With the ambitious target to have 1.2 million hectares of farmland in the Philippines converted to organic by 2022, Hon. Mayor Rommel C. Arnado, President of LOAMCP, welcomed the signing of the Memorandum of Agreement (MoU) with Access Agriculture as a very timely event.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away, so the saying goes. FAO, jointly with Turkey’s Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, and other local partners, is helping to ensure Turkish consumers get their daily apple free of both pests and pesticides. Sustainable and safe fruit production that fosters economic, social, and...

En América Latina, el así llamado ‘sector informal’ asociado a la agricultura familiar y los movimientos agroecológicos fue fundamental para enfrentar y adaptarse a los desafíos de la pandemia de COVID-19. A los pocos meses de iniciada la pandemia organizamos un proceso de investigación para evaluar la naturaleza y alcance...

A collective of organisations, coming together under the banner of the Nyéléni Europe Food Sovereignty Movement have just released a new report : “Roots of Resilience : Land Policy for an Agroecological Transition in Europe”. The report argues for an approach to land policy in Europe based on a model of land...

Much of the tomato diversity is found in cherry-type populations. There are promising wild cherry tomato species with good behavior in terms of yield and quality that can be produced with a minimum of agro-inputs. The genetic expression of genotypes is influenced by the optimal environment they can develop in....

The steps needed for monitoring faecal egg count are outlined in this practice abstract. Carrying out your own tests gives instant results and allows for greater flexibility in monitoring gastrointestinal nematode infections throughout the year. This may be especially important around lambing, when a greater number of transmission stages are...

Los agaves tienen un gran potencial, además de producir tequila y mezcal.

Con el fin de contribuir al intercambio de conocimiento, los co-organizadores de La Comunidad de Práctica de Agricultura Familiar y Agroecología de Latinoamérica y El Caribe – el Centro de Conocimientos sobre Agroecología (CCA) de la FAO, el Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales (CLACSO), la Plataforma de Conocimientos sobre Agricultura Familiar (PCAF) de la FAO, la Red Políticas...

Agroecology increasingly has gained scientific and policy recognition as having potential to address environmental and social issues within food production, but concerns have been raised about its implications for food security and nutrition, particularly in low-income countries. This review paper examines recent evidence (1998–2019) for whether agroecological practices can improve...

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...

It is widely recognised that a radical transformation of food and agriculture systems is urgently needed in order to address converging social, economic, health and ecological crises. The potential of agroecology to transform food systems and render them more resilient, sustainable and inclusive is increasingly recognised and backed by a...

La permacultura es mundialmente reconocida como un sistema de diseño de ambientes humanos sostenibles. Con la naturaleza como guía y maestra, es una disciplina que estudia sus patrones y dinámicas para luego incorporarlas en sistemas agrícolas saludables.

By producing high-quality food with low environmental impact, organic farming will play an essential role in developing a sustainable food system for the European Union (EU). A sustainable food system is at the heart of the European Green Deal. Under the Green Deal’s ''Farm to fork'' strategy, the European Commission has set a target of...

Esta edición ha sido posible gracias al apoyo de la Fundación McKnight, una organización familiar con sede en Minnesota, Estados Unidos de Norte América, que busca promover un futuro más justo, creativo y abundante donde las personas y el planeta puedan prosperar. Esta edición especial consta de dos partes. La primera,...

The POLLINATORS CHALLENGE BADGE is designed to help educate children and young people about the importance of pollinators for people and the planet, and how to help safeguard them against extinction. This material is appropriate for use in school classes, Guide or Scout groups or youth meetings generally. It includes...

This policy brief published by International cooperation for development and solidarity (CIDSE) and the Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience (CAWR) of Coventry University has presented a synthesis of research on how to ‘make money move for agroecology’. Drawing on the collective intelligence of leading agroecologists and donors, the policy brief identifies twelve different...

Meet Matthew Hayes, an organic-biodynamic-biointensive farmer originally from the UK, who has lived and farmed in Hungary for the last 25 years. He runs a market garden with his wife Kata in Zsámbok, a village in Pest county to the east of Budapest. In his first Letter From The Farm, Matthew writes...

Agroecology is a farming approach that’s inspired by natural ecosystems, combines local and scientific knowledge, and focuses on the interactions between plants, animals, humans and the environment. Given the outsize contributions of conventional agriculture to climate change and biodiversity loss, there’s growing recognition the global food system needs a paradigm...

This publication provides an answer to these questions, which were at the heart of strategic conversations initiated by IFOAM EU to foster the further development of the organic movement. One result of these conversations is a shared vision of the European organic movement to 2030 and beyond, described in Part...

Food systems need to meet food security, nutrition and environmental goals, especially in a world with growing demand and a changing climate. There is now broad consensus on the need to transform current food systems towards more sustainable models. Agroecology is increasingly seen as a framework to transform food systems...