The potential of organic agriculture and agroecological approaches for improving food security in Africa is a controversial topic in  global discussions. While there is  a  number of meta-analyses on  the  environmental, agronomic and financial performance of organic farming, most of the underlying data stems from on-station field trials from temperate...

Este manual presenta las recomendaciones técnicas para la producción de plantas injertadas de cacao en vivero. Está dirigido a productores, organizaciones de productores, asistentes técnicos, profesionales del agro, viveristas, investigadores y demás actores de la cadena dedicados a la producción de plantas de cacao para el establecimiento de nuevos cultivos...

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 May 2021, Gaza experienced sustained bombing over eleven days. More than 50% of the women’s farms were damaged or completely destroyed. This article contains stories of success and resilience told by women farmers as they work towards rebuilding their farms and food processes, and restoring Palestinian food sovereignty.

The Brazilian Association of Agroecology (ABA-Agroecologia) and the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) present the IV ''Agroecological Transition Collection''. The book analyses the relations between biodiversity, food culture, and gender relations, from the perspective of food security and food and nutritional sovereignty.

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 is an inspiring story from Nigeria. In 1984 a Nigerian, Father Godfrey Nzamujo created a sustainable Zero-Waste farm, 'Songhai ' in Porto-Novo, Republic of Benin, designed to mimic natural ecosystem. He said he got the idea after the devastating drought and famine in Ethiopia and decided to create a...

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...

The University of Groningen is presenting a summer school ''Designing sustainable landscapes within regional food systems'' that will hold between 30 August - 3 September 2021. The objective of the school is for participants to develop capacities and skills for the analysis and design of multifunctional agroecological landscapes within sustainable regional food systems,...

Action Aid's work in Rwanda to promote opportunities for women empowerment and rights project best practices in Agroecology. 

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 virtual workshop on ''Agroecology and safe food system transitions for green, inclusive and resilient COVID-19 recovery in the Southeast Asian Nation (ASEAN)'', was organized through the project ''Agroecology and Safe Food System Transition'' (ASSET) by the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), FAO, the French Agricultural Research Centre for...

The European Green Deal is at the centre of the Commission’s policy agenda. Its prime objective is a sustainable, climate-neutral Europe by 2050, acting as a vehicle for investment and growth . The Green Deal emphasizes that it is ‘key’ to manage the transition towards a more sustainable food system,...

For decades, rural peoples movements of peasant farmers, indigenous people, pastoralists, and fisherfolk (to name a few) have organized at the global level for a new food system based around the concepts of the human right to food, food sovereignty, and agroecology. Increasingly, grassroots movements and frontline communities from North America...

Agroecology Fund (AEF) launched a new video, “Agroecology: Grassroots Solutions to Global Crises”, a 7-minute short film featuring grantee partners, advisors, allies, and donors from the global AEF community.  Filmmaker and photojournalist Rucha Chitnis is in conversation with Rutendo Zendah from the African Centre for Biodiversity in South Africa, Pius Ranee from the North...

FAO Agroecology Newsletter - February 2021 issue, with a lot of news from the Agroecology world

Finca Marta es reflejo de la Cuba de ayer y de hoy. Se proyecta a lo más íntimo de un país que sueña con un futuro mejor. Finca Marta es el campo cubano que ríe y llora, que se empeña en hacer algo diferente. El libro intenta transmitir esperanza e inspiración...

The report covers the EU in its current composition (EU-27). It presents the medium-term outlook for EU agricultural markets, income and environment to 2031, based on a set of macroeconomic assumptions deemed most plausible at the time of the analysis. Oil price, population forecasts (based on IHS Markit), the USD/EUR...