The realities of a changing climate are increasingly affecting European farming and forestry. Climate-smart agriculture is an approach that can help farmers and foresters build resilience and adapt to the effects of climate change, and increase productivity and incomes in a sustainable way. Climate-smart practices can focus on ways to...

Organic farming works in harmony with nature. Since organic farmers don’t use synthetic fertilizers, GMOs, or pesticides, they have to fight insects, disease and weeds and grow abundant food with the help of other methods. What connects all organic farming practices is their ultimate goal: to build and improve the...

Este curso es un esfuerzo conjunto de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO) y la Sociedad Científica Latinoamericana de Agroecología (SOCLA), y pretende además ser un aporte para estimular el intercambio y la difusión de buenas prácticas de agroecología en el contexto del...

The mission of the Voluntary Association of Agricultural General Development Health and Reconstruction Alliance in India (VAAGDHARA) is to create and nurture vibrant institutions of poor and tribal peoples in Western India so that they have sustainable livelihoods through scientific, indigenous and appropriate knowledge and technologies and their children are well educated...

Dizem que uma mulher que lê é uma mulher perigosa. O que dizer, então, de mulheres que escrevem? E que escrevem não apenas textos, livros, mas a própria história? Não importa se essa história é escrita de forma tradicional, com palavras, frases, referências bibliográficas, ou se é escrita no dia...

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...

Farmer-to-farmer learning is a pillar of the food sovereignty and agroecology movements, enabling territorially-specific learning and alliance-building to support farmers’ livelihoods and broader socio-political transformations. Most accounts of experiences in this field are based on rural contexts and rural farm models. However, the broadening food sovereignty and agroecology movement is...

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...

One of our food system's main challenges is the inadequate relationship between the cost of production and production factors as a whole. Therefore, food production and distribution systems are often at a disadvantage to local producers. New research reveals the benefits for farmers and growers, local suppliers, citizens, and the environment...

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...

The food component of the Niyat project currently reaches about 40 families and will reach 120 in the next two years. Each family is a multiplying nucleus that aims to reach 2,400 families in total through trainings carried out in different formats.    

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...

This paper explores the role of the global food system as the principal driver of accelerating biodiversity loss. It explains how food production is degrading or destroying natural habitats and contributing to species extinction. The paper outlines the challenges and trade-offs involved in redesigning food systems to restore biodiversity, prevent...

El programa colabora a la seguridad alimentaria, dirigida a la producción agroecológica en pequeñas escala de alimentos frescos. Se brinda capacitación y asistencia técnica continua para el establecimiento de huertas y granjas, mediante una red de promotores locales de voluntarias femeninas; se beneficia a familias y organizaciones de productores en...

The Pulicaro farm is located in Tuscia Viterbese, between Orvieto and Lake Bolsena, Italy. It occupies an area of 33 hectares divided between forest and farmland associated with poultry and livestock. It is an integrated management system designed to manage many aspects. It focuses on agroecology, intercropping and sustainable practices...

Este artículo habla del libro lanzado, una obra que reúne los resultados de un equipo de trabajo abocado a mejorar la sustentabilidad de los sistemas agroalimentarios.  Orientados a buscar soluciones para sistemas extensivos y transiciones agroecológicas

The book shows that beyond the great bioclimatic, agroecological and socio-economic differences between the livestock farming contexts on a global scale and the diversity of livestock farming practices, there are striking similarities in the dynamics of livestock farming over the long term, similarities that partly result from public policies. It brings...

En el marco del 2º Congreso Chileno de Agroecología, Emiliano González, extensionista del programa Manejo Territorial de Insectos (MTI), presentó la ponencia "Núcleos de Aprendizaje Participativo: lecciones a tres de su implementación en la región de Valparaíso"; relato que da cuenta sobre la conformación de una red colaborativa y de...

En la actualidad, aprovechar instalaciones en la industria para modificar, reanimar o reconvertir sus producciones, resulta importante para la disminución de costos inversionistas y el incremento de ladisponibilidad de las plantas. En este sentido, la investigación tiene como objetivo realizar un estudio previo inversionista, en un complejo azucarero con plantas...

En el marco del 2º Congreso Chileno de Agroecología, la Dra. Isabel González, coordinadora científica de centro Ceres, presentó la ponencia "Captura de Carbono en sistemas de producción de frutales bajo manejo agroecológico y convencional en Chile Central", estudio que buscó comprobar la hipótesis de que el manejo agroecológico aumenta...