The UN Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro provides a good opportunity to review the viability and success of family farming and agro-ecology. The special Rio+20 edition of our network's magazines is ready, and already being distributed. In terms of food security or climate change, agro-ecology works!
Many debates took place in Rio. The presence and participation of
thousands of people at the UN conference and at the parallel meetings
has triggered a tremendous stream of information about small-scale
family farming and agro-ecology; many ideas are being presented and
discussed.
Building
on more than 25 years of information shared with readers all over the
world, this issue of our magazines provides an overview of the
importance of small-scale farming and of an agro-ecological approach to
agriculture, paying special attention to the key thematic areas
identified by the authors of the Zero Draft: food security, poverty
alleviation, energy and climate change. It shows a variety of examples
of how family farmers have been practicing a type of agriculture that
is not only sustainable, but essential for a green planet and a healthy
population. The articles in this issue show the need for scaling-up
these approaches, and what could be the steps in the process.
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