Malawi faces myriad of environmental, social, and human health challenges, including food insecurity, land degradation and deforestation. An agroforestry program promotes tree planting to increase crop yields in previously depleted soils, reverse deforestation, and empower women.
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Building, defending and strengthening agroecology
This publication is based on a research conducted on the meaning and politics of agroecology from social movement perspectives.
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Hungry for land: small farmers feed the world with less than a quarter of all farmland
It is commonly heard today that small farmers produce most of the world’s food. But how many of us realise that they are doing this with less than a quarter of the world’s farmland, and that even this meagre share is shrinking fast? Read more
The Jakarta Call: “Agroecology is our option for today and the future”
La Via Campesina, the international movement which brings together millions of peasants, small and medium-size farmers, landless people, women farmers, indigenous people, migrants and agricultural workers from around the world, closed its 6th International Conference (Jakarta, 6-13 June, 2013) with a strong call for food sovereignity. Read more
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Other Websites
 150 organizations have signed on to the document Rio+20 Time to act. See the list of organizations which have signed on to it, at www.timetoactrio20.org |
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 Agriculture at a crossroads. Findings & recommendations for future farming. You may visit the website at www.globalagriculture.org |
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