The event will call for global cooperation and solidarity to counter the threats posed by the COVID-19 pandemic to food security and agricultural livelihoods alongside prioritizing environmental regeneration and pollinator protection. 

The world of agroecology has been in mourning since 23 April 2021 with the death of Professor Francisco Roberto Caporal - one of the pioneers of agroecology in Brazil and throughout Latin America. 
FAO Agroecology Team acknowledges his enormous contribution and his legacy in building more sustainable and just rural development.
As it is said in Brazil: ‘He will always be there, now he has become a seed’’.

This paper is a contribution to the regional dialogue on how to respond to the COVID-19 crisis. Based on the FAO’s 10 elements of Agroecology framework, it provides selected examples of how agroecological approaches can contribute to transforming food systems and developing a greener, more resilient and more inclusive “new normal”.

By producing high-quality food with low environmental impact, organic farming will play an essential role in developing a sustainable food system for the European Union (EU). To help the organic sector reach its full potential, the Commission is putting forward an action plan for organic production in the EU.

This policy report argues that it is time to ground land policy in collective action and democratic forms of land politics. This is based on an understanding of land not as a commodity but as a common resource, a living territory and a natural landscape.

The Agroecological Logbook proved to be an efficient tool for monitoring and valuing the women’s almost invisible production for self-consumption, exchange, donation and sale.

In this lecture organized by the Center for Agroecology & Sustainable Food Systems (CASFS) at the University of California Santa Cruz, a panel of speakers discusses critical and equity-oriented pedagogical innovations in agroecology and sustainable food systems education.

This video of the Latin American Institute of Agroecology (IALA IXIM ULEW), highlights graduates' experiences on agroecology principles and practices. It presents a way to raise young people's awareness of the broader process of agroecological transformation in Nicaragua.