Agroecology

Farmers’ Seed Systems: Strategic sites of agroecology

This article is the 11th in a series highlighting the work of our colleagues around the world to build agroecological practices, science and movements. Agroecology has emerged as a set of practices based on principles that guide how to produce food sustainably, as well as how to manage the social

Communities charting a new direction with agroecology

By Karen Hansen-Kuhn

Dr. Luis Llanos Hernández, Dr. Horacio Alvarado Raya, Dr. Norma Alarcón Rodríguez, Dr. Felipe Reyes Fuentes, Dr. Carlos Macías Uribe, MC. Ameyali Hernández Hernández Hernández, Dr. Eugenio Santacruz de León, and Dr. Sandra Bibiana Vargas Gil, UACh-CIESTAAM-GIIES; Shiney Varghese, IATP; Biowatch South Africa; Erin McKee, Nora Shields-Culter, IATP; Marcos Cortez Basclio; Cantave Jean-Baptiste, Partenariat pour le Développement Local (PDL) Haiti, Steve Brescia, Groundswell International; Die Freien Bäcker; Enrique Perez S.; Julie E. Kim, Global Policy Forum

May 2nd, 2023

Over the past year, IATP has invited allies from the Global South and North to share their experiences with agroecology in a series of case studies. They demonstrate innovative approaches that enhance the food system, grounded in food sovereignty. In this paper we offer excerpts from those case studies that highlight the importance of integrated solutions.

Building the food systems of Least Developed Countries

In early March, the government of Qatar played host to the 5th United Nations Conference for Least Developed Countries (LDCs).

[Watch] Water and Nutrition. Harmonizing Actions between the Water and Nutrition Decade.

Watch a recording of the March 22 side event, "Water and Nutrition. Harmonizing Actions between the Water and Nutrition Decade. What does it take?" at the United Nations 2023 Water Conference. IATP's Shiney Varghese discussed agroecological transitions during this conversation on harmonizing actions for the U.N.

Taking stock of the Paris Climate Agreement: Some good news

Somewhere between climate change denialism, political inertia and rising climate-related catastrophes lies the technical consultations to implement the Paris Agreement of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). When President George H. W.

Agroecology is a poverty solution in Haiti

This article is the ninth in a series highlighting the work of our colleagues around the world to build agroecological practices, science and movements. Agroecology has emerged as a set of practices based on principles that guide how to produce food sustainably, as well as how to manage the soci

Synergies among agroecological transitions and the UN Decades on Water and Nutrition

The United Nations 2023 Water Conference — formally known as the 2023 Conference for the Midterm Comprehensive Review of Implementation of the U.N. Decade for Action on Water and Sanitation (2018-2028) — takes place in New York this week, from March 22-24, 2023, nearly five decades after the first U.N.

Agroecology is the transformation needed for LDC food sovereignty

Doha, Qatar—Meeting in Doha for the 5th United Nations Least Developed Countries (LDC) Conference 4-9 March, civil society organizations (CSOs) from around the world organized a panel to present and discuss the challenges that face LDC agriculture, the promise of agroecology and the importance of investing in agroecological practices to build food sovereignty.

Least Developed Countries Conference Provides Opportunity to Advance Agroecological Transitions

Doha, Qatar—From March 4-9, United Nations officials and diplomats, together with Heads of States from U.N.-designated Least Developed Countries (LDCs), civil society organizations, parliamentarians and the private sector will gather in Doha for the 5th U.N. Conference on the Least Developed Countries (U.N. LDC5).

Agroecology, food sovereignty and the 5th U.N. Conference for Least Developed Countries

On March 5, the United Nation’s 5th Least Developed Countries (LDC) Decade of Action Conference will formally open in Doha, Qatar. IATP will be there, together with an anticipated 600 or so others from civil society, mingling with Heads of LDC states and their staff, a variety of U.N.