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Who Will Feed Us? The Industrial Food Chain vs. the Peasant Food Web
ETC Group is a non-profit international civil society organization registered in the USA, Canada and the Philippines. ETC Group’s booklet builds on the 2009 and 2013 editions,... -
Agriculture at a Crossroads IAASTD findings and recommendations for future farming
The International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD), commonly known as the World Agriculture Report. More than 400 scientists... -
Integrated Pest Management for Sustainable Intensification of Agriculture in...
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is a leading complement and alternative to synthetic pesticides and a form of sustainable intensification with particular importance for... -
Making Rice Production More Environmentally-Friendly
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... -
FARMER RESEARCH NETWORKS AS A STRATEGY FOR MATCHING DIVERSE OPTIONS AND...
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... -
Innovative approachesto linking sustainable and agroecological production...
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?... -
Landscapes for Agrobiodiversity. <em>Agrobiodiversity perspectives in...
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€... -
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to food
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... -
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 so-... -
Making Sense (and Cents) of Food and Nature. <em>A media guide to covering...
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... -
Agroecology and Sustainable Development
Understanding the cornerstones of agroecology€ requires a sustained and significant collective effort, comparable to the efforts that went into conquering space. (...) Without... -
Why a Complexe Food System is Needed, Now
This document presents various options for a sustainable agriculture and food system. It adresses the obstacles preventing the transformation from moving forward and how... -
Agroecological practicesTransforming the dominant agro-food system?
This document introduces the concept of Agroecology and how it can transform the dominant agro-food system through various Agroecological practices. -
How to amplify agroecology ?
Amplification of agroecological experiences is the main challenge today€, in the words of former UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Olivier De Schutter, because of its... -
The System of Rice Intensification (SRI)Responses to frequent 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,... -
Agroecology and the Food System
On a global scale agriculture and food will face key challenges of properly feeding a population of nine billion individuals in 2050, while preserving the ecosystems from which... -
Organic Agriculture as an Opportunity for Sustainable agricultural Development
We need drastic change in the global food system in order to achieve a more sustainable agriculture that feeds people adequately, contribute to rural development and provide... -
Lending credencemotivation, trust, and organic certification
Various forms of regulation are often used to improve the performance of markets when relevant information is lacking. A good example is markets for credence goods or goods with... -
Toward thick legitimacycreating 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... -
The Farming Systems Trial
The hallmark of a truly sustainable system is its ability to generate itself. When it comes to farming, the key to sustainable agriculture is healthy soil, since it is a...
