Sustainable Systems « Biosafety Information Centre

While interest is generated over new and emerging technologies, there is a diversity of knowledge, technologies and practices in agriculture, health care, conservation and sustainable use of natural resources and ecosystem management. Many of these support the livelihoods of small farmers, fisherfolk, indigenous peoples and local entrepreneurs affecting millions of people and communities across the world, especially in developing countries. In many cases, national industries have developed from traditional knowledge and endogenous technologies.There are thus vast potential and promises in these sustainable systems and practices, requiring investment and mainstreaming into development policies at the national, regional and international level. A holistic approach to technology assessment and choice would develop sophisticated principles, criteria and indicators that enable countries to benefit from sustainable production and conservation systems.

Small-Scale Sustainable Agriculture Key to Global Food Security

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. […]

The High Costs of GM Soy

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. […]

Participatory Research and Agricultural Biodiversity in Europe

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. […]

Organic Agriculture a Good Option for LDCs

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. […]

Closing the Gender Gap in Agriculture

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 Nourishing the Planet

Agriculture can address environmental challenges, while also alleviating hunger, reducing malnutrition, and lifting people out of poverty. […]

Benefits of Bt Cotton Elude Farmers in China Over Time

Farmers in parts of China reported increased secondary pests since they adopted Bt cotton while yields have been lower than conventional cotton. […]

Fundamental Transformation Towards Sustainable Agriculture Urgently Needed

A new discussion paper from UNCTAD calls for a rapid and significant shift from conventional, industrial, monoculture-based and high-external-input dependent agriculture towards mosaics of sustainable production systems. […]

UN: Agroecology can Double Food Output in 10 years

This report by the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food demonstrates that agroecology, if sufficiently supported, can double food production within 10 years while mitigating climate change and alleviating rural poverty. […]

‘Green Agriculture’ Would Yield Multiple Benefits

The Agriculture chapter of UNEP’s Green Economy Report calls for investments and policy reforms aimed at “greening” agriculture. […]

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