FAO Agroecology Newsletter

December 2019 / Issue #30

End-of-year message from the Agroecology team at FAO

Dear friends and partners, 2020 will be a year of prosperity for Agroecology.

Our extended Agroecology team will be working in many countries such as Senegal, Mexico, India, Nicaragua, The Gambia, Laos, The Bahamas, Angola, Kyrgyzstan and more. We will harvest the agroecological projects we have planted the seeds for during the past years and will continue contributing to the transformation of the integrated agricultural and food systems.
Undoubtedly, you are essential to achieve this transformation and therefore, we invite you to continue following the Agroecology Newsletter in 2020!

Latest from AFRICA

Senegal shifts towards an agroecological transition

A national workshop on agroecological transition was held in Dakar from 18 to 19 November 2019, organized by all the organizations that are part of the Dynamics for an Agroecological Transition in Senegal (DyTAES).
The objective of the activity was to report the results of the grassroots community consultation workshops on the agroecological transition process in Senegal.

Latest from LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN

Women and youths star in the meeting of Brazilian Ecovida Agroecology Network

The eleventh Extended Meeting of the Ecovida Agroecology Network, held from 15 to 17 November, strengthened the motto ’’ Without Feminism there is no Agroecology’’. Women were crucial in incorporating the overcoming of all forms of violence (gender, race, ethnicity, LGBT phobia) as a goal of the Ecovida Network's political strategy.

Meeting on agroecology in Cuba

The International Meeting of Agroecology, Sustainable Agriculture and Cooperatives gathered in Cuba around 200 participants that exchanged best agroecological practices.

Measuring agroecology performance in Mexico

Different FAO Divisions and the McKnight Foundation jointly organized a regional workshop in Mexico on 6-8 November to introduce the Tool for Agroecology Performance Evaluation (TAPE).

The economic potential of Agroecology in Europe

This article compiles theoretical and empirical data to show the economic opportunities of agroecological farming systems for farmers in Europe.

Ecological solution to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

This report analyzes the existing literature on how organic agriculture can contribute to the accomplishment of multiple SDGs.

Integrated Agriculture-Aquaculture through agroecology

This conference proceedings reflect how to implement the Integrated Agriculture-Aquaculture with an agroecological approach.

Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System (GIAHS)

GIAHS and Agroecology are both striving to identify and conserve agricultural systems in which family farmers have taken advantage from ecological functions and principles to optimize the use of natural resources, diversified genetic resources together with ingenious local and traditional knowledge and innovations.

Two GIAHS sites that rely on agroecology (Chile-China)

Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System (GIAHS)

De la chagra a la olla

Gladys guides us into the fascinating gastronomy of the kichwa indigenous community, whose women are creating a dialogue between modern and traditional cuisine.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Agroecology Days in Senegal, 30 January – 1 February 2020

The DYTAES (Dynamics for an Agroecological Transition in Senegal) organizes the third edition of Agroecology Days in order to consolidate the multi-stakeholder national dynamic for agroecology in Senegal.

Encounter of the Network for Local Food Policies in Naples, 23-24 January 2020

The University of Naples L’Orientale will host this encounter that aims to further develop the Network and to foster the exchange between researchers on local food policies issues.

FAO Agroecology Newsletter

December 2019 / Issue #30

End-of-year message from the Agroecology team at FAO

Latest from AFRICA

Senegal shifts towards an agroecological transition

Latest from LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN

Women and youths star in the meeting of Brazilian Ecovida Agroecology Network

Meeting on agroecology in Cuba

Measuring agroecology performance in Mexico

PUBLICATIONS

The economic potential of Agroecology in Europe

Ecological solution to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Integrated Agriculture-Aquaculture through agroecology

MONTH'S FOCUS

Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System (GIAHS)

Two GIAHS sites that rely on agroecology (Chile-China)

Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System (GIAHS)

VIDEO

De la chagra a la olla

UPCOMING EVENTS

Agroecology Days in Senegal, 30 January – 1 February 2020

Encounter of the Network for Local Food Policies in Naples, 23-24 January 2020

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