de carente de mecanismos e infraestructura para atender esta problemática, está inserta en una situación alimentaria grave, caracterizada por 3.72 millones de personas (64.5% del total del estado) que padecen algún grado...

In Bubi District, Hauke irrigation scheme was completed in 2012. The community engaged WV to build on the work originally initiated by the European Commission and the Government of Zimbabwe, to complete the irrigation of the land and the building of canals. In the most recent cycle (July-December, 2012),150 workers...

More than half a million marginalised coffee growers affected by climate change now have a concrete opportunity to adapt to the effects of global change, thanks to the agro-ecological approach that has been developed over 10 years by Practical Action in the Peruvian Amazon.

"En este número, presentamos experiencias de mujeres agricultoras que han optado por practicar la agroecología como alternativa para lograr la sostenibilidad de la producción de alimentos para su familia y comunidad, y la mejora de sus agroecosistemas. Pero en lo social y económico la práctica de la agroecología que presentan...

The Oakland Institute today released 33 case studies that shed light on the tremendous success of agroecological agriculture across the African continent in the face of climate change, hunger, and poverty.

Waarabe Dareeray village has been known for the good crop production due to its good soil type and availability of water. However, the farmers’ fortunes changed when the area was hit by prolonged drought which led to poor crop yields. Many farmers migrated to other villages in search of other...

This paper approached the complex issue of the association of semi-subsistence vegetable producers and their access to the large retail chains, in the context of the financial support received through the National Rural Development Program in order to connect these farms to the market.    

The International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems, IPES-Food, is a new initiative aimed at informing the debate on how to reform food systems. IPES-Food has identified 10 key principles to guide the urgently-needed transition to sustainable food systems. They include principles to shape the sustainable food systems of...

Household mentoring is an innovative tool that provides the skills and knowledge that enable poor families to improve their well-being and incomes. And, as an IFAD-supported programme in Uganda has shown, it also promotes greater equality and shared decision-making among household members.

El agua es indispensable para todas las actividades humanas y sobre todo para la agricultura. Pero también es un recurso cada vez más escaso en el mundo y su desperdicio y contaminación son enormes. En esta edición de LEISA presentamos artículos basados en experiencias innovadoras de uso del agua realizadas...

The transition from Socialism to Capitalism occurred in many countries worldwide, but nowhere was it so sharp as in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union. Many researchers studied this process since the fall of the Berlin Wall in the autumn of 1989. Twenty-five years later, an international workshop was...

The work aims to develop sustainable systems of food production by promoting agroecological practices. This experience was developed in rural communities of the People's Council Zaragoza, municipality of San José de las Lajas, Mayabeque. Action-participation, based on philosophy of popular education and university extension - the investigation was used as...

"La erosión de suelos es un problema que afecta a la productividad de los agroecosistemas. Los suelos de los trópicos de América Latina son contaminados y sufren la depredación de su biodiversidad debido a la deforestación y otras acciones generadas por actividades extractivas. Esta edición de LEISA se enfoca en...

Greenpeace’s Food and Farming Vision describes what Ecological Farming means, and how it can be summarised in seven overarching, interdependent principles – based on a growing body of scientific evidence on agroecology. Ecological Farming combines modern science and innovation with respect for nature and biodiversity. It ensures healthy farming and healthy food....

A Regional Meeting for Africa on Agroecology for food and nutrition security in Sub-Saharan Africa brought together for two days in Dakar over 300 participants, representing social movements and producers, the private sector, the academia and agronomic research institutes, as well as indigenous peoples and grassroots communities from across Sub-Saharan...

Agroecologia da América Latina e Caribe, ocorrido em junho de 2015, em Brasília-DF, contou com a participação de gestores públicos, de acadêmicos e de representantes de organizações e movimentos sociais de 21 países da região.3 Os conteúdos-chave debatidos no seminário são apresentados na sequência por meio da reprodução de intervenções...