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Upholding Integrated, Participatory and Inclusive Food Systems Governance

A Summary of Outcomes of the February 11 Side Event at the 47th Session of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS 47), co-organized by the Agroecology Fund

GlobalAgroecology FundFebruary 22, 2021Responsible GovernanceComment

Growing Resilience with Native Seeds

By strengthening Indigenous seed systems, Indigenous communities are protecting their food sovereignty and culture

Students of Food Sovereignty

On this International Day of Education, we celebrate the holistic peer-to-peer approach of the Latin American Agroecological Institutes (IALAs)

Introducing the Agroecology Fund of the Yucatan Peninsula

With support from the WK Kellogg Foundation, AEF launches a regional fund in Mexico

Solidarity and Emergency Land Reform

Brazil’s Landless Rural Workers Movement on the Hunger For Justice series

AmericasAgroecology FundNovember 24, 2020Food Security & Sovereignty, Land and Territory RightsComment

Food Sovereignty: Organizing for Survival

Argentina’s Union of Land Workers on the Hunger For Justice series

AmericasAgroecology FundSeptember 25, 2020Food Security & Sovereignty, Gender Equity, Inclusive EconomiesComment

Growing Roots in the Heart of the Empire

The Landworkers Alliance on the Hunger for Justice Series

EuropeAgroecology FundSeptember 24, 2020Land and Territory Rights, Responsible Governance, Inclusive EconomiesComment

Women Peasants Change The World

The Korean Women Peasants’ Association on the Hunger for Justice Series

Nurturing the Seeds, Reaping the Gains

The Peasant Movement of the Philippines on the Hunger For Justice series

AsiaAgroecology FundSeptember 24, 2020Inclusive Economies, Land and Territory RightsComment

The CLOC-Via Campesina: A peasant network challenges the agribusiness model through agroecology schools

This Latin American peasant network challenges the agribusiness model by training youth in agroecology.

AmericasFabián PachonSeptember 10, 2020Land and Territory Rights, Food Security & SovereigntyComment

Defending the Past to Envision the Future

Excerpts from a webinar on biocultural preservation at Peru’s Potato Park

COVID-19 Made Us Think

A memo from Indira Raimberdieva, Director of the Peace Building Center, Kyrgyzstan

COVID-19 Emergency Response

The Agroecology Fund will fund critical emergency responses and support grassroots advocacy efforts to resolve vulnerable populations’ food needs during the COVID-19 crisis.

Learning Together: The Agroecology Movement Shares Strategies for Impact

A photo essay on the Agroecology Fund’s global learning exchange in India

Reflections on the Global Learning Exchange in India

Notes from the Agroecology Fund’s global learning exchange in India

Asia, GlobalJohn P. WilsonMarch 13, 2020Food Security & Sovereignty Comment

The International Agroecology Exchange in Bengaluru brings together practitioners and supporters from over 30 countries

The exchange programme, held from 1-9 February 2020, comprised workshops, panel discussions, working group sessions, and visits to the fields of Natural Farming practitioners in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, India.

Asia, GlobalGuest UserMarch 9, 2020Food Security & SovereigntyComment

An interview with Kofi Boa—a Conservation Agriculture hero from Ghana

Africawww.greenamerica.orgJune 17, 2019Biodiversity Conservation & Climate ResilienceComment

Protecting the 'centers of origin' of our food plants- Rasht Valley Apple Park, Tajikistan

Most sources suggest that present-day Kazakhstan ─ several hundred kilometers north of the Rasht Valley in Tajikistan ─ is the true center of origin of apples, or at least of Malus sieversii, the red apple.

Marginalised worldviews hold the key to climate change adaption: Reflections from the International Adaptation Futures Conference, Cape Town

In the climate change arena there are two main streams of work – mitigation, which are measures we need to take to stop emissions and halt climate change, and adaptation – the varied practices we are taking and can take to adapt to living with the new conditions that climate change brings.

Storytelling and Food: How Pacific Islands are Revitalizing Pride in their Food Culture

The bounty and diversity of Papua New Guinea can easily make one’s jaw drop. Home to a staggering array of endemic species and over 800 indigenous tribes, Papua New Guinea is also the world’s most linguistically diverse nation.

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