FROM FARMERS’ FIELDS TO RIO+20: AGRO-ECOLOGY WORKS!

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23 June 2012

Farming Mattters | 28.2| June 2012

This special issue of Farming Matters provides an overview of the importance of small-scale farming and of an agro-ecological approach to agriculture, looking in detail at four key areas: food security, poverty alleviation, energy and climate change.

We do not know yet what the outcome of Rio+20 will be. But the preparations have already triggered a tremendous stream of information about small-scale family farming and agro-ecology.
It shows a variety of examples of how family farmers have been practicing a type of agriculture that is not only sustainable, but essential for a green planet and a healthy population. The articles in this issue show the need for scaling-up these approaches, and what could be the steps in the process.

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