The Agro-Ecosystems History Laboratory of the University Pablo de Olavide and the think tank Alimentta  are pleased to announce the IX International Congress of Agroecology, which will take place in the capital of Seville, in the facilities of the University Pablo de Olavide, on the dates indicated. The theme of the Congress will focus on the...

PELUM Uganda, members & partners through the Knowledge Hub for Organic Agriculture in Eastern Africa Project (KHEA) under the Lead Coordinating agency Bio vision Africa Trust Kenya have launched a Know What You eat campaign for 1 month. The objective of the campaign is to encourage good nutrition practices to...

We had an ARC team adventure recently, travelling to the Loire-Atlantique region in north-west France. Our team came from Czech, Belgium, Ireland and France, accompanied by many more changemakers, drawn from a dozen countries.We met amazing communities of farmers and cooks, while encountering some fascinating French organisations and processes. We learned so much  - about how...

The livelihoods of Yemeni beekeepers have been severely disrupted by ongoing conflict and economic shocks. To improve smallholder beekeepers' productivity and resilience, a FAO project supported by the World Bank and funded by the Global Agriculture and Food Security Program, supported 700 small-scale beekeepers (4 percent of them women) to...

Agroecology Newsletter of November 2022

"The Organic Farmer" (TOF) is the English version of the magazine for small-scale Kenyan farmers who previously had only very limited access to information on ecological farming. It is the only magazine for ecological farming in East Africa. Similarly unique is "Mkulima Mbunifu" (The Smart Farmer), the edition of TOF in Swahili....

To expand agroecology depends on raising and stabilising incomes for small-scale producers through alternative markets that avoid profit-driven middlemen. Producers thereby retain more of the value that they add, build closer relationships with consumers, and offer nutritious food at relatively low prices. An agroecology agenda should ''Ensure proximity and confidence...

These three study reports help establish a roadmap for changing seed policies and laws toward instruments supporting farmer-based seed systems in Africa. Throughout the world, farmers play a significant role in producing, selecting, managing, and conserving plant resources. In Africa, where smallholder farmers are still the overwhelming majority, women on smallholder...

Agroecology Europe since its foundation has achieved many great successes and continues to do so with its growing number of members. This is why the Association in the next couple of years would like to strengthen the involvement of our members and the collaborations with partner organisations - to scale...

Iniciativa de la región LAC que es el Catalogo Audiovisual de tecnologías Agroecológicas (CATA). Es un proyecto donde confluyen Agroecología y Arte, conocimiento y práctica.Está pensando a manera de enciclopedia audiovisual de saberes y experinecias con enfoques difrentes en la producción agropecuaria y el relacionamiento con el medio ambiente. Dividido por...

Partners of a new resilience building initiative in Zimbabwe held a launch meeting in Harare on 7 October 2022, gathering 80 participants, including national agricultural extension programmes, government representatives, academic institutions, government representatives, private sector actors, the media, EU representatives and national agricultural research and development organisations. Entitled "Resilience Building through...

The organic movement welcomes the ‘Sustainable Carbon Cycles’ initiative of the European Commission on “carbon farming” which brings focus on soil carbon sequestration on agricultural land. While climate mitigation should clearly prioritize absolute emissions reductions, carbon sequestration in the land use sector will also be needed to meet long-term climate...

This article details the experience shared during World Soil Day 2022 event on how to make uncultivable soil fertile and suitable for food production in Slovenia while increasing interest in this subject for younger generations through practice-driven education.

Retrospective of March from Romanian Rural Network: collecting local refugee aid initiatives, agrifish council of 21 march 2022, network to innovate webinars: social innovation, informal video conference of agriculture ministers , 3rd informal meeting of national rural network support units - mediterranean cluster and many many more  

This program of the University of Vermont is designed to examine potential pathways towards the sustainable transformation of our current agrifood system by integrating economic, social, and ecological perspectives. Rooted in ''Participatory Action Research'' (PAR), the program will guide the students to identify key questions and practice new methods for integrating data from...

The Agricultural University of Athens has undertaken the initiative for the inscription of the element “Local and indigenous agricultural varieties: knowledge and practices” on the National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Greece, in collaboration with Conservation of Plant Genetic Resources – Greek Gene Bank of the Hellenic Agricultural Organisation...

Staking allows more light and better air circulation to plants. Staked tomato plants are less attacked by pests and diseases and the fruits do not easily spoil. By staking your plants, they do not fall over due to the weight of the tomato fruits. Your plants will grow healthy and...

The 27th Conference of the Parties (COP 27) to the UNFCCC hosted by Egypt in Sharm el-Sheikh from 6-18 November 2022. Global food security and priority areas relevant to FAO’s mandate are high on this year's agenda. FAO is actively engaged in the climate conference, leading and co-leading events and...

The official kick-off meeting of the project for the development of Agroecology and Safe food System Transitions (ASSET) in Lao PDR took place on September 28-29, 2022, at the Provincial of Agriculture and Forestry of Xieng Khouang province, Lao PDR, co-chaired by Dr. Thatheva SAPHANTHONG, Director of the Department of Agriculture Land Management...

In this video, Viacampesina.org collects and shares the testimonies of farmers from the South and East African region, who rely on peasant agroecological methods to revive their soils and fight the climate crisis. They also discuss the central importance of farmers and small-scale food producers in implementing pragmatic solutions to...