Schola Campesina is an international Agroecology school, based in the Italian biodistrict Via Armerina e delle Fore. Schola Campesina purpose is to strenghten food producers’ organizations worldwide in their struggle for Food sovereignty and Agroecology, centering local Knowledge. Based on Nyéléni International Forum for Agroecology (2015) and on the principles of ‘Dialogo de saberes’ and Popular Education, Schola Campesina aims to cultivate the dialogue among peasant, academical and activist knowledge, including on international advocacy work.
Recent publications
A Case Study of Bilim Community of Practice of Agroecology in Eastern Europe, Central and Western Asia.
Bilim is a community of organizations from Eastern Europe, Central and Western Asia region.
This brief developed by the UVM Institute for Agroecology in collaboration with Bilim organizations and Schola Campesina as the Community facilitator, examines the Bilim Community’s pivotal role in advancing agroecology across the region.
Rooted in the region’s diverse languages, cultures, and histories, Bilim fosters grassroots collaboration and knowledge-sharing to address critical challenges such as biodiversity loss, market inequities, and rural isolation. The brief highlights transformative initiatives illustrating how Bilim bridges informal and formal knowledge systems to promote sustainable, community-driven solutions, and underscores the importance of regional networks in creating resilient food systems and fostering solidarity.
Watch the video and read more on Bilim Community
The Grassroot Innovation for Agroecology Assembly 2023 Visual Report.
This report documents the first international gathering of the Grassroots Innovations for Agroecology Assembly held from Oct 18-21, 2023 in Gallese, Italy. As food producers confront climate crises, corporate capture, and the new extractive technologies of AG 4.0, smallholders are organizing their own innovation networks for agroecological methods. The work of these networks demonstrates that peasant autonomy is possible through grassroots innovation, knowledge-sharing, research, and collaboration.
The idea for the international grassroots innovations assembly was seeded by a group of established innovation networks like Farm Hack, L’Atelier Paysan, and Schola Campesina. Download the report
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“Food from Somewhere: Building food security and resilience through territorial markets ” IPES-Food’s report
We are pleased to share IPES-Food’s latest report, “Food from Somewhere: Building food security and resilience through territorial markets ” which highlights the importance of
ECVC launches new publication on how to implement UNDROP across Europe
Read ECVC’s new set of policy recommendations for international and regional organisations, European policy-makers, and national and local authorities, in order to push for the
INVITATION: Webinar “Black Box Biotech”- 12 September, 2024
Understanding the governance challenges created by ‘generative biology’ –integration of artificial intelligence (AI) with synthetic biology. Organized by ETC Group, African Center for Biodiversity, TWN
Workshop on smallholders, family farmers, and UNDROP implementation in Kazakhstan is successfully completed
The Workshop on Smallholders and Family Farmers and the Implementation of UNDROP was successfully conducted from July 18th to 20th, 2024, in Stepnogorsk, Akmolinsk region
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Reflecting on the BILIM Forum: 2022 and 2023
In 2022 and 2023, BILIM Agroecology community members gathered in person for the BILIM Forum in Turkey, fostering a spirit of collaboration and sharing. These
Exchange Visit of STINA Women’s Association from Kosovo to Albania: exploring local seed bank,didactic field and educational laboratories.
From May 22 to May 23, 2024, Schola Campesina, in collaboration with COSPE Association and the Professional School “Ndre Mjeda” in Bushat, Vau Dejes Municipality,
There are 1.5 billion peasant farmers and food producers in the world (the largest sector in the world) and they represent a pillar of economic democracy. Indeed, small-scale food producers make food and agriculture the unique sector of the economy which is not dominated by oligopolies (Internet is in the hands of 10 companies, the world energy market is possibly in the hands of 20, and most economic sectors are experiencing unprecedented concentration). Despite the large number of concentration processes currently ongoing, food and agriculture represents the only sector where there are still 1.5 billion food producers. Hence, a rights-based social and economic model built on a strong sector of food producers, peasant farmers, small-scale fishers and pastoralists, and not on the arrogant force of a few.
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