This paper examines the relationship between organic agriculture and food security in Africa, analysing organic agriculture’s impact on food availability as well as natural, social, human, physical and financial capital in the region. Given the paper’s origins, special attention has been given to East Africa throughout the paper, including analysis of 15 case studies. The conclusions and findings are, however, relevant for all African countries as well as many other developing countries around the world.

Building resilience while adapting for climate change in the Horn of Africa.

This paper was produced by the Agriculture and Natural Resources Team of the UK Department for International Development (DFID) in collaboration with Jules Pretty of the Department of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, UK.

This paper investigates the impact of sustainable agricultural practices on crop productivity, with a particular focus on reduced tillage. Specifically, the report investigate whether reduced tillage results in more or less productivity gain than chemical fertilizer. Results support encouraging resource-constrained farmers in semi-arid areas to adopt sustainable agricultural practices, especially since they enable farmers to reduce production costs, provide environmental benefits, and—as our results confirm—enhance crop productivity.

These projects of sustainable intensification drawn from across Africa show that if there is a political and economic domestic recognition that ‘agriculture matters’, then food outputs can be increased not only without harm to the environment but also in many cases to increase the flow of beneficial environmental services.

After 30 years of side-by-side research in our Farming Systems Trial (FST), in this publication the Rodale Institute has dimonstrated that organic farming is better equipped to feed us well into ever changing future.

Article on sustainable model being adopted in Andhra Pradesh on a big scale.

A participatory case study together with the Non Governmental Organization (NGO) Cetap (Centro de Tecnologias Alternativas Populares) in Brazil and farmers with the objective to describe and evaluate the process of agroecological transition with the aim of improving it. An important conclusion of the study is that agroecology is an approach and a process instead of a steady, defined state.

Resumen ponencia “Agroecólogas en la academia” presentada en la mesa Contribuciones de las mujeres al avance y consolidación de la Agroecología, que se realizó como parte de las actividades del Tercer Congreso Latinoamericano de Agroecología, el día 17 de agosto del año en curso, en Oaxtepec, Morelos.