FAO Agroecology Newsletter

January 2020 / Issue #31

Latest from HEADQUARTERS

Committee on World Food Security (CFS) policy convergence process on agroecological and other innovative approaches

The High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE) report on agroecology and other innovative approaches approved in the last Committee on World Food Security (CFS) plenary, held in October 2019, will be subjected to a convergence process to create policy guidelines, based on the recommendations presented in the report.
The process will be carried out until October 2020, when the draft version of the recommendations will be submitted for approval in the CFS plenary.

Producers from Argentina Implement Agroecological Practices

Farmers, technicians, professors and policy makers agreed on promoting agroecology as an alternative and viable productive model for producers of the Buenos Aires region. Work axes were raised from an institutional and operational point of view, such as conducting workshops and technical assistance in the various production areas.

National Ecological Agriculture Conference in Tanzania

Around 300 participants from a wide range of sectors created synergies between the 26 to 27 November. A new deal for ecological organic farming in national policies was called for in order to prioritize support for market differentiation for organic commodities and to promote environmentally-friendly farming practices and healthy consumption.

Social and Economic Performance of Agroecology

This study aims to build a framework and to provide quantitative evidence on social and economic indicators of the effects of agroecological practices at the farm level.

Nourishing Life – Territories of Life & Food Sovereignty

This Policy Brief shows the contributions of indigenous territories to food sovereignty and how it improves the conservation of biodiversity and socio-ecological resilience.

Restoration of soil fertility to eradicate poverty

The promotion of better soil fertility and income generation at the community level through the diversification of farming systems with trees, other food crops and livestock, reverses the cycle of land degradation and social deprivation.

Enhanced Food Security in Africa

Towards Multifunctional Agriculture

Cycle of Conferences on Agroecology in Spain

A cycle of conferences and debates, taking place between 24 January and 28 February in Madrid, will tackle the different angles from which to approach agroecology.

Gender Summit in Kenya, 8-9 March

The Summit will focus on applying a scientific perspective on the interactions between agriculture, climate change and gender issues.
The Summit aims to identify cases of best practice in development interventions for Africa.

Women Researchers in Agroecology

Ecofeminism and agroecological experiences will be addressed in this event from 26 to 28 March.
The University of the Valley and the National University of Colombia are the promoters of this encounter.

Eleventh Symposium on Agroecology in Colombia, 4-8 May

The symposium, organized by the Network of Higher Education Institutions with Agroecology Programs in Colombia, will address the political challenges of agroecology, the importance of the live, territorial resilience as well as sustainable production systems.

International Conference on Agroecology in Ecuador, 20-24 April

The Amazonian State University will host, in parallel, the Symposium on Interculturality and Indigenous Production Systems, together with the Ibero-American Conference on Sustainable Land Management and Food Sovereignty.

What is Agroecology

The video, winner of the Global Youth Video Contest on Climate Change, presents in three minutes the agroecological production of the farmers of the Landless Rural Workers Movement (MST) of Paraná, Brasil.

AGROECOLOGY COURSES REGISTRATION

Organic Certification Training, in Senegal

The trainees will learn how to conduct an organic farming control operation and to write an organic farming inspection report contextualized in French-speaking West African countries.

Course on Agroecology, an Introduction

Montpellier SupAgro launches this online course that shows in a collaborative learning approach how to identify agroecological practices in their own surroundings.