Healthy plants constitute the foundation for all life on earth, making up the oxygen we breathe and over 80% of the food we eat. Plant health is the key to the sustainable intensification of agriculture to feed the growing global population by 2050. Thus, recognition, advocacy and support for the...

En este número LEISA enfoca la agrobiodiversidad como “una amplia y compleja expresión de las interacciones entre sociedad y naturaleza, y parte fundamental del patrimonio biocultural”. Desde esa perspectiva es una tarea actual reconocer y resaltar el rol que cumple la agricultura campesina como creadora incesante de nuevas variedades de...

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...

Oliver Moore attended the 2nd Agroecology Europe Forum in Crete recently. In the first of three reports from the island and event, he tells us here about one of the field trips. This was a visit to the inspiring Apo Kinou social coop, where production, distribution, and consumption are all under collective...

Este Documento de Política Pública tiene como objetivo relacionar la resiliencia climática rural en América Latina y el Caribe (ALC) con los resultados del Reporte Especial sobre el Calentamiento Global de 1.5°C elaborado por el Panel Intergubernamental de Expertos sobre el Cambio Climático (IPCC, por sus siglas en inglés), poniendo...

For rural youth, many of the opportunities available locally are in agriculture, but young people often view this sector as tedious, risky, low-income and generally, not a worthwhile pursuit. They prefer to migrate to larger cities in the hopes of finding a better life.  To directly address these issues, FAO is...

Más de 60 organizaciones de la Agricultura Familiar, Campesina e Indigena de Argentina comenzaron a reunirse a mediados del año 2018 con las miras puestas en consolidar un Programa Agrario Nacional.  Para debatir los puntos de ese programa se realizará el 7 y 8 de mayo de 2019, en el Microestadio...

When we introduce Agroecology we tend to throw out our little phrase that it’s ‘a science, a set of practices, and a citizen’s movement’. No, no, no, Agroecology is far more than this. This may be a useful summary at times but we mustn’t get stuck on that. We don’t...

A Comissão de Agricultura e Reforma Agrária (CRA) aprovou projeto de lei (PL 778/2019) que propõe reservar, pelo menos, 10% das vagas dos Institutos Federais de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia (Ifets) às pessoas ligadas à agricultura familiar. O autor, senador Chico Rodrigues (DEM-RR), defende a qualificação dos agricultores familiares, que...

A rapid increase in aquaculture production in Bangladesh has lowered fish prices, increased protein consumption, and reduced poverty. The Making of a Blue Revolution in Bangladesh offers a valuable case study of how this transformation in the fish value chain has occurred and how it has improved the lives of...

This course, organized by Sustainable Agriculture Tanzania (SAT) prepares you to meet the standards of the organic market for cinnamon, black pepper, cloves, turmeric, and ginger. This comprehensive course includes classroom tuition, practical training in the plot, and a field visit to spice farmers in the Uluguru Mountains. The objetive of this course...

En esta publicación la FAO presenta un diagnóstico sobre los riesgos y necesidades específicas de las poblaciones dedicadas a la pesca artesanal y la acuicultura de recursos limitados en América Latina y el Caribe, realiza un compendio de las principales programas e iniciativas de protección social existentes en la región...

The ACIAR project ‘Strategies Using Floriculture to Improve Livelihoods in Indigenous Australian and Pacific Island Communities’ utilised value chain analyses as a unifying framework in and across participating countries. The overall aim of this multifaceted project was to identify constraints and opportunities for indigenous enterprise development through floriculture. The potentially...

Ahead of Indigenous Terra Madre Asia and Pan-Pacific, running from October 11-14th 2019 in Hokkaido, Japan, we spoke to indigenous delegate Imanul Huda, member of the Kapuas Hulu Slow Food Community in Indonesia. In our interview, Imanul discusses his involvement with Slow Food and his work to protect natural resources and sustainable food sources...

Researchers at the AgroecologyNow initiative at the Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience (CAWR) and Cultivate! partnered to produce this new publication. The guide highlights the challenges and emerging opportunities that might arise when designing mapping processes. It aims to support mapping efforts to be powerful tools for food system change. The guide recommends thinking...

Producing more food with less water is a straightforward objective that could be realized through using better production practices. The challenge is in achieving an overall optimum in using the little water available. Clarification of the WP concept in its different dimensions - economic, social and environmental – has become...

Esta pesquisa faz parte de um conjunto de ações voltadas para fortalecer a rede de pesquisa e transferência de tecnologia para agricultura familiar de forma a ampliar a disponibilidade de informações sobre pesquisa agropecuária às comunidades amazônicas. São reflexões teóricas e experiências de pesquisa e de trtansferência tecnológica apresentadas e...

Aníbal Chiramberro comenzó como trabajador rural y se fue formando en la cría de ovinos. Luego de varios años de actividad logró hacer realidad su sueño de tener un campo propio y montar su propia Cabaña. Gracias a políticas específicas para productores pequeños, logró ir creciendo y consolidándose en el...

El presente trabajo busca analizar las políticas de inclusión de la agricultura familiar (AF) en el marco de las estrategias de desarrollo territorial implementadas en Argentina en el período 2003-2015. El mismo parte de una perspectiva interdisciplinaria, con aportes provenientes de la sociología, la ciencia política, la antropología y la...

We are now approaching 2020, which means that one third of the time set to reach the Sustainable Development Goals has passed. What we have seen is a growing commitment across the world to the Zero Hunger agenda. Countries are advancing in setting up platforms that will be able to...