Fight hunger & cool the climate With Agroecology

The policy brief advocates for agroecology as a resilient, low-emission alternative to industrial agriculture. It claims that agroecological systems better withstand extreme weather, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and improve the livelihoods of small-scale producers. The text warns against 'climate smart agriculture' (CSA), describing it as a tool for agribusiness corporations to maintain industrial production models without implementing necessary social or economic changes.

• The number of chronically hungry people globally rose from 804 million in 2016 to nearly 821 million in 2017, driven largely by climate variability and extreme weather such as droughts, storms, and floods.
• Climate smart agriculture (CSA) is characterized as a 'false solution' that allows agribusiness corporations to greenwash industrial agriculture and avoid altering problematic production models and power structures.
• Agroecology provides superior climate resilience compared to conventional farming, as it limits harvest losses during floods and hurricanes, reduces soil erosion through methods like crop rotation, and utilizes drought-resistant traditional seed varieties.
• Agroecological methods mitigate climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions through the avoidance of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides, increasing carbon sequestration in soils, and improving energy efficiency via localized distribution.
• Agroecology supports rural livelihoods by reducing poverty, generating employment, and increasing household incomes, particularly in the Global South, while making food systems less vulnerable to international price swings.

APA

Friends of the Earth International (2018). Fight hunger & cool the climate With Agroecology. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Fight-Hunger-and-Cool-the-Climate-with-Agroecology.pdf

Chicago

Friends of the Earth International. Fight hunger & cool the climate With Agroecology. 2018. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Fight-Hunger-and-Cool-the-Climate-with-Agroecology.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{friendsoftheearthinternational2018fight, author = {{Friends of the Earth International}}, title = {{Fight hunger \& cool the climate With Agroecology}}, institution = {Friends of the Earth International}, year = {2018}, month = oct, url = {https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Fight-Hunger-and-Cool-the-Climate-with-Agroecology.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }