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Agroecology for Sustainable Food Systems
This paper was prepared as a background document for the thematic session on ‘Agroecology for Sustainable Systems’ at the Global Science, Technology and Innovation Conference... -
Who Will Feed Us? The Industrial Food Chain vs. The Peasant Food Web
1 - Peasants are the main or sole food providers to more than 70% of the world’s people, and peasants produce this food with less (often much less) than 25% of the resources –... -
Building, Defending and Strengthening Agroecology. A Global Struggle for...
"Agroecology is the answer to how to transform and repair our material reality in a food system and rural world that has been devastated by industrial food production and its... -
Mainstreaming Agroecology Implications for Global Food and Farming Systems
In 2010, the Centre for Agroecology and Food Security (CAFS) was established to undertake applied research and education on agroecology as the underlying paradigm of sustainable... -
Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS)
This is a brief introduction of the Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) programme. For centuries, farmers, herders, fishers and foresters have developed... -
Agroecology and the Search for a Truly Sustainable Agriculture - 1st edition
There is increasing evidence that warns that the growing push toward industrialization and globalization of the world’s agriculture and food supply imperils the future of... -
A quantitative and qualitative historical analysis of the scientific...
agroecology, agroecosystem, agronomy, biodiversity, organic farming, rural development, sustainability -
Replacing Chemicals with Biology. Phasing out highly hazardous pesticides...
Adverse effects of highly hazardous pesticides (HHPs) on people and the environment have been a global concern for many years. In 2006, this was clearly expressed by the FAO... -
The New Green Revolution How Twenty-First-Century Science Can Feed the World
To introduce the concept of a new agricultural paradigmThis document of the UN special rapporteur on the right to food and his advisor aims at presenting a new agricultural... -
COVID-19 and the crisis in food systemsSymptoms, causes, and potential solutions
The COVID-19 health crisis has brought on an economic crisis, and is rapidly exacerbating an ongoing food security and nutrition crisis. In a matter of weeks, COVID-19 has laid... -
FAO’s global work on agroecology and the scaling up initiative
This presentation for the Regional workshop on the Application of the FAO Global Analytical Framework for the multidimensional assessment of Agroecology, 24-26 September 2019,... -
Farmers taking the leadThirty years of farmer field schools
The Farmer Field School (FFS) has been one of the most successful approaches developed and promoted by FAO over the past three decades, empowering farmers to become better... -
The future Alternative pathways to 2050 of food and agriculture “ Summary
This report presents a foresight exercise undertaken to identify potential strategic options for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) concerning food and... -
AgroecologyInnovating for sustainable agriculture, food systems
Industrial food production contributes heavily towards climate change, environmental degradation and the depletion of natural resources €“ and in so doing it erodes the very... -
Agroecology as a Pathway towards Sustainable Food Systems
This report summarizes the results of impact studies about agroecological interventions in semiarid regions in three countries, namely, Pernambuco state in Brazil, Fatick... -
Organic Policy Template
Organic Policy Template by IFOAM -
Youth and agriculturekey challenges and concrete solutions
This publication provides real life examples on how to re-engage youth in agriculture. It shows how tailor-made educational programmes can provide rural youth with the skills... -
Strengthening sustainable food systems through geographical indicationsAn...
This study seeks to provide empirical evidence on the economic impacts that are generated through the GI process, beginning with the official recognition of a GI and the steps... -
Constructing markets for agroecology An analysis of diverse options for...
The purpose of this study is to explore whether and how products from agroecological production systems are being valued in markets. This exploratory study has been conducted... -
The use of indicators to assess the sustainability of farming systems...
Presentation for ALiSEA thematic workshop 29/11/2016, Vientiane Capital, Lao PDR
Agroecology Library
Our repository of literature on agroecology on Southeast Asia includes more than 750 documents.