KAFSCUL (Karamoja Agro-Farm Systems Consults), a private organization in Uganda, has been working with small-scale farmers in Jie County to improve soil fertility and make farmland more resilient to adverse weather conditions. 

Environmental conditions and management are the main factors determining the availability of agricultural products at the local level (farm, village). The environment encompasses biophysical factors (climate, water, soil, pests, land available, etc.), while management involves decisions taken by the farmers themselves. Similarly, the impacts of climate change will vary substantially...

Os produtos da biodiversidade e da agricultura familiar têm se destacado em cardápios de muitos restaurantes do país. Atendendo à demanda crescente por alimentos produzidos sem o uso de agroquímicos, chefs de cozinha estão inovando as receitas com ingredientes orgânicos. Uma das chefs de cozinha que está trilhando este caminho é...

As contribuições da agricultura familiar para a promoção do direito à segurança alimentar e nutricional da população brasileira são inegáveis, com impactos significativos na dinamização socioeconômica dos territórios rurais e nos arranjos produtivos locais. O conjunto de políticas públicas voltadas para o fortalecimento do setor, implementado nas últimas décadas, tem...

A recent sub-regional symposia - Symposium on sustainable food systems and nutrition governance for healthy diets in Central Asia and Caucasus – was held from 24-26 April 2019 in Astana, Kazakhstan. During the event, several countries acknowledged the need to shift to more sustainable production patterns, including a shift away...

El presente documento tiene por objeto fundamentar las posiciones del MSC hacia el futuro proceso de políticas del CSA sobre agroecología y otras innovaciones. Una versión más breve de esta perspectiva figura también en la nueva edición, de 2019, del Observatorio del Derecho a la Alimentación y a la Nutrición...

En colaboración con la Sociedad Científica Latinoamericana de Agroecología (SOCLA), la Fundación CIPAV (Centro para la investigación en sistemas sostenibles de producción agropecuaria) y el Centro Latinoamericano de Investigaciones Agroecológicas (CELIA), el profesor emérito de la Universidad de California – Berkeley, Ph.D Miguel Altieri, dictará una nueva versión del curso...

Unlike intensive agriculture, sustainable farming has a great potential for benefiting the environment and preserving natural resources. There are more methods that overlap in many principles that are sustainable in the long-run and may be 100 percent organic or at least from the biggest part. The following ten sustainable farming...

Case studies compiled recently by Global Forest Coalition (GFC) members and allies in Brazil, Chile, Mexico and Paraguay underline the role of agribusiness in peasant farmers´ and Indigenous Peoples´ lives. These examples help to deconstruct the myth that large-scale, industrial agriculture is "feeding the world", and that it is compatible with other...

Este compendio se compone de diferentes partes: – Una introducción general. – Una primera parte, relativa a los principios metodológicos generales, a saber: • los principios y desafíos de la evaluación,  • las diferentes situaciones de uso y los distintos objetivos de la evaluación, • los efectos y los criterios de evaluación propuestos en el...

O percentual de participação dos orgânicos nas compras feitas pela Companhia Nacional de Abastecimento (Conab), no Programa de Aquisição de Alimentos (PAA),  triplicou nos últimos cinco anos. Segundo a Conab, no ano passado, 6% dos alimentos adquiridos nas modalidades executadas pela Companhia eram orgânicos. Em 2013, esse índice era de 2,2%. De 2013 a 2018,...

What are mycorrhizal fungi? Mycorrhizal fungi form symbiosis with > 90% of land plants They live in the soil and colonize plant roots Mycorrhizae provides better absorption of nutrients and increased water uptake to the plant in exchange for carbon supply They cannot function without living plants Plants control the symbiosis, root exudates trigger spore...

Una de las causas del cambio climático y la pérdida de biodiversidad es la agricultura intensiva, el modo en el que producimos los alimentos. La llave para ver cómo podemos mejorar nuestra alimentación sin destruir el planeta, la "agroecología" propone una producción de forma sostenible. Emma Siliprandi, Oficial de Agricultura de...

Agricultural practices contribute considerably to emissions of greenhouse gases. So far, knowledge on the impact of organic compared to non-organic farming on soil-derived nitrous oxide (N2O) and methane (CH4) emissions is limited. We investigated N2O and CH4fluxes with manual chambers during 571 days in a grass-clover– silage maize – green...

In this report, the HLPE explores the nature and potential contributions of agroecological and other innovative approaches to formulating transitions towards sustainable food systems (SFSs) that enhance FSN. The HLPE adopts a dynamic, multiscale perspective, focusing on the concepts of transition and transformation. Many transitions need to occur in particular...

Dans le Sud de Madagascar, AVSF a contribué à travers 2 projets à la promotion de l'agroécologie, au développement de l'agriculture familiale et l'amélioration de l'accès aux services de proximité et de l'accès à l'eau.

The selected examples include dissemination of agricultural innovation, food production, short supply chains, organic production, reduction of environmental degradation, rural entrepreneurship, and promotion of the countryside.

This OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2019-2028 foresees that the demand for agricultural products will grow by 15% over the coming decade. The way in which this demand is met will determine the sector’s impact on the natural resource base, notably land, water, and biodiversity. Rising food production also comes with higher...

CEJA, Rural Youth Europe and MIJARC Europe, the three main European organisations representing rural youth and young farmers, launched their 2019 EU elections manifesto today. The document, titled “Empowering Young Farmers and Rural Youth”, was released on the occasion of the “EU Young Farmer Speed Dating” event hosted by CEJA in...

The Om Sleiman farm in the village of Bil'in is part of a burgeoning movement of agroecology and community supported agriculture (CSA) in the occupied West Bank. Depending on the season, the farm grows broccoli, ginger, turmeric, kale and watermelon, as well as other fruits and vegetables. It claims to be the...