Since 2015, the Earth to Tables Legacies project has brought together a small group of food activists across big differences - youth/elders, rural/urban, Indigenous/settler, Canadian/Mexican for exchange around food justice, and food sovereignty. Conversations and food initiatives are filmed and culminated in a multimedia educational package that includes facilitator’s guides, resources,...

The farm side of agroecology is only half the picture. Food sovereignty is of vital importance; it's the right for every single person on this Earth to have access to nutritious food and the knowledge of how to prepare it.” George, an agroecological farmer from the UK, for #IGrowYourFood

Globally an estimated 20 to 60 million hectares of land in developing countries are acquired by foreign companies and investors. This so-called “land grabbing” has taken place for various reasons. The most obvious one is the hunger for maximising profit. The devastating effects on deforestation for the expansion of biofuels,...

The Agroecological and Solidarity Alternatives SOL define peasant agroecology in this document and raise issues related to its dissemination by studying jointly its three component pillars: a scientific discipline, environmentally-friendly agricultural practices, and a social movement in defense of sustainable and equitable agricultural and food systems.

La situación provocada por la pandemia del coronavirus ha reforzado la necesidad de crear un Banco de Alimentos alternativo, impulsado desde la agroecología y la economía social y solidaria. AlterBanc es una propuesta de cooperación entre dos colectivos precarizados por el sistema capitalista, las personas que sufren pobreza alimentaria y...

“Building Local Economies in East Africa through Agroecology’’ is a project implemented by Slow Food and funded by the Agroecology Fund with the aim of boosting local economies and improving the livelihood of communities in Kenya, Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Tanzania. Slow Food Uganda in collaboration with Slow Food International is working in Uganda to...

Fidelina es la segunda hija de la familia González Rojas, de Paraguay. Dedicada trabajadora rural, defensora ambiental y promotora de las buenas prácticas agrícolas, entendió la problemática de disminución de la productividad del suelo de la propriedad de su familia, por la explotación intensiva con el monocultivo y la aplicación indiscriminada de productos...

The ENRD newsletter provides all the latest rural development news from Europe straight to your inbox once a month. From policy updates to ENRD meetings and from project outcomes to online videos, this new and updated tool aims to provide something for everybody interested in rural development policy in Europe....

Many African countries, including Burkina Faso, Niger and Senegal, closed their international borders and areas around the big cities because of the global pandemic. This meant that our partners could not leave their own region or city for months. As frustrating as this was, our partners kept finding ways to...

In the Bolivian Andes, some officials are starting using local knowledge to improve their early warning systems for natural disasters. For centuries, local farmers have used the signs of nature (clouds, stars, the behavior of plants and animals) to predict disasters like hail, floods and droughts, and to forecast the welcome...

The Government of Andhra Pradesh introduced Zero Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF) in 2016 as an alternative to chemical-based and capital intensive agriculture through its implementing agency Rythu Sadhikara Samstha (RySS). The main objective of the ZBNF is to make agriculture economically viable, agrarian livelihoods profitable, thereby reducing agrarian distress through cost reduction and...

This study analysed Swedish stakeholders’ views on future developments of organic production and consumption based on Organic 3.0, a strategic initiative by the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM). Focus group discussions were carried out with actors representing different parts of the organic value chain in Sweden. These identified...

In the Shrubs for Change project, 300 ‘trainers of trainers’ learn how to get more milk from dairy cows by feeding them nutritious leaves from shrubs. These trainers will in turn train and support 120,000 dairy farmers in Kenya and Malawi to start growing shrubs in their own gardens. Research has...

This report presents the results of the EIP-AGRI Focus Group on 'Protecting fruit production from frost damage'. In the European Union, the fruit and vegetable sector is particularly affected by frost and, despite global warming, the risk of frost damage in the growing season may increase. This report reflects the...

Greek olive oil producers are turning out to more sustainable production methods, whereas climate change cuts off previous year’s production in -30%. 

Suzana Dimitrievska is an organic farmer in North Macedonia. Coming from a line of strong, well-educated women, she has always been comfortable embracing new technology. She is using Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) to increase the efficiency of her family farm. Several years ago, she bought a farm management software that enabled...

French farmers, beekeepers and agricultural students join forces to promote biodiversity For the past three years, the Biodiversité project in the French region of Normandy has been working on biodiversity in agriculture. Farmers, beekeepers and students have joined forces to study the potential of increasing biodiversity on agricultural parcels by planting...

Current food systems are at a crossroads. There is a strong need for transforming food production and consumption patterns in a sustainable way. One where farmers adapt and build resilience to the increasing challenges from climate change and where nutritious food is available for all. Agroecology provides one solution towards...

Surendranagar, India – For many people, salt is an ingredient without which a meal is tasteless and incomplete. But have we ever given a thought to the effort which goes into preparing this salt? In India, farmers spend eight months in the harsh salt pans in the Little Rann of Kutch...

The FFS has been one of the most successful approaches developed and promoted by FAO over the last 30 years, empowering farmers to become better decision-makers in their own farming systems. Initiated by FAO in 1989, and followed by many other organizations and institutions, the FFS programmes represent one of...