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🌟 Partner spotlight: We want to take a moment to highlight the work of our collaborators at the Caliata Initiative! They support indigenous food systems projects in the Andes through media, research, and community engagement. Their work has three main themes: 1. Harnessing agroecology and permaculture principles to promote traditional ecological knowledge and biodiversity in the region. 2. Restoring and preserving pre-Columbian cultivation terraces. 3. Improving nutrition by preserving ancestral food culture. In the face of a rapidly industrialized food system, the Caliata Initiative uses community-based partnerships to help indigenous communities in the Andes maintain agroecological wisdom for years to come. IFA members Carlos Andrés Gallegos Riofrio and Amaya Carrasco Torrontegui co-founded the Caliata Initiative. Learn more at caliatainitiative.org! #caliata #calitatainitative #agroecology #foodsystems #biodiversity #Andes #ecuador

Within the RADIANT EU project we aim to identify potential windows of opportunities which can boost the usage of underutilised crops. Underutilised crops are neglected and forgotten plant varieties and species which are undervalued by the current agricultural and socio-economic system, but which hold great nutritional and ecological value. Underutilised crops, therefore, could have a great role to shift toward more ecologically resilient and socially just food system. We have a collected a couple of policy case studies which serve as good practices to support produced and/or consumed diversity. Look at the summary of the Bulgarian case study produced by Svetlana BOYANOVA, Bojin Bojinov, Bálint Balázs, Zilin Liu, Orsolya Lazányi and also Alexandra Czeglédi, Kata Fodor, Agnes Neulinger, Marta Vasconcelos, Pietro Iannetta

Have you ever tried #breadfruit and related products? Worth a trip ✈️ to the Pacific sometime in the future? 👨🌾🌳 In the meantime, get further insights into our #partnership with Pacific Farmer Organisations 👇 and get to know more about this very interesting #valuechain

🤝 #VoicesAboutBiovision: Biovision & FAO is uniting forces for agroecological transformation 🗨️ "We appreciate the proactive approach of Biovision and its staff in our cooperation. Their efficiently organised events, their persistent lobbying for agroecology, and their professional background reports and awareness-raising materials are particularly valuable," says Dominique Burgeon, Director of the FAO Liaison Office in Geneva. 🌾 Biovision's partnership with FAO is a testament to our shared vision for sustainable food systems. Our collaborative efforts have been instrumental in leveraging in-depth agroecology expertise and extensive network. The 2022 Agroecology Dialogues, co-organized by Biovision and FAO, highlight our commitment to bringing together diverse stakeholders from the agrifood system. These dialogues serve as a platform to discuss implementation strategies and showcase how agroecology can address critical food system challenges. We celebrate this pivotal partnership that is shaping global food systems for the better. #SustainableFood #FAO #AgroecologyWorks #FoodSystemsTransformation #GlobalPartnerships #Biovision

🌽 🐄 Our #foodsystems today face major challenges. But change is coming! We can unite and transform our food systems towards social and environmental sustainability through #Agroecology. Agroecology- working with nature, not against it- is already providing solutions and it is increasingly backed by scientists, social movements, farmers, and governments. 👐 They have come together in a Coalition with the mission to accelerate the transformation of food systems through agroecology. Since its launch in 2021, the Coalition now brings together around 300 diverse members, both governments and organizations – and that number keeps growing. ▶️Find out more about the Agroecology Coalition:

Agroecology Europe Forum 2023 Synthesis report is now published 📢. Journey from volunteering at the Forum to contributing as an author for this report was an experiential learning for me. 🌱 I would like to extend my gratitude towards Agroecology Europe Association and especially Boglárka Bozsogi for believing in me. 🙏 "This is a reminder that #food connects us 🌏 and the path 👣 to the #resilient food future is not a solitary one, but a collective journey strengthened by bio-cultural diversity ☘️ and peasant #agroecology." Read the report for insights and share your thoughts.

We are proud to release the synthesis report of the 2023 Agroecology Europe Forum written by the talented Kushal Poudel. If you missed #AEEUForum2023, want to re-experience it, or need a catch-up on the state of #agroecology, we highly recommend this delightful read. This synthesis report of the 2023 Agroecology Europe Forum—Converging movements for resilient food systems—serves as the representative and meaningful portrayal of collective understanding and vision co-created by diverse participants of the Forum. It explores the current state and envisioned future of a resilient #foodsystem and offers actionable insights for food system stakeholders. "Sowing #Change, Growing Together: Creating a Resilient #Food Future" is an outcome of the shared #learning and #inspiration to build a #resilient food system and gives a critical outlook and synthesis of presentations and discussions. Enjoy! https://lnkd.in/dP6tvwi5

This is a very insightful report indeed there alot agroecology has to offer to the world especially in the wake of climate change and sustainable farming systems and one of the best strategy is through knowledge sharing sharing both visual and practical while also working closing with stakeholders in the realms of Agroecology, Kushal Poudel bravo to this !!!!! Agroecology Fund Agroecology Coalition Agroecology Europe Association

We cannot emphasize food sovereignty for the Ogiek community without first addressing the issue of access to land. Originally, the forests were the Ogieks’ bread basket. Read about what happened to tilt their food system and what KOWYN is doing to ensure the Ogiek achieve food security. https://lnkd.in/eYiSVqQp #KOWYNetwork #Agroecology #Ogiek #Koibatek Land is Life Haki Nawiri Afrika

In our latest article for the FAO #AgroecologyKnowledgeHub Digest #Germinate! column, we make a case for Farmer Managed Seed Systems and through the sharing of grantee partner stories from Southeast Asia to Africa and the Americas, illustrate why controlling seeds is a threat to #foodsovereignty. "Farmer managed seed systems (FMSS) are central to the everyday practices of the small-scale farmers who feed 70 percent of the world’s population. FMSS recognize the central role farmers play in selecting, growing, saving, and sharing seeds in community. Despite this, mainstream discourse continually refers to these systems as being “informal” or “anti-modern.” Additionally, over the last few decades, many governments have moved toward embracing Green Revolution “technologies”, including GMO’s, under the misguided perception that they will lead to greater production. In some instances, open seed exchange has even been criminalized. This devalues and undermines the essential climate resilient, nutritional and equitable qualities of FMSS. Thankfully, there is an upsurge of community-led movements advocating for food sovereignty in the face of this corporate backed, restrictive approach to feeding the world. The Agroecology Fund invests in many of these grassroots movements. With their reach deep into communities, they advance food sovereignty, rights to land, territory and natural resources, climate resilience and biodiversity conservation. They are leading movements to protect seed sovereignty in their local communities by ensuring policies, laws, and practices affirm the role of small farmers and their right to FMSS." https://lnkd.in/gpk4sPRR