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  • adjective Of or pertaining to agroecology

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Examples

  • In particular, the report championed "agroecological" farming as the sustainable way forward for developing countries. [

    Libertarian Blog Place 2010

  • Out in the countryside, the MPP Peasants Movement of Papaye welcomed refugees as they fled the city in search of food and shelter and engaged with them in agroecological work for food sovereignty.

    Salena Tramel: One Year on in Haiti Salena Tramel 2011

  • There is a vast reservoir of well-documented agroecological methods of farming around the world that lower production costs, provide decent, sustainable yields and build in resilience to the weather extremes associated with climate change.

    Eric Holt Gimenez: Perpetuating the Eternal Food Fight Eric Holt Gimenez 2011

  • The scientists from a wide variety of disciplines not just agronomy and molecular biology took a problem-oriented and systems approach to conclude that the existing agroecological and farmer-led solutions held the most promise for ending hunger.

    Eric Holt Gimenez: Perpetuating the Eternal Food Fight Eric Holt Gimenez 2011

  • Small-scale agroecological farming and other sustainable farming methods "developed in the framework of food sovereignty" currently feed about 70 percent of the world's population, cites the CSOs' document, stating that the UNCSD has an historical opportunity to eliminate world hunger, improve the environment and financial stability around the world by moving away from biotechnology.

    Organic Authority.com: Are Monsanto's Days Numbered? 50+ Organizations Urging GMO Ban Organic Authority.com 2011

  • Agroecology has spread from farmer to farmer with the help of NGOs, farmers' organizations and agroecological scientists.

    Eric Holt Gimenez: Perpetuating the Eternal Food Fight Eric Holt Gimenez 2011

  • Out in the countryside, the MPP Peasants Movement of Papaye welcomed refugees as they fled the city in search of food and shelter and engaged with them in agroecological work for food sovereignty.

    Salena Tramel: One Year on in Haiti Salena Tramel 2011

  • Small-scale agroecological farming and other sustainable farming methods "developed in the framework of food sovereignty" currently feed about 70 percent of the world's population, cites the CSOs' document, stating that the UNCSD has an historical opportunity to eliminate world hunger, improve the environment and financial stability around the world by moving away from biotechnology.

    Organic Authority.com: Are Monsanto's Days Numbered? 50+ Organizations Urging GMO Ban Organic Authority.com 2011

  • The over 400 scientists involved agreed that an agroecological approach (i.e. using ecology to grow food) is the best way to feed the world, provide employment in the agricultural sector, and care for the earth.

    Jill Richardson: US Senate, Bill Gates Give Planet a Middle Finger for Earth Day 2010

  • Offering up faint praise for GMOs, and the new "Green Revoution" the IAASTD supports agroecological, bottom-up approaches to food production and ending hunger.

    Eric Holt Gimenez: A Tale of Three Cities:The global Struggle Over Who Will End Hunger 2010

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