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Decree of the President of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic on the...
The Law on Agriculture has the function of establishing principles, rules, and measures regarding the organization and activities of agricultural production which is the basis... -
Integrated Nutrient“Weed Management under mechanised Dry Direct Seeding...
In rainfed lowland rice-based systems, increasing labour scarcity due to off-farm employment is encouraging farmers to switch from transplanting to dry direct seeding (DDS). To... -
Biological control of an agricultural pest protects tropical forests
Article Biological control of an agricultural pest protects tropical forests€ -
The scaling up of agroecology. Spreading the hope for food sovereignty and resiliency
To retrace the contribution of SOCLA to discussions at Rio+20 on issues at the interface of hunger, agriculture, environment and social justice (this paper is the paper position... -
Installation of a solar drying dome for agricultural post harvest
This case study presents a solar drying dome, a low-cost, energy-efficient solution originally developed by Silpakorn University in Thailand . Made from durable polycarbonate,... -
AFLI : Agroforestry For LIvelihoods of smallholder farmers in Northwest Viet Nam
AFLI project aims to increase the productivity of smallholder farming systems in northwest Viet Nam, while also conserving the natural resource base. The project introduces... -
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... -
Agroecology: A Global Paradigm to Challenge Mainstream Industrial Agriculture
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... -
Role of market in promoting agroecology, A case study on vegetable supply Sa...
The document is a case study from Cambodia showing how the Natural Agriculture Village Shop, promotes agroecology by linking farmers and markets. It highlights strategies like... -
The Current and Future Roles of Small Farm Resource Centers in Extension 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... -
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... -
Sustainable commercialization of new crops for the agricultural bioeconomy
Diversification of agroecological systems to enhance agrobiodiversity is likely to be critical to advancing environmental, economic, and social sustainability of agriculture.... -
Agroforestry Alternatives to Shifting Cultivation in Upland Myanmar, Case...
This document is a case study factsheet about the “Agroforestry Alternatives to Shifting Cultivation in Upland Myanmar” project that aims to build a knowledge base and provide a... -
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,... -
Agroecological practices: Transforming the dominant agro-food system?
This presentation describes how agroecology stands at a crossroads: it can be absorbed into the dominant, market-driven food system as “sustainable intensification,” it can act... -
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... -
Why a Complex Food System is Needed, Now
The document calls for transforming industrial agriculture into diversified, agroecological systems to combat climate change, biodiversity loss, and resource depletion. It... -
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...
Agroecology Library
Our repository of literature on agroecology on Southeast Asia includes more than 750 documents.