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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Food systems

Welcome changes in the discourse – Maria Tekülve on the role of agroecological approaches in international cooperation, old and new “silver bullets” in rural development and why the wide scope of the concept of…

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Agroecology

In a recent publication, the FAO looks at the potential of agroecology to make food systems in Asia and the Pacific more sustainable and fit for a post-COVID future.

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Agroecology

In 2015, the government of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh launched the “Andhra Pradesh Community-managed Natural Farming” programme. The idea was to make farming climate-resilient and thus attractive again for young…

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Agroecology

With the severe impacts that climate change is having on food security and nutrition, there is an urgent call for more sustainable and climate-resilient food systems. The quest for sustainable solutions is gaining…

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