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Groundswell International Publishes Brief: “Scaling Agroecology in the Sahel: Elements of Good Practice – A Guide for Civil Society”
“There is a lot of learning that still needs to be done about how to scale or amplify agroecology,” says Peter Gubbels, Groundswell’s Director for Action Learning and Advocacy in West Africa. “Some valuable principles have been identified, but there are not a lot of good, practical examples of how to do this. What are the steps and pathways? It is a crucial area of learning because we have to scale agroecology effectively to transform and fix our global agricultural and food system.” The recent IPPC report (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) emphasizes nature-based so …
Food Labelling in Ecuador: Will the Power of People Triumph Over the Power of the Food Industry?
Civil society efforts have been pushing back against big food industries’ attempts to change a progressive nutrition labelling scheme in Ecuador. This labelling scheme was put in place, along with other measures, to combat the alarming levels of overweight and obesity affecting the entire country. Globalization, modernization, economic growth and urbanization have widely affected people’s lifestyles, the types of foods available and their cost. This has particularly resulted in an increased access to energy-dense, cheap, processed foods that tend to be high in fat, sugar and/or sodium. A natio …