Agroecology News

Based on traditional knowledge, agroecology is a sustainable and productive agriculture method that can solve multiple challenges at once, from food insecurity to biodiversity loss and climate change, as the IPCC has also stated. Agroecology encompasses a wide range of techniques ranging from agroforestry to seed saving, fish ponds and natural fertilizer production.

For Indonesian farmers used to ‘instant’ results, going organic is a tough sell

Brazil farming co-op carves a sustainable path through agribusiness stronghold

In Peruvian Andes, ancient crops hold promise for a climate-blighted future

In Kenya, push-pull method tries to debug organic farming’s pest problem

Amazon, meet Amazon: Tech giant rolls out rainforest carbon offset project

In Peru, ancient food technologies revived in pursuit of future security

Enhancing biodiversity through the belly: Agroecology comes alive in Chile

Farmers regreen Kenya’s drylands with agroforestry and an app

Brazil punching below its weight in getting forest products to the world

Scientists look to wheatgrass to save dryland farming and capture carbon

Mexico devises revolutionary method to reverse semiarid land degradation

Soil and its promise as a climate solution: A primer

A world of hurt: 2021 climate disasters raise alarm over food security

Old and new solutions pave way to net-zero emissions farming, studies show

New report provides road map for expanding chestnut agroforestry in the U.S.

Spanish farmers fight forest fires with agroforestry (and many sheep)

Wildfires turn up the heat on farmers growing Indonesia’s ‘hottest’ pepper

Climate, biodiversity & farmers benefit from rubber agroforestry: report

A startup deploys black soldier flies in the Philippines’ war on waste

In Pennsylvania, agroforestry holds a key to cleaning up waterways and Chesapeake Bay

To save chocolate’s future, ‘start now and go big’ on agroforestry

The world needs a food movement based on agroecology and equity (commentary)

Can palm oil be grown sustainably? Agroforestry research suggests it can, and without chemicals

Can agroecology feed the world?

Agroforestry and land reform give Brazil cacao farmers sweet taste of success

Madagascar: Young farmers adopt new methods to help lemurs, forests and themselves

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