FAO Agroecology Newsletter

December 2018 / Issue #19
 

Latest from AFRICA

4th African Organic Conference
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The Last 5-8 of November, 160 participants from more than 30 countries met in Saly, Senegal, for the 4th African Organic Conference. The Conference allowed farmers, scientists, policy makers and organic entrepreneurs to share their experiences, solutions and initiatives to mainstream Ecological Organic Agriculture in Africa.

The Conference finalized with the Saly Declaration, which called Member States to “Increase efforts, bridge communication gaps and include ecological organic agriculture in investment programmes”.


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Latest from ASIA AND THE PACIFIC

Regional Forum on Agroecology Futures
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Over 260 participants from 21 nationalities gathered in Siem Reap, Cambodia, to discuss agroecology in the Mekong region in the first Regional Forum on Agroecology Futures. The Forum was a successful and unprecedented thematic meeting on agroecology since FAO’s Regional Symposium in November 2015.

Over three days, participants could learn, share and discuss a broad range of issues affecting the future of agroecology in the region, such as production issues, the importance of innovation or marketing of agroecological products.


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Latest from EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA

G-STIC 2018: Agroecology for sustainable food systems
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During last 28-30 of November, Brussels was home to the second Global Sustainable Technology and Innovation Conference (G-STIC), focused on integrated solutions to facilitate the world-wide implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals.

During the Conference, agroecology was “reconfirmed as an integrated suite of technologies, innovations, practices and knowledge embedded in a larger framework that respects farmer’s knowledge, ensures equity and focuses on empowering the critical agents of change: family farmers, smallholder producers, indigenous peoples, fishers, rural women and youth.”


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Latest from LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN

Agroecology in the Week of Agriculture and Food

Last 22nd of November, more than 500 participants met in Buenos Aires, Argentina, for the Week of Agriculture and Food, a regional forum for multiple actors from rural areas.

The "Sustainability in rural territories: contributions of agroecology" semi-plenary panel shared existing evidences of agroecology’s economic, social and environmental performance and pointed key steps for its scaling up in the region to achieve a transition towards more inclusive, sustainable and resilient food systems.


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Agroecology in LAC: FAO-SOCLA agreement

FAO and the Latin American Cientific Society of Agroecology (SOCLA) signed a memorandum of understanding to foster joint actions on agroecology in the region. The agreement will focus on information creation and sharing, knowledge management and capacity development in the context of territorial food systems and the scaling up of agroecology.


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PUBLICATIONS

Agroecology. Innovating for sustainable
agriculture & food systems

A growing body of scientific evidence shows that agroecology innovations and practices are technically feasible, affordable, politically, socially and culturally acceptable, adaptable to local circumstances and environmentally sound. This paper presents a set of evaluation criteria with which to assess innovations against such conditions.
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Agroecology Futures. Inspiring and innovating stories from the Agroecology Learning Alliance in South East Asia

This publication results from the compilation of over 20 case studies and collective researches on agroeoclogy in the Mekong region. In addition to conveying valuable knoweldge, these stories could inspire others to act for a transition toward agroecology in the region.
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MONTH'S FOCUS: Agroecology and climate change

Knowledge politics in participatory climate
change adaptation research on
agroecology
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Climate change and the agriculture crisis. Agroecology as a solution
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Agroecological innovations in a context of climate change in Africa
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VIDEOS

Agroecology and climate change

On the base of case studies and interviews from farmers, researchers and decisions makers from France, Mali, Hungary and Argentina this video shows how agroecology and political will can help build more resilient farming systems and question the future requirements to up-scale these solutions.


Video by: FAO

A short introduction to ALiSEA

This short tells the story of the Agroecology Learning Alliance in South East Asia, highlighting the current and future challenges faced by the Mekong Region, the diversity of stakeholders and initiatives promoting agroecology and the need of networking all of them at national and regional level.


Video by: ALiSEA

Caribbean Agroecology Short

The video depicts several cases of smallholder producers in the Caribbean and how agroecology is a viable and reliable solution to the many challenges agriculture faces in the region.


Video by: CABI International

Burkinabé bounty

Trailer of Burkinabè Bounty, a documentary that chronicles agricultural struggle for food sovereignty in Burkina Faso. It showcases how agroecology is a viable solution for keeping their agriculture and traditions.


Trailer by: Cultures of Resistence Films
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