FAO Agroecology Newsletter

September 2019 / Issue #27
 

Latest from HEADQUARTERS

46th Session of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS)

This 46th CFS Session will take place in FAO Headquarters from 14-18 October 2019.
Agroecology will be represented during the entire event culminating in a side event entitled  ‘’How to support an Agroecological Transition that sustains food security in developing countries?’’. Other side events aligned with different key issues like innovation, health, sustainable diets, agroforestry and public policies will be showcased.
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Beacons of hope: 21 Inspring Examples of a Sustainable Food Future

Beacons of hope is an expert network composed firstly by 21 initiatives from across the world that are working in diverse ways to achieve sustainable, equitable, and secure food system. Secondly, by the report on the initiatives and thirdly, by an interactive Food Systems Transformation Toolkit that provides policymakers, investors, businesses, and researchers with comprehensive and practical recommendations with the goal of amplifying the power and potential of food systems transformations and contributing to the global discussion about sustainability transitions more broadly.
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FAO and the Community of Portuguese Language Countries launch new Training Centre for Sustainable Family Farming

FAO and the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP) have joined forces to boost food and nutrition security in their territories through strengthened sustainable family farming and agroecology development.
The creation of a new training centre headquarted in São Tomé and Príncipe will facilitate knowledge exchange and capacity building for technicians, farmer field school instructors and family farmers, with a special focus on increasing their participation in agroecology and family farming laws.
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Latest from NEAR EAST AND NORTH AFRICA

Event on Solutions for Scaling Up Agroecology in Egypt

This inspiring event held the last 12 of September by World Future Council and the Heliopolis University in Cairo, showcased impactful solutions that advance sustainable food systems, enhance fertile landscapes and improve farmers’ incomes.

Renowned award-winning speakers, decision makers and international experts highlighted exemplary solutions for scaling up agroecology in Africa and beyond. In addition, the event discussed practices that empower small-scale food producers, nurture sustainable food systems and promote resilient agricultural practices.
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PUBLICATIONS
 

Dossier on Agroecology


This document, launched by the National University of Cuyo (Argentina), combines all the areas of study of which agroecology is composed of: science, practices and social movements are focused on through examples of Latin America’s context.
 
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Agroecology through “peasant-to-peasant” processes

In this essay, the symbolic and material territorialization of agroecology in La Via Campesina is the centre issue through peasant-to-peasant processes, the most significant examples of the scaling up of Agroecology.
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MONTH'S FOCUS

Agroecological transitions
 

How Does Agroecology Contribute to the Transitions towards Social-Ecological Sustainability?

This document explores how agroecology approaches can promote the transition towards sustainability, particularly of agri-food social-ecological systems, taking into account the complex relationships established between ecological functions and ecosystem services, human wellbeing, innovations and public policies.
 
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Public Policies to Support the Agroecological Transition

Promoting and supporting peasant-based agroecology involves making public policies consistent. Coordination SUD proposes in this publication a set of recommendations for supporting the agroecological transition: direct financing towards an agroecological transition, transforming governance and evaluation indicators, making food systems rooted locally and consider climate change as an opportunity. 
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PAST EVENTS

Argentinian Conference on Agroecology, 18–20 September 2019, Mendoza (Argentina)

The main objective of the Congress ‘’An alternative agriculture is possible: Cultivating interplays for tomorrow’’ was to share advances within knowledge of and research on Agroecology in Argentina, by exchanging and improving debate among stakeholders.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
 

First Chilean Conference on Agroecology, 17-18 October in Chile

Pucón will host this congress with the motto ‘’Agroecology: transcending the practices towards the food sustainability’’ that will provide a space for the creation of synergies among scientific-academic, technical-professional, agricultural-farmer and political-activist.

 
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Webinar on applying Agroecology in IFAD operations, 3 October

This webinar will present the concept and benefits of agroecology and share experiences of how it has been successfully applied in two IFAD-funded projects in Niger and Cambodia. FAO, IFAD and Biodiversity International staff will discuss on the practices that can help farmers to overcome poverty and talk about how Agroecology can contribute to the economically farmers' resilience.
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VIDEO

The heart of the Matter

Fritjof Capra, renowned physicist and systems theorist, talks about the critical importance of systems thinking as a means for achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The “heart of the matter” is the realization that our global problems are systemic problems — all interconnected and interdependent — and that the SDGs, therefore, must also be seen as systemically interconnected for the very survival of human civilization.
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Access Agriculture: Platform on Organic agriculture videos

Access Agriculture is a non-profit organisation that showcases agricultural training videos in local languages. The aim of this platform is to promote innovations in sustainable agriculture and rural enterprises through capacity development and South-South exchange of quality farmer-to-farmer training videos in local languages.
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AGROECOLOGY COURSES REGISTRATION

Workshop on Challenges for Agroecology Development, in Chile 11-13 November

The aim of the workshop is to promote the transition from conventional agriculture towards agroecology as a science, practice and social movement, sharing the experiences of different OECD countries. Experts coming from different sectors like Academia, Ministries of Agriculture or Food and FAO will address the workshop.
 
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Call for Education Institutions on Agroecology !

Academia is one of the pillars that contribute to build agroecology. The department of agroecology of FAO is creating an academic database with all the existing high education programs at global level to support the progress in the academic sphere.
Therefore, we encourage you to provide us information on education programs on Agroecology so that we all can contribute to scaling up Agroecology.
Complete the application form
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CONTACT 
For more information visit: www.fao.org/agroecology/en/

or contact us at: agroecology@fao.org


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