Title of document: Nourishing the world sustainably : scaling up agroecology

Authors: Dr Miguel Altieri, Andrew Kang Bartlett, Carolin Callenius, Christine Campeau, Kristen Elsasser, Paul Hagerman, Gary Kenny, Kato Lambrechts, Wilfred Miga, Jose Pablo Prado, Peter Prove, Nadia Saracini, and Karin Ulmer

Organism: Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance

Year of parution: 2012

Link to the original website: http://www10.iadb.org/intal/intalcdi/PE/2013/10704.pdf 

Objectives of the document: Explain what is agroecology and bring forward the key roles of agroecology.

This document brings a presentation of agroecology: principles, practices, attributes of agroecology… It also presents other farming methods to do sustainable agriculture. After a general presentation, agroecology is linked to climate resilience, food security, innovations… At least, thanks to three case studies, this document describes ways to scale up agroecology.