At 31, Tapos Kumar Mondal has already spent more than two decades in farming. A resident of Burigoalini Union’s Abad Chandipur village, he lives with his nine-member family and has transformed their small homestead into an integrated farm producing vegetables, livestock, fish, and vermicompost. Tapos grew up helping his father irrigate fields and plant seedlings. […]
Learn the ecological way to grow productive summer vegetables without chemicals.
Navdanya’s 2026 year’s courses offer a powerful return to learning grounded in truth, non-violence, women’s leadership, biodiversity, water justice, regenerative farming. In 1995, Dr. Vandana Shiva founded Bija Vidyapeeth—Navdanya’s Earth University—transforming an old eucalyptus orchard in the Doon Valley in Dehradun, India, into a thriving 47-acre organic farm, seed bank, and biodiversity research center. Today […]
Agroecology in Action Newsletter is a bi-monthly bulletin published by PAN Asia Pacific that highlights the grassroots work of International Peopleʼs Agroecology Movementsʼ (IPAM) field learning sites to promote agroecology as a sustainable approach to agriculture and food production and development, in the framework of food sovereignty, ecological and social justice.
by Mabi David, PANAP Agroecology in Action Consumers are traditionally conceived as being at the end of a linear value chain that is the backbone of the industrial agri-food system. There their proverbial power lies. They engage with the food system using their wallets, but are otherwise unable to participate in issues outside what’s considered […]
In How to Grow Green Amaranth, Nasira Habib talks about the importance of native plants and their health benefits. She also guides how to grow chaulai.
PAN Ethiopia’s project coordinator talks about their organic cotton production, moving away from harmful chemicals, and women’s involvement in cotton prodution.
“Nature no longer behaves as it used to. Over the course of her long life as a farmer, 60-year-old Krishani Rahima Begum of Nayabari village of Singair upazila has witnessed the climate changing in Bangladesh. In the past her country enjoyed six seasons; now there are only three–summer, monsoon, and winter. It’s a massive shift […]
Fungal infections are a common problem faced by farmers, often leading to low germination rates and compromised plant health. This easy-to-follow video tutorial from Thanal AgroEcology Centre shows how to harness the help of Pseudomonas Fluorescens, a beneficial bacterium known for its antagonistic effects against plant pathogens to give seeds the best possible start, ensuring […]
The Philippines, being a tropical country, has a rich biodiversity. The country’s richness in flora and fauna is also reflected in the diversity of our vegetables at the species and varietal levels. However, relentless promotion of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) by Agri-Transnational Corporations (Agri-TNCs) and facilitated by the government puts at risk these rich biodiversity […]
