This briefing examines livestock production in the context of climate change mitigation and analyses how farming solutions to environmental challenges can be both ustainable and humane.

This case study highlights the work of farmers in Yoro and Otoro regions of Honduras, supported by USC partner FIPAH (Foundation for Participatory Research with Honduran Farmers). Farmers organize community-based agricultural research teams (called CIALs), to diversify their plant genetic resources and to develop hardier plant varieties that grow well on their soils.

In Latin America agroecology has been transformed into the fundamental scientific base for the development of farming systems that conserve natural resources, increase security and, at the same time, the social and cultural empowerment of farmers. One of the key challenges in promoting rural development alternatives is to evaluate whether these strategies actually move their communities towards sustainability.

The agro-ecological revolution in Latin America: rescuing nature, ensuring food sovereignty and empowering peasants.
The Journal of Peasant Studies Vol. 38, No. 3, July 2011, 587ﾖ612

Development Fund brings to you some successful stories. Malawi farmers, from different districts, show us how to cope with farmers constrains and simply feed themselves and their communities in an sustainable way.

Maize Pit Planting is a technology where maize is planted in pits. This technology brings good results in areas of low rainfall, dry spells or low moisture. In addition can easily be afforded by farmers and its is environemental friendly.

In this agroecosystem, we will transition to sustainable agriculture.

Generate scientific knowledge to allow for the use of leguminous trees into degraded grass pastures for a sustainable animal production in the North-Central region of Yucatan.

These farmers started farming with pigs on a conventional model in 2006 and changed to Agroecology in 2009 as an alternative for small farmers to enhance their livelihoods.

Garden of Hope is an agro-ecological learning site in the Northern Cape province of South Africa.