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LabCampesino (peasant laboratory for the transition to agroecology)Community open-innovation laboratory driven by the peasant organization Tierra Libre in the Sumapaz province (Fusagasugá and Pasca, Cundinamarca). Rural youth co-create situated, open-hardware technologies for territorial management and the agroecological transition, linked to community biofactories and the Agroecological Peasant Schools (ECAs). It combines agroecology, co-creation and community organizing through participatory action research.Mercados Campesinos (Central Region of Colombia)Direct marketing and short-supply-chain process that brings food from peasant farmers in Cundinamarca, Boyacá, Tolima and Meta to Bogotá, eliminating intermediaries and paying a fair price. It was born in 2004 with ILSA and Oxfam, and is coordinated with the SDDE and the Peasant and Communal Dialogue Committee (CICC). It combines sales in public squares with political advocacy for food sovereignty and security.PlaN A - National Agroecology Plan (AGROSAVIA)R&D&I initiative led by AGROSAVIA with the MADR to implement agroecological technologies and generate participatory knowledge in prioritized peasant territories and peasant reserve zones. In its first phase it worked on biofactories of biopreparations, composting, beekeeping, soil fertility, coffee post-harvest processing and crop-livestock integration in 14 departments. It is one of 14 projects under the MADR's Meta 25.Andhra Pradesh Community Managed Natural Farming (APCNF)State-wide transition to natural farming (without synthetic chemical inputs) led by communities, scaled through Community Resource Persons and women's self-help groups. The public agency RySS coordinates farmer-to-farmer training in agroecological principles. The state pilot launched in November 2016; coverage ranges from ~1 million (2024, CEEW case) to 'more than 6 million' according to the CEEW country brief.Kudumbashree collective (group) farming by womenWomen's collective farming program under Kudumbashree, the Government of Kerala's poverty eradication mission. Joint liability groups (JLGs) of women, many landless, lease and farm land in common, accessing credit, inputs and markets collectively. Around 61,836 JLGs and ~280,000 women farm approx. 38,706 hectares. Bina Agarwal's research showed they significantly outperform the net returns of individual farms.Deccan Development Society women's sanghams (millet agrobiodiversity)Biodiverse dryland farming movement led by Dalit and Indigenous women's sanghams in Zaheerabad, Telangana. Since 1983 they have recovered and grown traditional millets and dryland crops, with a Community Grain Fund, a community seed bank, community media and their own millet market. Recognized with UNDP's Equator Prize 2019 and the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation award (2020).
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Agroecology as a science, a movement and a practice. A reviewSpringer / EDP Sciences (Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 29(4), 503-515) · 2009 · paperdocumentAgroecology and the design of climate change-resilient farming systemsSpringer (Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 35(3), 869-890) · 2015 · paperdocumentAgroecologically efficient agricultural systems for smallholder farmers: contributions to food sovereigntySpringer (Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 32(1), 1-13; publicado online 2011) · 2012 · paperdocument