Members of the AgriCultures Network are working together to advance family farming and agroecology. Here is our latest update. Latin America commits to agroecology In June, the first regional agroecology seminar organised by FAO led to a strong commitment to ‘boost’ agroecology and food sovereignty as a way to strengthen family farming and food security … Read more

Deadline: 1 December 2015 Knowledge building and sharing are central to agroecology and family farming. It is a dynamic process and knowledge increases by sharing and learning; both practice and theory are important. Each farm and each community is unique. Given the great diversity of agroecosystems the world over, there is a need to continuously … Read more

Bouwas Mawara and his wife Nyengeterai, small scale farmers in the semi-arid Zvishavane district of Zimbabwe, are renowned for their innovation in water harvesting for crop and animal production, and for setting up local structures and systems to spread innovations amongst fellow farmers. Today at least 160 farming families in their community are more resilient … Read more

At the Centre for Environment Concerns, an NGO based in Hyderabad, India, the challenge was clear: develop an inclusive irrigation technology suitable for low rainfall areas. Alongside farmers and female farm labourers, they developed a system that provides assured moisture directly to the plant root zone. Initial trials show two unique benefits: it requires about … Read more

All her working life, Elizabeth Peredo has been engaged in defending human and environmental rights. Until August 2015 she was the director of the Bolivian organisation Fundación Solón that aims to contribute to people living in harmony with each other in a world of solidarity, with respect for life and nature. From 2000 onwards she … Read more

Large hydraulic projects that aim to capture and control water flows are increasingly entering territories of local Andean communities. This is a story of pastoralists in the region of Huancavelica, Peru, who stepped up in defence of their local wetlands, pastures and water sources. After more than a decade of protest, alliance building and negotiation … Read more

Antonis Diamantidis addresses the Greek crisis through his work with food and farming. He is a member of an informal collective of agroecological farmers building a community united by the food they grow, eat and sell. Greek farming has failed to provide healthy and diverse sustenance for the country’s population while at the same time … Read more

Márcia Patrícia is a family farmer in the Brazilian semi-arid. Active participation in the local rural workers union and access to water capture and storage technology transformed her life. My name is Márcia Patrícia and like the great majority of women in the semi-arid I was destined by local custom to travel long distances to … Read more