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Agroecological Transitions - Changes and Breakthroughs in the Making
To underline the need for radical, systemic changes, we have chosen the term AgroEcological Transitions€ for the title of this volume. It stresses that a transition towards... -
Sustainable Intensification in Smallholder Agriculture An integrated systems...
Sustainable intensification has recently been developed and adopted as a key concept and driver for research and policy in sustainable agriculture. It includes ecological,... -
The exchange and methodological construction workshop Agro-Ecologyevaluation...
Proceedings of the exchange and methodological construction workshop Agro-Ecology: evaluation methods for its effects and conditions for development€ on the 14th and 15th of... -
Building Partnerships for Sustainable Agriculture and Food SecurityA Guide...
Over the past five years, the World Economic Forum’s New Vision for Agriculture (NVA) initiative has supported leaders in 19 countries across Asia, Africa and Latin America to... -
Working with SmallholdersA Handbook for Firms Building Sustainable Supply Chains
This handbook is a guide for firms who wish to expand their supply chains by working with smallholder farmers. The purpose is to enable more productive interactions between... -
Empowering youth to engage in responsible investment in agriculture and food...
This rapid capacity assessment tool aims to help practitioners (such as government agencies, youth organizations, or development partners) to carry out a multi-stakeholder... -
Empowering youth to engage in responsible investment in agriculture and food...
This document provides guidance to support the utilization of the Rapid Capacity Assessment Tool: Empowering youth to engage in responsible investment in agriculture and food... -
Empowering Youth to Engage in Responsible Investments in Agriculture and Food Systems
The Principles for Responsible Investments in Agriculture and Food Systems (CFS-RAI) adopted by the Committee on World Food Security establish that, among other social,... -
PGS Guidelines “ How participatory guarantee systems can develop and function
To give the guidelines of Participatory guarantee systemsThis document made by IFOAM is the guidelines of participatory guarantee systems. It gives all the elements with concern... -
Who Wants to Farm? Youth Aspirations, Opportunities and Rising Food Prices
This paper explores these conditions in a context of food price volatility, and in particular rising food prices since 2007. To do so, it analyses primary qualitative research... -
A quantitative and qualitative historical analysis of the scientific...
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Replacing Chemicals with Biology. Phasing out highly hazardous pesticides...
Adverse effects of highly hazardous pesticides (HHPs) on people and the environment have been a global concern for many years. In 2006, this was clearly expressed by the FAO... -
The New Green Revolution How Twenty-First-Century Science Can Feed the World
To introduce the concept of a new agricultural paradigmThis document of the UN special rapporteur on the right to food and his advisor aims at presenting a new agricultural... -
COVID-19 and the crisis in food systemsSymptoms, causes, and potential solutions
The COVID-19 health crisis has brought on an economic crisis, and is rapidly exacerbating an ongoing food security and nutrition crisis. In a matter of weeks, COVID-19 has laid... -
FAO’s global work on agroecology and the scaling up initiative
This presentation for the Regional workshop on the Application of the FAO Global Analytical Framework for the multidimensional assessment of Agroecology, 24-26 September 2019,... -
Farmers taking the leadThirty years of farmer field schools
The Farmer Field School (FFS) has been one of the most successful approaches developed and promoted by FAO over the past three decades, empowering farmers to become better... -
The future Alternative pathways to 2050 of food and agriculture “ Summary
This report presents a foresight exercise undertaken to identify potential strategic options for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) concerning food and... -
AgroecologyInnovating for sustainable agriculture, food systems
Industrial food production contributes heavily towards climate change, environmental degradation and the depletion of natural resources €“ and in so doing it erodes the very... -
Agroecology as a Pathway towards Sustainable Food Systems
This report summarizes the results of impact studies about agroecological interventions in semiarid regions in three countries, namely, Pernambuco state in Brazil, Fatick... -
Organic Policy Template
Organic Policy Template by IFOAM