Title of document: Training Handbook: The New EU Organic Regulation (2018/848) for Producer Groups Authors/editor: Florentine Meinshausen (FiBL), Marlene Rudolph (Naturland), Toralf Richter (FiBL), Brian Ssebunya (Uganda), Abdi Itana (Ethiopia) Journal’s name if any: Ministry/Government Agency/Organization: EU Year of publication: 2024 Geographic focus: Main issues/ topics addressed (for example: Handbook…) School of agroecology (if any): Web address to original document (if any): https://www.fibl.org/en/shop-en/1270-eu-organic-regulation Summary: The training handbook was developed for organic producer groups to understand and apply the requirements of the new EU Organic Regulation. It represents FiBL’s status of understanding of the new EU regulatory requirements as per March 2024.   Read More

Title of document: The World of Organic Agriculture Statistics & Emerging Trends 2024 Authors/editor: Helga Willer, Jan Trávníček and Bernhard Schlatter Journal’s name if any: Ministry/Government Agency/Organization: FiBL & IFOAM – ORGANICS INTERNATIONAL Year of publication: 2024 Geographic focus: Global level Main issues/ topics addressed (for example: Organic Agriculture Worldwide: Current Statistics; Global Market For Organic Food And Drink; Standards And Regulations Policy Support…) School of agroecology (if any): Web address to original document (if any): https://www.fibl.org/en/shop-en/1747-organic-world-2024 Summary: Organic agriculture is practised in 188 countries, and more than 96 million hectares of agricultural land are managed organically by at least 4.5 million farmers. Global sales of organic food and drink reached almost 135 billion euros in 2022. The 25th edition of "The World of Organic Agriculture", published by the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL and IFOAM – Organics International, offers a comprehensive review of recent developments in global organic agriculture. It presents detailed statistics on organic farming that relate to area under organic management, land use and crops, the number of farms and other operator types, retail sales and international trade data. The book includes contributions from representatives of the organic sector from around the world about the global market for organic food, organic imports, regulations and policies. It offers insights into current and emerging trends in organic agriculture in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America, and Oceania and reports on several countries.   Read More

Title of document: Resolving the twin human and environmental health hazards of a plant-based diet Authors/editor: Kris A.G.Wyckhuys, Alexandre Aebi, Maarten F.I.J, .Bijleveld van Lexmond, Carlos R.Bojaca, Jean-Marc Bonmatin, Lorenzo Furlan, Jairo A.Guerrero, Trinh V.Mai, Hoi V.Pham, Francisco Sanchez-Bayo, Yoshinori Ikenaka Journal’s name if any: Environment International, Volume 144, November 2020, 106081 Ministry/Government Agency/Organisation: Year of publication: 2020 Geographic focus: Global level Main issues/ topics addressed (for example: Fruits and vegetables constitute core constituents of ‘planetary health’ diets…) School of agroecology (if any): Web address to original document (if any): https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412020320365 Summary: Food can be health-giving. A global transition towards plant-based diets may equally help curb carbon emissions, slow land-system change and conserve finite resources. Yet, projected benefits of such ‘planetary health’ diets imperfectly capture the environmental or societal health outcomes tied to food production. Here, we examine pesticide-related hazards of fruit and vegetable consumption, and list proven management alternatives per commodity, geography and chemical compound. Across countries, pesticide use in these alleged healthful foods is extensive with up to 97% food items containing residues and up to 42% posing dietary risks to consumers…   Read More

Title of document: COVID-19 and the crisis in food systems: Symptoms, causes, and potential solutions Authors/editor: IPES-Food Journal’s name if any: Ministry/Government Agency/Organisation: IPES-Food Year of publication: 2020 Geographic focus: Global level Main issues/ topics addressed (for example: …) School of agroecology (if any): Web address to original document (if any): Summary: The COVID-19 health crisis has brought on an economic crisis, and is rapidly exacerbating an ongoing food security and nutrition crisis. In a matter of weeks, COVID-19 has laid bare the underlying risks, fragilities, and inequities in global food systems, and pushed them close to breaking point. Our food systems have been sitting on a knife-edge for decades: children have been one school meal away from hunger; countries – one export ban away from food shortages; farms – one travel ban away from critical labour shortages; and families in the world’s poorest regions have been one missed day-wage away from food insecurity, untenable living costs, and forced migration…   Read More

