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Post-graduate and professional training on Agroecology
The Agroecology Knowledge Hub identifies post-graduate and professional training opportunities in Agroecology across the world. Since November 2016, FAO has been engaging with many universities to share their programmes including short courses, post-graduate courses, and online courses.
Many programs are joint university initiatives across multiple countries; others are specific to their region. They stretch across learning styles, from hands-on field experience, to having a scientific focus, and/or strong social justice aspects. Programmes are available for people of all backgrounds: farmers, peasants and practitioners, academics, policymakers, and more.
These courses are included in the Agroecology Knowledge Hub Database and could be displayed by selecting “Learning” in the “More search option” field “Type”.
Please email agroecology@fao.org if you have recommendations on additional programs to be included in the database.
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Agroecology and GIAHS
Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) are defined as remarkable land-use systems and landscapes rich in globally significant biological diversity. These systems have been created, shaped and maintained by generations of farmers and herders based on diverse natural resources, using locally adapted management practices.
Agroecology, on the other hand, is a discipline at the crossroads of ecology and agronomy aiming to mobilize the human and social sciences to design multi-performance systems and support their deployment through appropriate public policies. It aims at introducing innovative systems supporting the efficient use of natural resources, enhancing the biological quality of soils and their ability to fix carbon in the context of climate change, and the genetic improvement for the development of adapted varieties.
While landscape planning offers the framework for developing effective conservation policies and historical investigations (such as historical ecology and environmental history), and can help to understand the community’s co-adaptation to the natural environment and the construction of heritage values, scientific approaches like agroecology can play a crucial role in the long-term management of GIAHS sites.
On the other hand, the focus of agroecological approaches on enhancing the circular economy and on the environmental, social and economic performance of agriculture, as well as the study of compromises between ecosystem services could substantially benefit from the knowledge provided by the ingenious agri-cultural systems of GIAHS.
In an effort to explore synergies between Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) and FAO, a seminar titled “Agroecology and GIAHS: How can innovative systemic approaches contribute to sustainable development?” was held on 23rd of March at FAO Headquarters.
Here all the presentations delivered during the seminar:
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8/05/2017
Exceptional Training Week on Agroecology
The training week at the Academy of Agroecology will start from the basics of agroecology but it will then develop specialised aspects related to soil, plant and animal productions, social and economic aspects. It will illustrate a variety of agricultural and food systems. It is thus open to a large public of students, researchers, farmers, advisers, and to all people interested in farming, agro-food systems and agroecology [...]
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31/07/2017
XVIII Annual International Agroecology Shortcourse
Agroecology and Livelihoods Collaborative (ALC)* at University of Vermont, in partnership with the Community Agroecology Network (CAN), announce the 18th Annual International Agroecology Shortcourse, Pathways to Resilience: An Agroecological Approach. This year’s shortcourse will focus on agroecology as a science, practice, and movement. [...]
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