Mechanised dry direct seeding (DDS) is a crop establishment technique that reduces labour requirements, and offers flexibility in terms of earlier planting times. This technique...

Considerable controversy continues to exist in scientific and policy circles about how to tackle issues of global hunger, malnutrition, and rural economic decline, as well as...

The document explores agroecology in Laos, focusing on challenges of adoption in diverse upland contexts. It contrasts unsustainable farming with ecological alternatives and...

Small Farm Resource Centers (SFRCs) coordinate trials on a central site as well as on fields of individual farmers. Any new ideas, techniques, or crops are first evaluated at...

Legitimacy is at the heart of knowledge politics surrounding agriculture and food. When people accept industrial food practices as credible and authoritative, they are...

Diversification of agroecological systems to enhance agrobiodiversity is likely to be critical to advancing environmental, economic, and social sustainability of agriculture....

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...

This workshop is the result of two research projects: the first, on “Sustainable practices, sustainable markets? Exploring the institutional changes that link sustainable...

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...

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...

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...

This booklet present the results of an interdisciplinary research project in eight biocultural landscapes undertaken by the Platform for Agrobiodiversity Research (PAR) in...

This document presents the Department of Agricultural Land Management’s Laboratory (DALaM) in Laos, detailing its history, analytical capacities, participation in international...

Stories of change across Africa, Asia and Latin America from the DeSIRA initiative aims to provide funders, decision-makers, research managers, implementing organisations and...

Food can be health-giving. A global transition towards plant-based diets may equally help curb carbon emissions, slow land-system change and conserve finite resources. Yet,...

The document presents sustainable farming practices promoted by Welthungerhilfe in Lashio, Shan State. It highlights techniques like conservation agriculture (minimal tillage,...

During the late twentieth century, the “Green Revolution” attained wide-ranging poverty alleviation, food security and improved nutrition across rural Asia. As these...

The report examines climate impacts on livelihoods and is intended to be used as a tool to identify adaptation options for the most vulnerable livelihoods. It has been prepared...

This document presents an approach to assess the impacts of agroecology (AE) on livelihoods in Laos, focusing on sustainable agricultural intensification and resilience to...

This document is a presentation of the The Lao Uplands Sourcebook, made during the ALiSEA National Thematic workshop Review of Existing Pedagogical Materials and Initiatives for...