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Online seminar „Basics of Botany for saving vegetable seeds”
Dear members of Agroecology Community of Practice , We are happy to invite you to the online seminar „Basics of Botany for saving vegetable seeds”,
Agroecology Guidebook “Bringing Generations through knowledge sharing”
This Guidebook you can download HERE is the result of the cooperation of 6 organizations from Poland, Germany, France, Netherlands, Italy and Switzerland active in
The international policy process on DATA for food security and nutrition (of the CFS) started.
This first OEWG (12 jan. 2023) is the start of a policy process on the issue of “Data collection and analysis tools for food security
Agroecology Schools Thursday Talks
If you’re interested to advance agroecology in your organization, community and region JOIN US ON ZOOM on Thuesdays from 10 am to 11 am CET
Community of Practice on Agroecology
in Europe and Central Asia region
TAPE in Albania – ТЭЙП в Албании – ANDR (CoP 3d meeting – 4/10/2021)
In this brief video, Desjana (Albanian Network for rural development – ANDR) highlights that in Albania also farmers practice agroecology without knowing the word agroecology.
TAPE in Turkey – Çiftçi-Sen (CoP 3d meeting – 4/10/2021) – in English only
In this audio document (available only in English): Cigdem (Çiftçi-Sen organization) explains how test of TAPE has been implemented in Maksudiye (Sakarya Province in the
Recent publications
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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Schola Campesina is an international Agroecology school, based in an italian biodistrict, seeking to strengthen food producers’ organizations worldwide in their struggle for Food sovereignty and Agroecology. Through knowledge sharing processes (trainings, videos, webinars, posts), we seek to facilitate the understanding of -and actions within- the global governance of food and agriculture (Rome process).
Based on Nyéléni International Forum for Agroecology (2015) and on the principles of Dialogo de saberes and Popular Education; Schola Campesina seeks to develop the dialogue among peasant, academical and activist knowledge.