This article explains how the industrial farming model exacerbates poverty and hunger, and calls on Europe to get serious about feeding the world by supporting alternative systems of agriculture such as agroecology. […]
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A multistakeholder International Symposium on Agroecology was organized in China in August 2016. Agroecology is a key component of China’s plans to reconcile environmental sustainability with economic development. […] A study of 946 farms in France has found that total pesticide use can be reduced by 42% without any negative effects on productivity and profitability in 59% of the farms. […] FAO’s report on the challenges that agriculture and food systems will face into the 21st century acknowledges that “business-as-usual is not an option” and that major transformations are needed towards holistic approaches such as agroecology. […] The November 2016 Addis Ababa Declaration on agroecology, ecological organic agriculture and food sovereignty in Africa establishes a new narrative which recognizes agroecology as the true future of the continent‘s food systems. […] This article shows how agroecology and food sovereignty together represent a truly transformative alternative paradigm for agriculture, by rebuilding a diversity of decentralized, just, sustainable and resilient food systems and communities. […] Projects in the Global South showcase how agroecology benefits the most disadvantaged and provides local solutions for sustainable agriculture on the principles of empowerment, action, resilience and integration. […] A report by the UN’s Special Rapporteur on the right to food declares pesticides detrimental to the rights to food and health. It calls for a move away from industrial agriculture and the promotion of agroecology instead. […] This publication highlights the huge potential of agroecology to feed Africa, fix broken food systems and repair damaged landscapes, providing abundant healthy and nutritious food sustainably while increasing incomes and improving climate resilience. […] The industrial livestock industry is a major contributor to forest loss and climate change. A reduction in meat consumption by rich countries and a global transition to agroecology, agroforestry, and extensive traditional pastoralist practices are needed. […] |
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