Ukraine agriculture has been evolving since the country achieved independence in 1991, following the breakup of the Soviet Union. The first round of farm reforms in 1992-93 initiated privatization of land through the distribution of paper shares to the rural population and mandated the transformation of former collective and state...

A movement is growing. While agroecology has been practiced for millennia in diverse places around the world, today we are witnessing the mobilisation of transnational social movements to build, defend and strengthen agroecology as the pathway towards a most just, sustainable and viable food and agriculture system. This video explores...

El Movimiento Agroecológico Latinoamericano y del Caribe, MAELA, es un movimiento que articula a organizaciones campesinas, de pequeños y medianos productores familiares, comunidades indígenas, comunidades sin tierra, de mujeres y jóvenes rurales, de consumidores y organizaciones sociales, que defienden la Agricultura campesina y familiar agroecológica de nuestra América.

Dépêche relative au lancement du programme Agrifinance-Burkina , dans sa phase active. L’initiative qui bénéficie de l’appui du Programme des nations Unies pour le développement (PNUD) et de la Coopération Suisse vise à améliorer le financement de l’agriculture familiale dans le pays et sera mis en œuvre jusqu’en 2019.

This compilation presents a number of videos that globally picture the way in which the Peasant to Peasant Agroecological Movement (PTPAM) works within the ANAP, which has been a key to success in the spread of agroecology in Cuba. Each of these videos has the objective of picturing some feature of...

G20 Members (Turkey, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Indıa, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, the United Kingdom, the United States of America and the EU) represent 85% of the world’s economy, 70% of the global agricultural economy and the two thirds of...

O PEAAF é um Programa de Educação Ambiental destinado ao público envolvido com a agricultura familiar, quer sejam agricultores(as) propriamente ditos ou agentes que trabalham diretamente com este segmento da população. O Programa visa o desenvolvimento de ações educativas que busquem a construção coletiva de estratégias para o enfrentamento da...

A gathering of 240 people representing rural communities from 40 European countries, meeting at the second European Rural Parliament yesterday, approved an ambitious European Rural Manifesto. It called for full recognition of the right of rural communities to a quality of life and standard of living equal to that of...

O PEAAF é um Programa de Educação Ambiental destinado ao público envolvido com a agricultura familiar, quer sejam agricultores(as) propriamente ditos ou agentes que trabalham diretamente com este segmento da população. O Programa visa o desenvolvimento de ações educativas que busquem a construção coletiva de estratégias para o enfrentamento da...

The New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition in Africa (NAFSN) launched in May 2012 under the auspices of the G8 aims to create the conditions that will allow the African countries concerned to improve agricultural productivity and develop their agrifood sector by attracting more private investment in agriculture. The...

Le ministre sénégalais de l’Agriculture et de l’Equipement rural, Dr Papa Abdoulaye Seck, a vanté, la pratique de l’agroécologie qui, selon lui, constitue ‘’un support de systèmes alimentaires solides et démocratiques, garantissant un revenu conséquent et durable et assurant la santé des communautés rurales, tout en préservant l’environnement"

This is a book about social change practices from many countries. It contains a variety of stories, analyses, and ideas, with many poems and illustrations to illuminate and enhance the text.​This Barefoot Guide is not a book of answers, but one of questions, experiences and learnings. “What is the real...

I was motivated to start blogging about agricultural sustainability, food security and nature conservation after noticing that international debates around these topics are largely driven by myths, perceptions, political discourses or sectorial interests, and not much by scientific evidence. I want to provide scientific insights and highlight different sources of knowledge to...

O PEAAF é um Programa de Educação Ambiental elaborado especialmente para o público envolvido com a agricultura familiar1. Por meio do desenvolvimento de ações educativas, buscase a construção coletiva de estratégias para o enfrentamento da problemática socioambiental rural. Sua implementação se dá por meio do conjunto de instituições governamentais e...

Au Burkina Faso, les organisations paysannes mettent en pratique depuis quelques années le warrantage paysan. Les paysans et paysannes stockent une partie de leurs récoltes et les utilisent comme garantie pour accéder aux crédits collectifs octroyés par les institutions de micro-finances. Cette activité permet, d'une part, l'accès au crédit pour...

In the past 50 years, around 5,2 million Colombian farmers have been displaced from their lands, and about 8 million hectares of farmland were taken from their owners due to Colombia’s internal armed conflict. The war and neoliberal policies caused suffering, especially for women farmers. In order to overcome this...

A bocage is a balanced environment, created to combine trees, crops and livestock. The concept of a bocage perimeter is created to solve the problems associated with extensive agriculture (overgrazing, erosion, fires etc.). A bocage perimeter is the result of land consolidation at the request of owners of a site....

In semi-arid cropping regions of West Africa, fallow periods are getting shorter. As land becomes more scarce, farmers are not able to give their soils enough time to rest. This is leading to depletion of soil organic matter, severely threatening soil fertility and damaging soil structure. In the worst cases,...

Este grupo se define como promotores de un estilo de vida sostenible, acompañando procesos de emprendimiento comunitario urbano y rural y de fortalecimiento de consumo y producción de comida sana y nutritiva. Su piedra angular es la agricultura orgánica y actualmente coordina el Mercado Agroecológico Tierra Viva en donde se integran más...

Humans have always taken what they needed from the planet’s soils, but the time has come to pay back this debt to Nature. These words from Kyrgyz National Agrarian University rector Ryspek Nurgaziev capture well the essence of discussions at the international scientific conference on soils and food security in Bishkek,...