Many people and organisations interested in agroecology and food sovereignty are mapping. It is all the rage! People are mapping farms, markets, crop varieties and livestock breeds, soil fertility and water management practices, policies and …
These Extraordinary Times: Indigenous Peoples and coalition building for agroecology and food sovereignty
Above: Members of a Euro-American motorcycle club work alongside citizens of the Athabascan Nation to launch a fish wheel in the Copper River, Alaska. By Carol Kalafatic The Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience (CAWR) …
Re/New Alliances: Working towards farmer-scholar collaboration for food sovereignty in North America
Above: Street demonstration during the the IV National Assembly of the US Food Sovereignty Alliance in Bellingham, WA, October 2018 | Credit: David Meek by Jahi Chappell, Saulo Araujo & Ernesto Mendez The Centre for …
Collective and/or community rights to land, seeds and natural resources for agroecology in East Africa – Workshop
Secure access to and control over land, seeds and other natural resources is key to agroecology. If properly recognized and implemented, collective and/or community rights over these resources represent a powerful and viable alternative to …
Strengthening FAO’s Commitment to Agroecology – New Booklet Hot off the Virtual Press
Agroecology represents an alternative paradigm for food and farming – one that puts people and planet at centre stage and emphasises the priorities of food producers and marginalized peoples around the world. International institutions can …
Live-Streamed Seminar: Agroecology Transitions-Transformations for A more Just and Sustainable Food System
What is needed to make the transition transformation for more sustainable and just food systems? In this Seminar, the AgroecologyNow! group at CAWR will present a framework they have developed for understanding and enabling agroecology …
Agroecology as a Pathway Towards Food Sovereignty in Ethiopian Forest Communities
The social and ecological environment in southwest Ethiopia is in flux. This is probably the case in most forest communities. Changes in society are also reconfiguring the environment. Little towns and hamlets are growing both …
Bringing Agroecology into the UK Agriculture Bill
Agroecological approaches to agriculture improve rural livelihoods, regenerate ecologies and increase the resiliency of communities, while providing healthy and sustainable food. Policy support for agroecology in the UK has been piecemeal and many policies undermine …
Highlighting the importance of power and governance in the debate on “innovation” in agriculture: A contribution to the HLPE process
Agroecology when articulated as a transformative approach to food system, is the most promising “innovation” (and set of “innovations”) at play at the global level. Yet, the current dominant innovation systems, in a wider disabling …
Agroecology as a Pathway towards Sustainable Food Systems (New Report)
This report looks at Agroecology as a Pathway to Sustainable Food Systems. Food systems are at a critical juncture and a dramatic transition to agroecology is urgently needed. Alarming rates of food insecurity and malnutrition persist, manifested as …
Rise of the ‘megafarms’: how UK agriculture is being sold off and consolidated
“If you were to visit the English countryside 15 years ago, you would have found nine times as many small farms as you do today – and twice as many different farms in general….” Elise …
Call for Contributions: Agroecology Now! Transitions-Transformations for a More Just and Sustainable Food System
A Call for contributions to a session on agroecology transitions at the meeting of the American Association of Geographers (AAG) in Washington D.C. (April 3-7, 2019) https://annualmeeting.aag.org Abstract Submission Deadline for AAG: October 21, 2018. …
Absent Agroecology Aid: On UK Agricultural Development Assistance Since 2010
This new CAWR publication analyses CAWR figures published by the UK Department of International Development (DFID) and finds that despite overwhelming evidence in favour of agroecology as a mode of agricultural development able to address crucial …
DARE Statement: Democratizing Agricultural Research in Europe
Feeding local communities without destroying the planet is one of this century’s most intractable global challenges. While sometimes generating short-term increases in production, industrial approaches to food and agriculture are now understood to cause rising …
Jardin Interior: Spaces for Transformation in Seville.
Urban spaces and urban food systems are continuously challenged, negotiated and remade by women and men, as groups and as individuals. Whilst much has been written about the radical potentials of urban agriculture, the reality …