Climate change is one of the most important challenges to sustainable development in the Northern mountainous region of Vietnam. IK is also used in cultivation techniques in extreme climatic conditions. With cultivation conditions are mainly sloping land, many traditional techniques have been applied to limit soil erosion due to heavy rainfalls...

There is growing awareness of the unique and important role smallholder farmers around the world play in conserving, using and enhancing biodiversity. Conventional breeding has created a separation between farmers and specialised breeders. Participatory plant breeding (PPB) is a field of action developed over the past 25-30 years to overcome...

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...

For refugees from Syria who have been in Turkey for years already with no income, a job can mean the world. It means buying winter clothes for your children, getting them to school and even just being able to feed the family. It means no more endless days of wandering...

The following are stories about farmers and farmer organizations in the Pacific. They reflect some of the impacts of a five-year funding programme (2014-2018) that has changed the way farmer organizations operate in the Pacific Islands. Stories like these have become common in farmer organizations across the region. What follows...

A 5 min stop-motion animation exploring agroecology in Africa and its contribution to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals.

In this publication, the authors share the results of this process. They begin with an introduction to the context of the region and the principles that guide us. They then present the methodological practices they used to build rural women’s autonomy and agroecology.

Food supply chains differ in size and number of operators but are rarely to the advantage of the farmers. Their negotiating power is usually weaker than bigger elements of the chain, such as retailers, and this can result in the value throughout the supply chain not being adequately distributed.  With about...

Through training, facilitation, demonstration gardens, role modeling, and counseling for sustainable living, a nationally registered environmental service provider, Matthews Shaba Mpofu is able to train rural women and youth, who are in majority in Malawi but are mostly grappled with poverty and high unemployment levels, the basics of permaculture. His...

This paper sets out to clarify the factors in soil erosion and soil conservation. The Czech Republic struggles with soil conservation. Shifts in the rural economy, the loss of good-quality agricultural soil to urbanisation, and sub-optimal land management leading to erosion are at issue. Here, we apply quantitative and qualitative...

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...

Food products registered with a Geographical Indication (GI) label boast an annual trade value of over $50 billion worldwide. Such products have specific characteristics, qualities or reputations stemming from their geographical origin.The study Strengthening sustainable food systems through geographical indications by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and...

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...

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...

In this video, we learn from farmers in Kenya how we can kill fall armyworms in a natural way. The leaf damage caused by fall armyworms often looks worse than it is. Birds, spiders, rove beetles, ants, wasps, and diseases kill the fall armyworm and can greatly reduce its damage....

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 Global PGS Newsletter is published bimonthly by IFOAM - Organics International.

Matheus inherited a farm from his grandfather, what he now calls the Terras Caipora, or The Land of Caipora. Caipora is a character of the Brazilian Tupi Guarani Mythology, known as the guardian of the animals and the forests. His main goal is to heal the land through well planned...

The Global PGS Newsletter is published bimonthly by IFOAM - Organics International

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...