Schola Campesina is an international agroecology school, based in the Italian biodistrict Via Armerina e delle Fore.We facilitate processes of knowledge exchange in view of strenghtening food producers’ organizations worldwide in their struggle for Food sovereignty and agroecology, centering local and indigenous knowledge. Based on the Nyéléni International Forum for Agroecology (2015) and on the principles of ‘Dialogo de saberes’ and Popular Education, Schola Campesina creates the conditions for constructive knowledge exchange and facilitates horizontal learning processes amongst agroecology organisations, and also with academics and NGOs.
The Grassroots Innovation Assembly for Agroecology
The Grassroots Innovations Assembly for Agroecology (GIAA) values and promotes local knowledge and the daily inventiveness of food producers worldwide. It is an assembly of grassroots organizations and local networks that are rooted in agroecology and active in strengthening, defending and sharing food producers’ knowledge, tools, equipment, seeds and innovations in general (www.gia-agroecology.org). Schola Campesina holds the secretariat of GIAA. See the report of the first gathering (Italy 2023) and the report of the second gathering (India, 2025).
Latest News
Javier and Esther
Knowing how to listen attentively, in order to understand and find solutions that bring people together, is difficult. Javier Sanchez knew how to do this
TAFF-1 Conference: Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels
From 24 to 29 April 2026, the TAFF-1 Conference took place in Santa Marta, bringing together 57 countries, EU representatives, scientists, and practitioners to explore
Schola Campesina adopts EcoAgtube as a safe digital space for agroecology
As part of its decision to switch to a safe, more ethical and self-controlled platform, Schola Campesina, an international agroecology school based in Italy, has
Youth leading the way to data sovereignty in agroecology
(Rooted magazine). In a world where corporate giants dominate, digital innovation in agriculture is often promoted as the primary solution to the global food crisis.
New publication: Agroecology in Ukraine
From our Ukrainian friends in Bilim and the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, the State Organization “Institute for Economics and Forecasting” Department of Economy
Bilim forum 2026
Forum of the Bilim Alliance on Agroecology in Eastern Europe and West-Central Asia – Astana 2026 The third Forum of the Bilim Alliance on Agroecology
Our publications:
§ 2026 Youth leading the way to data sovereignty in agroecology
§ 2025 Agroecology & Innovations (course syllabus)
§ 2024 Report of the first gathering of the Grassroots innovations assembly for agroecology
§ 2023 Agroecology School Toolkit
§ 2022 Agroecology Guidebook– Bridging generations through knowledge sharing (E+ BAG project)
§ 2021 Food systems and digitalization from a food sovereignty approach
