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The Farmer Field School (FFS) approaches was set up as an extension model to build capacity of local farmersPresentation of Agroecology Approaches and Practices in Farmer Field...

Presentation for Combined approach using Agrarian System Analysis and Diagnosis and ES (Ecosystem Services) and EDS (ecosystem dis-services) framework and Understand links...

Soils need to be recognized and valued for their productive capacities as well as their contribution to food security and the maintenance of key ecosystem servicesPresentation...

Presentation of Ibis Rice: The brand Wildlife Friendly™ premium, Certified Wildlife Friendly from WCS

Agroecology is often seen as set of techniques or practices, but to understand why these practices are relevant and how they may be applied requires an understanding of the...

The Bolaven Plateau Coffee Producers Cooperative An organization to improve living conditions of Lao coffee smallholdersThis presentation talking about a model organization for...

Based on on-going activities in the field of training and higher education implemented by a range of partners within ACTAE project and beyond (see program of the event) a...

Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is a leading complement and alternative to synthetic pesticides and a form of sustainable intensification with particular importance for...

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...

Composite farming systems, first clearly identified by Rambo, are those in which radically different technologies are found together in a single farming complex. Data from...

This chapter describes an ancient but little-documented example of farmer manipulation of A. nepalensis in Nagaland, Northeastern India, which has enabled a significant...

Irrigated rice production is one of the most essential agricultural activities for sustaining our global population, and at the same time, one of the agricultural sectors...

The agricultural research and development institutions in most developing countries are poorly equipped to support the needs of millions of smallholder farmers that depend upon...

This document is the final report of a serie of workshops. This workshop is the result of two research projectsthe first, on Sustainable practices, sustainable markets?...

The importance of agrobiodiversity and its custodians has been ignored in both conservation and agricultural development, as reflected in the debate about whether land sparing€...

The report was written in collaboration with the Special Rapporteur on the implications for human rights of the environmentally sound management and disposal of hazardous...

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...

We know there’s something wrong with the food. What we don’t knowIt doesn’t have to be that way. People are increasingly aware, though still woefully misinformed, that there is...

Understanding the cornerstones of agroecology€ requires a sustained and significant collective effort, comparable to the efforts that went into conquering space. (...) Without...

This document presents various options for a sustainable agriculture and food system. It adresses the obstacles preventing the transformation from moving forward and how...