This research brief presents the results of a study performed between 2023 and 2025 in Xieng Khouang province, Lao PDR and which aimed to i) describe the diversity of Phousan...

Cultivation of tree crops such as coconut, oil palm and rubber are an important source of income in Southeast Asia, both for the national economies and for the local population....

Agroecology promises a third way between common global agriculture tradeoffs such as food production and nature conservation, environmental sustainability and ecosystem...

In contrast to a large body of literature linking agroecology to food security through sustainable agronomic practices, research on how agroecology enhances smallholder farmers’...

Regenerative agriculture is gaining momentum worldwide among practitioners, scientists and policy makers, and it is often associated with agroecology. Indeed, regenerative...

Food systems contribute to multiple crises while failing to deliver healthy, nutritious food for all. A substantial amount of research suggests that the root cause of this issue...

The research brief highlights the impacts of Conservation Agriculture (CA) on soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Cambodia’s upland...

The report is structured to address these different objectives. We first explain the methods and the approach we developed for the assessment. We then examine land use and...

Agrochemical use, GHG emissions, and gross domestic product (GDP) vary widely across Southeast Asia, making the region suitable for cluster-based sustainability analysis. This...

Changes in farming and land-use practices over the last 60 years have resulted in a significant decline in overall agrobiodiversity. This decline in domesticated crop and...

Rainfed rice production needs to contribute more to the current and future world food security due to the increasing competition for limited water supplies including irrigation...

Across contrasting farming and sustainability context worldwide, social actors are mobilizing to promote agroecology in order to meet the major challenges of sustainable...

Agroecology is a holistic approach to agriculture that integrates ecological principles into farming practices, promoting sustainable food production, biodiversity conservation,...

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...

The One Million Voices (OMV) citizen science initiative aimed to harness the power of citizen science to support agroecological transitions globally. Its goal was to co-develop...

This study evaluates agroecological performance in Battambang province, Cambodia, using the FAO Tool for Agroecology Performance Evaluation (TAPE). It compares farms across...

Rice-based farming systems form the backbone of Cambodia’s agricultural sector. Maintaining yields in line with the growing needs of the population and producing varieties...

Rice yield variability in Preah Vihear, Cambodia, was studied through on-farm trials testing nine varieties under different ecosystems and management systems. Climate factors...

Mixed crop–livestock systems, the world's most widespread farming systems, promote farm resilience through diversification and allow for crop–livestock integration (CLI)....

This July 2025 research brief by SPERI describes an action-research project in Po E commune, Vietnam, integrating native edible herbs into transitioning agroecological farms to...