Agroecology

Globalizing resistance, resilience and hope through agroecology

IATP’s long-time ally in Mexico, ANEC (the National Association of Producers' Enterprises) held a three-day conference recently (Aug. 31 – Sept.

Comment on the draft paper 'Climate Smart Agriculture in Feed the Future Programs'

Comment on the draft paper on ‘Climate Smart Agriculture in Feed the Future Programs’ developed with feedback from across USAID and other U.S. government agencies.

Financing climate resilience through agroecology

When it comes to climate change, money can’t solve everything, but it can help. The Green Climate Fund (GCF) is one of the most promising new vehicles to finance climate initiatives in developing countries already particularly hard hit by extreme weather.

Final Day at the FAO Regional Agroecology Seminar in Brazil – The Struggle Ahead

IATP’s Dr. Jahi Chappell is blogging from Brasilia as the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) hosts the first of three public symposiums on national and regional strategies focused on agroecology.

Day two at the Latin America & Caribbean Regional Agroecology Seminar: innovation and power in agroecology

The opening session of the Regional Seminar in Latin America and the Caribbean quickly built to a roar, at the same time raising questions that would have fit in at the last sessions of the day: how do we get to a system that supports food sovereignty and agroecology as the alternative paradigm for food and agriculture from our current system when many governments and corporate interests seek t

Reporting from Brazil: lessons on agroecology

Food system scholars and scientists pen second letter to FAO Director-General supporting agroecology

On June 24, more than 40 scholars and scientists of agriculture and food systems sent the Director-General (DG) of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) a second open letter, calling for the FAO to acknowledge and build on the historic, civil-socie