Despite the increasingly widespread use of the term agroecology by farmers, scientists,
agrarian social movements, and lawmakers, the definition of the concept is still the object of …

Agroecology as a transformative movement has gained momentum in many countries
worldwide. In several cases, the implementation of agroecological practices has grown …

We examine how the policies of governments and the projects of international agencies and
many NGOs strip agroecology of its emancipatory potential. Adhering to the conventional …

Scaling up of peasant agroecology and building food sovereignty require major
transformations that only a self-aware, critical, collective political subject can achieve. The …

This contribution traces the parallel development of two distinct approaches to peasant
agroecological education: the peasant-to-peasant horizontal method that disseminated …

How to engage farmers that have limited formal education is at the foundation of
environmentally-sound and equitable agricultural development. Yet there are few examples …

Throughout the process of transformation since 1999 known as the Bolivarian Revolution,
harsh class and food system contradictions have unfolded in Venezuela, pitting against one …

By evaluating two grassroots organizations that belong to the Red de Semillas Libres de
Colombia (RSLC; Free Seed Network of Colombia), we show how the recovery …

Latin America has long been a hot bed for social movement organization and innovation,
and for dialogue among different types of knowledge ('dialogo de saberes'). This has …

ES is produced nor where it is purchased. The industrialization of the food system has led to
the paradox that food is as cheap as it has ever been—yet large populations who can't afford …