Knowledge building is central to agroecology rooted in family farming. But why? What type of knowledge, and whose knowledge is mobilised? This issue of Farming Matters explores what we really mean by co-creation of knowledge in agroecology, why it is so essential for today’s challenges, and how it takes place around the world. In agroecology, … Read more

Following over a half-century of “technology transfer” and “participation”, the paradigm of agricultural modernisation appears to have reached a limit. Directly related to growing concerns over the world’s food systems, there is a sense of welcomed change taking place. At the centre lays a commonly neglected resource: the creativity embedded in peoples’ daily practices and … Read more

In many developing countries, smallholder biofuel production and use is perceived as a promising economic opportunity to meet rural energy demands, and also as a catalyst for socio-economic development. An exploratory study in the Nhambita community in Mozambique, one of the first communities that planted Jatropha curcas at the Mozambican government’s request, analysed the potential … Read more