New study demonstrates that supporting farmer-led agroecology improves resilience, yields, income, and wellbeing even in dry conditions in Burkina Faso. […]
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This study provides evidence on the multidimensional benefits of agroecological integration, highlighting its potential to enhance productivity, income, soil health, agrobiodiversity, food security and women’s empowerment. […] This study found that organic maize farming can match or exceed the yields of conventional maize farming systems in Kenya. […] This paper debunks the myth of financial scarcity to finance the much needed transformation of agri-food systems, by focusing on structural economic constraints such as redirecting finance and subsidies, and using progressive taxation measures. […] The continued deployment of the feed-the-world myth works to suppress the real alternative – “a world that feeds itself” through approaches like agroecology that promote local sovereignty. […] A just transition to fossil fuel-free food systems is urgently needed. This means phasing out chemical inputs, investing in agroecology, and rebuilding resilient local food systems. […] To counter industrial agriculture’s claim to feed the world, the Grassroots Evidence for Agroecology Initiative presents strong evidence that agroecology can be scaled as the foundation of sustainable and equitable food systems. […] There are technically viable, but politically ignored, options to raise large sums of funding for agroecological transformations, such as taxing the ultra-rich, reducing military spending, disinvesting in industrial agriculture and redirecting funding away from greenwashed false solutions. […] History has shown us again and again that, so long as inequality goes unchecked, no amount of technology can ensure people are well fed. […] Agroecology is a solution which can transform food systems and enhance producers’ autonomy, while mitigating environmental and social consequences. […] |
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