While developing profitable organizations that contribute to inclusive development, providing empowerment opportunities also for women and youth, family farming cooperatives are also committed to community wellbeing and environmental sustainability, having a positive impact over society and the planet.

In northern Tanzania, recurring drought in recent years caused by climate change has put pressure on communities who make their livelihoods by keeping cattle. A group of Maasai women have turned to producing honey from beehives in the forest to generate additional income. This has enabled them to pay for their children’s education, buy more livestock and is helping to regenerate the forest around their hives.

With the support of the OK-Net EcoFeed project this field lab has been investigating ways of reducing pig and poultry farmer's reliance on imported protein for animal feed.

Practitioners, farmers and scientists are studying agroecological initiatives in India to promote agroecology to political authorities and intergovernmental bodies and to support the productivity of agroecosystems for food security, agricultural livelihoods and reduce environmental degradation and greenhouse gas emissions.

We demonstrate how to make and use a fermented fertilizer known as fish hydrolysate. This fertilizer is rich in microbes that promotes soil fertility and plant health and can boost crop yields. It is easy to make from widely available low-cost ingredients.

The AGROMIX project promotes the transition towards a resilient and efficient land use in Europe, providing agroecological solutions for farm and land management. The project intends to collaborate with farmers and other relevant actors to find common solutions. Using agroforestry to provide environmental services was another overriding theme during the field visit.

When many living things are found in the soil, it means that the soil has life, because these little creatures help to decompose organic matter, make nutrients available to plants, and make the soil spongier.

Fermented fertilizer known as 'cow fertilizer' made from cow dung and urine. This fertilizer is rich in microbes that promotes soil fertility and plant health and can boost crop yields. It is easy and cheap to make.

Agroecology enables the improvement of agricultural production through the enhancement of local natural resources and traditional know-how. It contributes to maintaining biodiversity and restoring land in drylands, which are particularly threatened by global warming and food insecurity, while contributing to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.

Farmers’ seed, which is an intrinsic aspect of indigenous knowledge, constitutes the majority of seed used and exchanged. Crops produced from this seed contribute substantially to food and nutrition security for billions of people. However, these seeds receive scant recognition, and there is limited support for their reproduction, adaptation and use by farmers, for farmers.