Agroecology

Time to transition to agroecology in Africa

As COVID-19 threatens farming communities across Africa already struggling with climate change, the continent is at a crossroads. Will its people and their governments continue trying to replicate industrial farming models promoted by developed countries? Or will they move boldly into the uncertain future, embracing ecological agriculture?

Important new United Nations report calls for redirection of public finance for agriculture

This week, three United Nations agencies released an important report examining public subsidies for agriculture in 88 countries around the world. According to the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP), the report is timely and important.

Africans publicly challenge Green Revolution backers

The following article was originally published by Food Tank on September 7, 2021.

IPCC report reveals urgency of methane reduction, need to reduce industrial agriculture emissions

Stringent methane restrictions in the near term are vital to curbing global warming, states the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report released today.

African faith leaders call on the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to drop African Green Revolution

The following article was originally published by Food Tank on August 4, 2021. Read the article on Food Tank here.

Hundreds of grassroots organizations to oppose the UN Food Systems Summit

Rome, Italy. 19 July 2021. Over 300 global civil society organizations of small-scale food producers, researchers and Indigenous Peoples' will gather online (25-28 July) to protest against the UN Food Systems Pre-Summit.

Q&A: The United Nations agroecology negotiations and Food Systems Summit

Starting on July 26, United Nations delegates and other stakeholders will meet in Rome for a Pre-Summit leading up to the United Nations Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) scheduled to take place this September in New York.

New AGRA Reports Offer Little Evidence to Justify Continued Donor Support

The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) has been under fire over the last year after our research revealed that the billion-dollar agency had made little progress toward its stated goals of doubling yields and incomes for 30 million small-scale farming households while halving food insecurity.

Call for a unifying framework for food systems transformation and agroecology

As we’ve written about in earlier articles, civil society groups from around the world have been working together to lift up agroecology in the U.N. Committee on World Food Security (U.N.

Making Money Move for Agroecology

IATP is among the groups the have endorsed the following policy brief. Access the policy brief in French and Spanish on CIDSE's website.