After the approval of the Law to promote agroecological-based productions, the Honorary Commission of the National Agroecology Plan of Uruguay urges the incoming government to continue with the project. The team hopes to have a draft plan in March to include it in the five-year budget.
On 27-29 January, farmers and peasant organizations from across West Africa joined forces with international development agencies and research centres during a meeting lead by the Alliance for Agroecology in West Africa (3AO) to give impetus to a growing agroecological movement in the region.
The Dynamics for the Agroecological Transition of Senegal (DyTAES) organized the third edition of the Days of Agroecology on 30 and 31 January in Dakar. The successful event confirmed the importance of agroecology among Senegalese stakeholders.
A working group on agroecology and climate change was held within the Farmers Forum 2020 organized by IFAD. Participants encouraged IFAD to work jointly with Member States in order to mitigate climate change through agroecological practices.
1.5% of farmland globally is organic, according to the book ''Word of Organic Agriculture 2018'' presented by the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL) and IFOAM Organics International.
Sustainable and resilient farming: Inspiration from agroecology
This new EIP-AGRI brochure on agroecology offers inspiration based on innovative European projects that create solutions adapted to local needs and adjusted to on-farm conditions.
Lume: economic-ecological analysis of agreocosystems
This book, published by ASPTA (Brazil) jointly with Coventry University, presents the Lume, a method for the economic-ecological analysis of agroecosystems.
This report presents the agroecological model as part of the solution to many of the environmental and social problems posed by the current climate emergency.
International Conference on Agroecology, 2-3 July in Spain
This event will tackle feminism, the agrifood chain and public policies to boost agroecological initiatives, by calling on stakeholders to share and integrate these issues.
Entrepreneur women working on sustainable coffee production within the agritourism and innovative markets will share their success stories during this event held by the University for Peace.
Agroecology Europe Youth Network, 27-29 March in Spain
This encounter aims to reinforce the common identity of the network and to define its action plan after the implementation of the project ‘’Mapping Agroecology in Europe’’.
The province of Santa Fe (Argentina) boosts agroecological reconversion and short supply chains, to allow the population access to healthy food, free of contaminants and produced by small and medium local producers.
AGROECOLOGY TRAININGS
Agrobiodiversity Summer School in Switzerland
Participants, after investigating the connection between existing local production systems, food supply chains and agrobiodiversity, will contribute to the collection of the best examples of how agrobiodiversity is applied in different contexts.
E-learning: Global governance of food and agriculture
Through this online training, Schola Campesina provides a tool to empower food producers to advocate for their rights in the global spaces of food and agriculture governance.
Master on Agroecology: An approach for rural sustainability
The International University of Andalucía offers this Master’s Program on the topic of applied knowledge of agroecology and its ability to solve research problems in academic and technical fields.
