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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.... -
Lending credence: motivation, trust, and organic certification
The information asymmetries inherent in credence goods have typically led economists to conclude these markets require well-defined quality standards and third-party... -
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... -
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... -
Demand for Organic Agriculture Products in Chiang Mai
This study aims to confirm relationship of determinants of demand for organic agriculture products in Chiang Mai. Self-administered questionnaires was sent out to respondents in... -
Proceedings of the Experience Sharing Workshop: Review of Existing...
This experience sharing workshop is part of the activities implemented by the Agroecology Learning alliance in South East Asia (ALiSEA) to foster multi stakeholder... -
Presentation of Ibis Rice
Ibis Rice in Cambodia links wildlife conservation with rural development by working with 500 farming households in protected areas, enforcing no hunting or chemical use, and... -
Organic by default: Myth or Reality? Evidence from Lao PDR
The study “Organic by Default: Myth or Reality? Evidence from the Lao PDR” analyzes the impact of certified organic rice farming under a Helvetas project. Comparing organic, ex-... -
The Bolaven Plateau Coffee Producers Cooperative (CPC)
This presentation introduces The Bolaven Plateau Coffee Producers Cooperative (CPC), created in 2007 and owned by 1,422 farming families. It aims to boost Lao smallholders’... -
Development of an economically viable organic rice supply chain via a...
This March 2016 presentation outlines the SCCRP’s work in Preah Vihear, Cambodia, to build an economically viable organic rice supply chain through contract farming. Starting in... -
Resolving the twin human and environmental health hazards of a plant based diet
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,... -
Strengthening the Agro-Ecological Sector in Myanmar: Networking and Lobbying
The document presents efforts to strengthen the agroecological sector through networking, training, awareness campaigns, and lobbying, while highlighting the involvement of... -
Agro ecology Transition in Myanmar
This document reviews Myanmar’s transition toward agroecology with a focus on rice and sustainable agriculture. It highlights the Ministry of Agriculture's role in improving... -
Experience on organic winter potato business in conditions of small farmers...
This document presents an experimental project led by the Science Institute of Rural Development (SIRD) on organic winter potato farming with smallholder farmers in Hanoi,... -
Developing Participatory Guarantee System (PGS) : A long Organic Product Chain
Presentation of the Participatory Guarantee Systems (PGS) with a particular focus on Vietnam. Its specific features are detailed : capacity building, production & quality... -
Presentation of Fair Trade Laos (FTL)
Presentation of Fair Trade Laos (FTL) and of the Fair Trade movement. It details the FTL principles, members, main activities and its challenges. -
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.