The organic movement welcomes the ‘Sustainable Carbon Cycles’ initiative of the European Commission on “carbon farming” which brings focus on soil carbon sequestration on agricultural land. While climate mitigation should clearly prioritize absolute emissions reductions, carbon sequestration in the land use sector will also be needed to meet long-term climate...

This article details the experience shared during World Soil Day 2022 event on how to make uncultivable soil fertile and suitable for food production in Slovenia while increasing interest in this subject for younger generations through practice-driven education.

Retrospective of March from Romanian Rural Network: collecting local refugee aid initiatives, agrifish council of 21 march 2022, network to innovate webinars: social innovation, informal video conference of agriculture ministers , 3rd informal meeting of national rural network support units - mediterranean cluster and many many more  

In a refreshingly optimistic book, ‘The soil will save us’, Kristin Ohlson explains how agriculture could stop emitting carbon, and instead remove it from the air and place it in the soil.

This program of the University of Vermont is designed to examine potential pathways towards the sustainable transformation of our current agrifood system by integrating economic, social, and ecological perspectives. Rooted in ''Participatory Action Research'' (PAR), the program will guide the students to identify key questions and practice new methods for integrating data from...

The Agricultural University of Athens has undertaken the initiative for the inscription of the element “Local and indigenous agricultural varieties: knowledge and practices” on the National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Greece, in collaboration with Conservation of Plant Genetic Resources – Greek Gene Bank of the Hellenic Agricultural Organisation...

The first cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in Malawi in early April 2020, and the numbers went up subsequently, leading to Government-instituted COVID-19 lockdowns, which disrupted almost all aspects of normal life in the country.  One of the most affected sectors by the lockdowns was agriculture, as contacts between extension workers...

Staking allows more light and better air circulation to plants. Staked tomato plants are less attacked by pests and diseases and the fruits do not easily spoil. By staking your plants, they do not fall over due to the weight of the tomato fruits. Your plants will grow healthy and...

The 27th Conference of the Parties (COP 27) to the UNFCCC hosted by Egypt in Sharm el-Sheikh from 6-18 November 2022. Global food security and priority areas relevant to FAO’s mandate are high on this year's agenda. FAO is actively engaged in the climate conference, leading and co-leading events and...

The official kick-off meeting of the project for the development of Agroecology and Safe food System Transitions (ASSET) in Lao PDR took place on September 28-29, 2022, at the Provincial of Agriculture and Forestry of Xieng Khouang province, Lao PDR, co-chaired by Dr. Thatheva SAPHANTHONG, Director of the Department of Agriculture Land Management...

FAO Agroecology Newsletter  July 2022 / Issue #61

In this video, Viacampesina.org collects and shares the testimonies of farmers from the South and East African region, who rely on peasant agroecological methods to revive their soils and fight the climate crisis. They also discuss the central importance of farmers and small-scale food producers in implementing pragmatic solutions to...

La agroecología, junto con la agricultura familiar, pretende transformar los sistemas agroalimentarios abordando las causas fundamentales de los problemas y aportando soluciones holísticas y de largo plazo basadas en la co-creación de conocimientos, el intercambio y la innovación, incluida la combinación de conocimientos locales, tradicionales, indígenas y prácticos con una ciencia multidisciplinaria.  Centrada en las personas, intensiva...

Recent research suggests that there is an urgent need to create transitions to agroecology to address the many ecological, social, and ethical problems caused by the hegemonic Corporate Food Regime. In the Global South, however, there are already numerous and diverse agroecological initiatives driven by peasant communities, indigenous peoples, and...

Today, one of the major global challenges we face is that of feeding the world. Would it be possible to solve this challenge? If yes, via what pathways? Nowadays, two paradigms come up when discussing solutions to the global food challenge. On the one hand, technical, scientific and large-scale ‘one...

La flambée des prix des intrants agricoles devient insupportable pour beaucoup d’agriculteurs du Burkina Faso. Pour survivre, des producteurs ont trouvé des alternatives en misant sur la fabrication des engrais organiques. Bokashi, composte aérobic, ce sont des fertilisants locaux que Saïdou Ouédraogo, agriculteur et éleveur, fabrique pour fertiliser ses sols....

The need for transformational change in global agri-food systems has now been widely acknowledged in order to address the climate emergency and the growing environmental , socio-economic and health challenges these systems generate. Today’s dominant agri-food systems – largely driven by an industrial logic of economies of scale, intensification, specialization,...

The Krakow Earth Market (Targ Pietruszkowy) became the pilot project to prove the benefits of setting a participatory guarantee system in place.   Earth Markets are composed of producers that embrace the Slow Food philosophy worldwide. They are unique agoras where people can buy high-quality products, build communities, open to creative exchanges, and find education. ...

On many organic farms, especially those without livestock, phosphorus (P) exports through the sale of produce is greater than P imports through fertilisers and purchased animal feed. While soil P reserves from residual fertiliser applied before conversion to organic farming can often deliver P for decades, mining of soils is...

The Malawi Forum for Agriculture Advisory Services (MaFAAS) held its Farming and Extension Conference in Lilongwe, Malawi, from 19 to 22 July 2022. The conference brought together various stakeholders, who are working in the agriculture space in Malawi, from farmer groups to extension service providers (both state and non-state) and...