Agroecology

Given the urgency of transforming agricultural and food systems, the Food Systems and Agroecology Working Group of Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit(GIZ) in India is exploring the potential of…

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Agroecology

Should mineral fertiliser use be increased in sub-Saharan Africa? A team of African and European agronomists provide a nuanced response to this question in an article published in Outlook on Agriculture. Their analysis…

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Agroecology

Federal Development Minister Svenja Schulze and Federal Minister of Agriculture Cem Özdemir have announced Germany’s joining the world-wide Agroecology Coalition. One of its aims is to support partner countries in…

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Cocoa production

Our authors take a look at different cacao farming systems. They explore what sustainable cacao farming can look like and explain why agroforestry systems play a crucial role.

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Agroecology

Agroecology is about using biodiversity and boosting soil health in order to make farming systems more resilient. How can we apply these principles to crop protection? Can we do without pesticides? What sort of research…

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Agroecology

Experts explain the way towards agroecological practices which seek to make use of the assets and services offered by ecosystems. These practices foster the sustainability of farming systems and their resilience in the…

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Agroecology

Agroecology provides multiple opportunities to improve agricultural systems in a sustainable manner. Participants of Tropentag 2022 discussed challenges on the way to a sustainable food system and presented successful…

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Agroecology

Industrial agriculture, based on monocropping and use of agro-chemicals and other energy-intensive inputs, is presumably unsustainable for food, feed, fibre, and fuel production because of its adverse effects on the…

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Food systems

Food-related debates are being held more and more from a moral angle – food is a highly political issue. Answers to the question how we can achieve food and nutrition security while protecting our natural resources,…

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Food systems

The Transformative Partnership Platform an Agroecology (TPP) convenes and coordinates partners to accelerate their work on agroecology across local, national and international scales, with the aim of fostering…

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