Diversifying on-farm incomes insures greater financial independence and value addition opportunities and enable farmers to respond to demand from consumers. In this short video interview with Olivier Lefebvre, economist and co-founder of Perma-projects, let's discover how economic diversification strengthens ecological and socio-economic resilience of farmers and farming systems in Europe....

People use gestures intentionally to convey meaning, while many other hand movements are unconscious. Moving our hands helps us to grasp the right words. But human speech is also much more than words and hand gestures.

Problem In protected vegetable systems of the Mediterranean area, having bare soil for several weeks in late summer, post cash crop harvest, may induce soil degradation. Providing a soil cover in any period is key to preserve the soil's biological activity and maintain good agronomic conditions (e.g. soil structure) for the...

Una noche de 2012, en una reunión a la que asistían alrededor de quince socios de la filial Arequito (provincia de Santa Fe) de la Federación Agraria Argentina, surgió entre los presentes una idea, a partir de una necesidad. Muchas familias de la zona requerían una solución porque hacían animales...

This study, in collaboration with the Food and Land Use Coalition (FOLU), provides an overview of the current state of sustainable agriculture practices and systems (SAPSs) in India. It aims to help policymakers, administrators, philanthropists, and others contribute to an evidence-based scale-up of SAPSs, which represent a vital alternative to conventional,...

Este número de LEISA revista de agroecología –que traduce del inglés artículos publicados previamente en Farming Matters 36(1)– pone de relieve cómo perspectivas como el feminismo interseccional y las cosmologías indígenas, junto con la agroecología, han estado transformando nuestra economía y nuestra sociedad. Estos conocimientos proporcionan lecciones pertinentes para la...

Climate change and sustainable development are strongly linked. The poor and least developed countries are the most vulnerable, and will be most adversely affected and also the least able to cope with the impacts of climate-related disasters. The United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 13 – Climate Action – aims...

When farmers have limited access to arable land and soils are poor, limiting soil erosion can make the difference between harvesting a crop or nothing at all. Soils are indeed at the core of any crop production system. Without a healthy soil, crops cannot thrive. While measuring the effect of soil...

Food insecurity is deeply intertwined with health and economic disparities, as an underlying factor in risk for COVID-19 and as an effect of the economic crisis the pandemic has triggered. Pre-existing health inequities and an increased risk of job loss or loss of income mean that Black, Latinx, and Indigenous...

El proyecto Sembrando Capacidades, iniciado en noviembre de 2019 y finalizado en dciembre 2021 en el marco de la cooperación sur-sur trilateral entre Brasil, Colombia y FAO, buscó fortalecer políticas e instrumentos que impulsen la rentabilidad y sostenibilidad del campo colombiano, con especial énfasis en la producción proveniente de la...

Over the past decades, ASA and families throughout Brazil's semiarid region have developed and refined the method of building plate cisterns. This booklet aims to share this experience in cistern construction, enabling other people to benefit from this technology that has changed the scenario and the lives of thousands of...

Youth around the world are leaving agriculture, but many would stay on the farm if they had appropriate technologies and better social services, as Professor Alejandro Bonifacio explained to me recently.

The LIVESEED project, which IFOAM Organics Europe co-cordinates, is contributing to the Organic World Congress (OWC) with a colourful program. Organised 8-10 September 2021 in Rennes, France, the Congress is an excellent opportunity to showcase the project’s results and recommendations.

Este sitio web da cuenta del alcance del proyecto Sembrando Capacidades, iniciativa de cooperación sur-sur trilateral, que buscó el fortalecimiento de instrumentos y políticas para la Agricultura Campesina, Familiar y Comunitaria en Colombia, a partir de la gestión del conocimiento y el intercambio de experiencias, presenta en este repositorio web todos los...

Ao longo das últimas décadas, a ASA e famílias de todo o Semiárido do Brasil desenvolveram e aprimoraram o método de construção das cisternas de placas. Esta cartilha tem como objetivo partilhar essa experiência na construção de cisternas, possibilitando que outros povos possam usufruir dessa tecnologia que mudou o cenário...

This article offers a well-argued and supported study synthesis in response to the issue, Why didn't AGRA's Green Revolution work in Mali? Is it feasible for African farmers to feed the continent? This is a must-read essay for anybody interested in the situation of Mali and the powerful farmers' movement...

Women farmers, especially female peasant and family farmers are pivotal to build back better food systems. 60% of the world’s food is produced by smallholders on 30% of the global agricultural surface. 50%-80% of this food, depending on the country and region, is produced by women.  SWISSAID and partners launched a qualitative...

Agroecology Newsletter of January 2021.

This video tells the story of Sireesha - one of the thousands of women and men farmers in Andhra Pradesh, India, practicing agroecology in Farmer Field Schools facilitated by the Andhra Pradesh Community managed Natural Farming Programme and FAO. Through agroecology and FFS, Sireesha and her family improved their incomes; consume healthy and...

The Mediterranean fruit fly is a worthy enemy. This pest, also known as the medfly, is widespread over the tropics, attacking and spoiling oranges, mangoes and many other fruits. Each female can lay 200 eggs in her brief lifetime—allowing rapid population growth. The medfly damages so much high value fruit,...