Scaling up and sustaining the gains
This issue looks at how sustainable agriculture practices have developed and spread over time. We show initiatives that have been taken to scale up successful methods and approaches. Equally, the articles in this issue look at the factors that have hindered the spreading of sustainable agricultural practices. And they present lessons on what it is that has helped some sustainable practices to continue while others have not.
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Woman and food sovereignty
Women and food are inseparably linked. We cannot write about food sovereignty without addressing women's role in food production. In many situations women take the main responsibility for food production, processing, storage and cooking. Often they play a key role in its marketing as well. But modernisation of agriculture has taken several crucial food-related responsibilities out of their hands.
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Rural entrepreneurship
Whenever possible, farmers engage in activities that complement farming, running a shop or a small agri-processing business. The references in this section consider the different opportunities farmers have, as well as the conditions that facilitate entrepreneurship: access to markets, the possibility of selling niche products, communications, legislation, etc.
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Diverse farming systems
Diversity is a theme that is at the heart of every small scale farmer's logic, and it expresses itself in many ways. There are diverse landscapes and ecosystems, diverse ways of life, diverse crops and agricultural systems. The books and resources listed here show that diverse farming systems are capable of generating their own inputs, have favourable energy ratios, good links to markets, and have an effective approach to achieving food security, income generation and encironmental conservation. Read more...