This document outlines the key actions that are needed to transform existing industrial food systems and other unsustainable practices, to viable food systems based on agroecological and other forms of sustainable production. […]
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Measures taken to restructure agriculture and the larger food system around food sovereignty, small scale farming, agro-ecology and local markets, could be a key driver of solutions to climate change […] Scientific side-by-side comparisons in the Rodale Institute’s Farming Systems Trial (FST) over 30 years has provided clear evidence that organic agriculture is far superior to conventional systems. […] Climate Change and Food Systems Resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa, a FAO book co-published with TWN and the Institute for Sustainable Development, Ethiopia showcases the successes of ecological agriculture, in providing food security and rural livelihood. […] According to the United Nations’ World Economic and Social Survey 2011, a transformation from the predominant large-scale and intensive systems of agriculture towards small-scale sustainable agriculture is urgently needed. […] GM soy may be the “green gold” for some but it is also the source of despair to many living in its midst and to the environment. […] IIED report calls for a shift in research and policy priorities from a near exclusive focus on monocultures to whole farm agroecological approaches and to safeguard the biological diversity upon which food supplies depend. […] This UNCTAD policy brief on “Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security in LDCs” calls for a fundamental transformation in agriculture, based on sustainable agriculture, and not chemical intensification of agricultural production. […] Providing women the same access to land, technology, financial services, education and markets as men would lead to higher agriculture production. Women are also showing the way in practicing and reaping the benefits from ecological agriculture. […] Agriculture can address environmental challenges, while also alleviating hunger, reducing malnutrition, and lifting people out of poverty. […] |
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