Title of document: Agroecology in times of COVID-19 Authors/editor: Miguel A Altieri and Clara Ines Nicholls Journal’s name if any: Ministry/Government Agency/Organisation: University of California, Berkeley and Centro Latinoamericano de Investigaciones Agroecológicas (CELIA) Year of publication: 2020 Geographic focus: Global level Main issues/ topics addressed (for example: …) School of agroecology (if any): Web address to original document (if any): http://celia.agroeco.org/ Summary: Most of our global problems: energy shortages, water scarcity, environmental degradation, climate change, economic inequality, food insecurity and others cannot be addressed in isolation, as these problems are interconnected and interdependent. When one of the problems is aggravated, the effects spread throughout the system, exacerbating the other problems.  Like never before, the systemic nature of our world has been revealed to us by the coronavirus pandemic:  human, animal and ecological health are closely linked. Is this one of the lessons that COVID -19 is here to teach us?  Regardless, the pandemic is undoubtedly a wakeup call to humanity to rethink our capitalist, highly consuming mode of development and the ways we relate to nature.  The times we live, demand a holistic response to the crisis, one that addresses the root causes behind the now obvious socioecological vulnerability and fragility of our globalized world…   Read More

Title of document: Regional workshop on the application of the FAO global analytical framework for the multidimensional assessment of Agroecology: Way forwards Authors/editor: Journal’s name if any: Ministry/Government Agency/Organisation: FAO Year of publication: 2019 Geographic focus: Global level Main issues/ topics addressed (for example:…) School of agroecology (if any): Web address to original document (if any): Summary: This presentation for the Regional workshop on the Application of the FAO Global Analytical Framework for the multidimensional assessment of Agroecology, 24-26 September 2019, Ibis Styles Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand   Read More

Title of document: CAET: Characterization of Agroecological Transition Authors/editor: CAET Journal’s name if any: Ministry/Government Agency/Organisation: CAET Year of publication: 2019 Geographic focus: Global level Main issues/ topics addressed (for example:…) School of agroecology (if any): Web address to original document (if any): Summary: This presentation for the Regional workshop on the Application of the FAO Global Analytical Framework for the multidimensional assessment of Agroecology, 24-26 September 2019, Ibis Styles Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand   Read More

Title of document: Step 0: Description of systems and context Authors/editor: FAO Journal’s name if any: Ministry/Government Agency/Organisation: FAO Year of publication: 2019 Geographic focus: Global level Main issues/ topics addressed (for example:…) School of agroecology (if any): Web address to original document (if any): Summary: This presentation for the Regional workshop on the Application of the FAO Global Analytical Framework for the multidimensional assessment of Agroecology, 24-26 September 2019, Ibis Styles Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand   Read More

Title of document: Selection of territories, farms and communities for testing the framework Authors/editor: FAO Journal’s name if any: Ministry/Government Agency/Organisation: FAO Year of publication: 2019 Geographic focus: Global level Main issues/ topics addressed (for example:…) School of agroecology (if any): Web address to original document (if any): Summary: This presentation for the Regional workshop on the Application of the FAO Global Analytical Framework for the multidimensional assessment of Agroecology, 24-26 September 2019, Ibis Styles Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand   Read More

Title of document: TAPE: a Tool for Agroecology Performance Evaluation Authors/editor: Abram Bicksler, Dario Lucantoni, Anne Mottet, Emma Siliprandi Journal’s name if any: Ministry/Government Agency/Organisation: FAO Year of publication: 2019 Geographic focus: Global level Main issues/topics addressed (for example:…) School of agroecology (if any): Web address to original document (if any): Summary: This presentation for the Regional workshop on the Application of the FAO Global Analytical Framework for the multidimensional assessment of Agroecology, 24-26 September 2019, Ibis Styles Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand   Read More