Agriculture is a core area of Mongabay’s coverage both because the world must find more sustainable ways to feed its human societies and because how it’s currently practiced is generally detrimental ...

The transformation of ancestral lands into intensive monoculture plantations has led to the destruction of Guatemala’s native forests and traditional practices, as well as loss of livelihoods and ...

When public programmes miss the farmers they’re meant for – and how philanthropy can help. Picture a farmer in Brazil, ...

The first time we heard the word “agroecology” was around 2014. The members of our agroecologic collective Güakiá, based in Dorado, Puerto Rico, were looking for something that made sense and ...

Maryland farmer Blain Snipstal wanted to expand awareness about agroecology in the United States after years spent working with advocacy groups for farmworker rights, rural issues, and peasant ...

Industrialized agriculture can be attributed to about 25-30% of total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions per year. As one of the largest sources of emissions, industrial agriculture is the focus of many ...

Coakí was born in the Oklahoma Seminole Nation. He has practiced organic gardening since childhood, organic farming for much of his adult Life, and regenerative horticulture, food forestry, and ...

Growing food through sustainable practices, advocates say, is good for you, your community and the planet. Puerto Rico’s agroecological movement feeds local communities through natural farming ...

The EU has launched a Sh645 million soil health and agroecology programme targeting 40,000 farmers in six counties to boost climate-resilient agriculture in Kenya.

Global food systems are at a breaking point. Not only are they responsible for roughly a quarter of global greenhouse gas emissions, they are also the top contributors to water pollution and ...

African Perspectives on Agroecology is a new book with 33 contributions from academics, non-governmental organisations, farmer organisations and policy makers. It is free to download, and reviewers ...

Stakeholders from the agriculture sector have initiated a policy framework to promote agroecology practices as a means of mitigating the ravaging effect of climate change in Nigeria. The stakeholders ...