These meetings consist of scores of hands-on workshops on
agroecology, plenary discussions with movement intellectuals and high-ranking politicians, as well as marches.
Yet
agroecology is taking off worldwide and is one of the best hopes for phasing out the most highly hazardous agricultural pesticides.
In relation to public policies, a recent achievement has been the institution, in 2012, of a National Policy on
Agroecology and Organic Production (PNAPO) aimed at integrating, articulating and adjusting programmes and actions that promote agroecological transition and organic production with the view of contributing to the provision and consumption of healthy food.
1990):
Agroecology and Small Farm Development, Ann Arbor, CRC Press.
Agroecology, they say, is not just a set of techniques, but a response to questions of power and politics.
We understood that
agroecology is an intrinsic part of the global answer to the main challenges and crises we face as humanity.
The present study was supported by the National Natural Sciences Foundation of China (31301862), the Fund for Excellent Young Scholars of Northeast Institute of Geography and
Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (DLSYQ13003).
Agroecology constitutes a relatively novel discipline that, based upon ecological principles, pursues the development of sustainable and environment friendly agricultural systems.
Soil, Struggle and Justice:
Agroecology in the Brazilian Landless Movement; Submitted By Andreas Hernandez (Brazil)
The second eldest of several siblings, Ramona appeared to be the only one actively involved with her parents in participating with ODEP's
agroecology efforts.
EFT is about utilizing the science of applied
agroecology to increase the biodiversity in agricultural systems to reduce pests rather than using the conventional approach, based on reductionist monocultures that rely on externally sourced toxic synthetic inputs.
While the biotech industry has concentrated on the great fertile areas of North America, Argentina, Mesopotamia and Ukraine, 286 agricultural projects in 57 developing countries employing the diverse and locally adapted methods of
agroecology have doubled average crop yields.
