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Composting: Improving the perceptions and practices of ethnic minority...
This practice brief describes an approach to drive the adoption of agroecological practices, including composting, by fostering farmers' active engagement in problem analysis,... -
The System Rice Intensification (SRI) in Laos
The first organization to introduce the System Rice Intensification into Laos was Oxfam Australia, a non-governmental organization (NGO), which conducted the first SRI trials... -
Decision of the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry on Organic Agriculture...
The Organic Agriculture Standards are designed promote Clean Agriculture within the agriculture and forestry sectors, and to ensure that the management of agriculture production... -
Case Studies Factsheets, the Sustainable Agriculture Market Access...
These 2 case studies factsheets about the Sustainable Agriculture Market Access Development Project (SAMADP) in Laos describe the agroecological techniques employed the farmers... -
Case Studies Factsheets, the Vientiane Organic Vegetable Producer Group
These 2 case studies factsheets about the Vientiane Organic Vegetable Producer Group in Laos explain the group’s transition from conventional to organic farming after issues... -
Case Studies Factsheet of Bui Van Luc, a farmer in Khoang village, Son Thuy...
This case study profiles farmer Bui Van Luc, who manages an 8.5 ha agroforestry farm with fruit trees, crops, livestock, and fish ponds. With bank credit and extension training,... -
Building farmers’ capacity for innovation generation: what are the...
Innovation is essential for agricultural and economic development, especially in today’s rapidly changing global environment. While farmers have been recognised as one of the... -
Multiple pathways: case studies of sustainable agriculture in China
The document “Multiple Pathways: Case Studies of Sustainable Agriculture in China” (IIED, 2015) presents eight detailed case studies of ecological and organic farming... -
The Farming Systems Trial
The hallmark of a truly sustainable system is its ability to regenerate itself. When it comes to farming, the key to sustainable agriculture is healthy soil, since this is the... -
Toward thick legitimacy: Creating a web of legitimacy for agroecology
Legitimacy is at the heart of knowledge politics surrounding agriculture and food. When people accept industrial food practices as credible and authoritative, they are... -
The System of Rice Intensification, Responses to Frequently Asked Questions
Compared to a decade ago, many more persons – at least 10 million people, most of them farmers -- can now answer the question "What is SRI?" at least in general terms. However,... -
Agroecology and Sustainable Development, Field Projects - Advocacy for Smallholders
This report will primarily focus on agroecology projects and the views of partners in the Global South, projects and partners supported by Secours Catholique-Caritas Europe... -
Executive Summary of Agroecology Learning Exchange of 2016 in Masaka, Uganda
From the 10th to the 13th of May 2016, the AgroEcology Fund (AEF) and the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) brought together 70 people representing 30 organizations... -
Agroecological and agroforestry practices in tropical wet zones
This guide is designed as a support tool for technicians and farmers involved in actions to promote and develop agroecology. It is a follow-up to a first technical guide... -
Making Sense (and Cents) of Food and Nature, A media guide to covering...
The document is a media toolkit on agroecology and food sovereignty. It explains the failures of industrial agriculture, highlights agroecology as a sustainable and profitable... -
Report of the International Symposium on Agroecology in China
In September 2014 the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) convened the International Symposium on Agroecology for Food Security and Nutrition. This was... -
Presentation of Development Aid Gembloux (ADG) and its experience on...
The document is a 2016 presentation by Development Aid Gembloux (ADG) at the National multi-stakeholder workshop “Towards an Agro-ecological Transition” held in Cambodia. It... -
Sustainable Agricultural Practices of Farmers through Farmer Field School Approach
The document presents a project in Inle Lake, Myanmar, where environmental damage from unsustainable farming was addressed using the Farmer Field School (FFS) approach.... -
On-farm impact of the System of Rice Intensification (SRI). Evidence and...
The System of Rice Intensification (SRI) is being promoted worldwide, but relatively little is yet known about its impacts at farm level. This article reviews available evidence... -
Organic agriculture and safe vegetables in Vietnam: implications for...
Organic agriculture is often promoted as a possible route for farmers in the global south to follow in the quest for greater agricultural sustainability. By allowing farmers...
Agroecology Library
Our repository of literature on agroecology on Southeast Asia includes more than 750 documents.