Gita Pertiwi’s initiative in Klaten, Central Java, is revolutionizing the way farmers cultivate rice. By starting with soil fertility analysis and facilitating organic fertilizer production, they’re empowering farmers to grow healthier rice. In Wangen and Juwiring, farmer groups are producing organic fertilizers, both solid and liquid, to support the cultivation process. The result is “ALAMI” […]
Sudha is an organic herbicide used to control weeds that typically grow in the soil within 7 to 10 days after rice saplings are planted. It is made from natural ingredients and is designed to eliminate weeds in an environmentally friendly way. Farmers across different regions of Bangladesh prepare this type of organic herbicide using […]
This season at Thanal Agro Ecology Centre, Wayanad, Kerala, India, the Cool Season Vegetable Block yielded 53 kg of cabbage, 36 kg of Chinese cabbage, 6 kg of broccoli, 7.2 kg of radish, and 4 kg of potato. All crops were grown without synthetic inputs on a farm managed entirely through ecological practices. Soil health […]
Founded by educationist, environmentalist, and organic gardener Nasira Habib, Organica Pakistan serves primarily as a research garden where she conducts various experiments focused on soil regeneration, hot and cold composting, seed saving, and cultivating local vegetables through agroecological practices. Gardening Classes Nasira Habib teaches online how to start, grow, and maintain an organic food garden […]
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. […]
PAMOR Indonesia is a Participatory Guarantee System (PGS) which has been registered in the International IFOAM directory. Gita Pertiwi facilitated a refreshing rejuvenation of the PAMOR Wonogiri Unit on February 4, 2025, at the Tirtomoyo Learning Center, Wonogiri. The event brought together the “Petani Peduli Lingkungan” Farmer Group, “Lestari Alam” Women Farmer Group, and young […]
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 […]
