This article highlights the move by many farmers in India to switch from chemical-based agriculture to organic farming and the benefits they derived from it. […]
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An FAO report argues that organic agriculture offers valuable techniques that could mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. […] This paper, by Miguel Altieri, President of the Latin American Scientific Society of Agroecology (SOCLA) and Professor of Agroecology at the University of California, Berkeley, argues that small farms are ecological assets. […] On 22 May 2008, a Special UN Session was held to discuss the global food crisis. It adopted a resolution that expressed grave concern at the worsening world food crisis, which seriously undermines the realization of the right to food for all. […] This statement deals with the crisis of food prices and shortages, and also the issue of agriculture and climate change. […] Comments from the Oakland Institute on the food crisis and appropriate policies to address it. […] Declaracion de 20 organizaciones de la sociedad civil sobre el resultado de la IAASTD. […] Statement from 20 civil society organizations on the outcome of the IAASTD in South Africa. […] The IAASTD concluded that a radical change is needed in agriculture policy and practice, in order to address hunger and poverty, social inequities and environmental sustainability questions. […] The following article, published in The Ecologist, makes the case that organic farming is productive enough, particularly in developing countries, to feed the world. […] |
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