By Staff, La Via Campesina, GRAIN
"I decided to come here because we are building a necessary movement, that will claim back what was always ours: our peasant knowledge of doing agriculture", said a woman farmer from Mali, as she was running to attend the women caucus, this afternoon.
By Peter Crosskey, Sustainable Food Trust
In 2014, the French government recruited cross-party support to pass a new law for agriculture, food and forestry driven by a new-found commitment to agroecology.
By Staff, La Via Campesina, Via Campesina
Food sovereignty as a concept is under debate by various actors in the academia, activists and governments.
By Staff, La Via Campesina, La Via Campesina
As women, men, peasants, smallholder family farmers, migrant, rural workers, indigenous, and youth of La Via Campesina, we denounce climate smart agriculture which is presented to us as a solution to climate change and as a mechanism for sustainable development.
By Nafeez Ahmed, The Ecologist
Modern industrial agricultural methods can no longer feed the world, due to the impacts of overlapping environmental and ecological crises linked to land, water and resource availability.
By Mike Jones, Sustainable Food Trust
Building resilience into our food systems is fundamental, if society is to adapt to the consequences of climate change.
By Carol Schachet, Common Dreams
Today, peasants proudly and powerfully put forward effective strategies to feed the planet and limit the damages wrought by industrial agriculture.
By Brian Emerson, Local Bites
In this episode, Local Bites interviews Dr. M. Jahi Chappell of the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy on the question, "What kind of food and farming system do we need to feed a growing world population in an ecologically sustainable and socially just manner?" His responses challenge widely-held notions about the future of our food supply.
By Shiney Varghese, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
Even when they are convinced that agroecological approaches are the way forward, governments, funders and policy makers are challenged by the question of how to move forward.
By Dr. M. Jahi Chappell , Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
We know that most countries produce more than enough food, even after waste, but many of them still have hungry people.
By Ben Lilliston, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
Transformative changes are needed in our food, agriculture and trade systems in order to increase diversity on farms, reduce our use of fertilizer and other inputs, support small-scale farmers and create strong local food systems.
By Suzanne Fisher-Murray, International Institute for Environment and Development
Reducing waste and eating foods that have less of an impact on the environment is this years’ World Environment Day theme. We can all learn lessons from communities living in the Andes.