ILEIA
At ILEIA, we are committed to strengthening family farming rooted in agroecology. We do this by building bridges between the social movements, the science and the practice of agroecology through documenting and systematising grounded practices. As communication experts, we translate complex ideas into easily understandable language to bring together the insights derived from diverse ‘ways of knowing’, and to catalyse synergies among different actors working to amplify agroecology. We produce a quarterly magazine called Farming Matters, engage in advocacy, training, and facilitation of learning.
Unfortunately ILEIA had to close its organisation in 2017, due to an unforeseen reduction of funding support. In the months following this news ILEIA received a lot of support, from its readers, authors and allies. Many of them expressed their appreciation for ILEIA’s original perspective and its practical, diverse and unique magazine Farming Matters. Former ILEIA staff are proud to have contributed to the creation of the legacy that ILEIA leaves behind.
However, the closure of the ILEIA programme is not the end of its legacy. ILEIA’s magazine (presently called Farming Matters) has existed for over 35 years, but since 2018 Cultivate Collective ( www.cultivatecollective.org ) has taken over its production and publication at an irregular basis. Besides, Farming Matters still has four sister magazines:
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20/12/2022 ILEIA - Centre for Learning on Sustainable Agriculture, had its start in 1984. It started from the observation that family farmers in remote, diverse and risk-prone farming conditions did not benefit from ‘modern’ agriculture based on external inputs: chemical fertilizers, pesticides, and...
- ILEIA’s contribution to upscaling agroecology Since December 1984 ILEIA produced 127 issues of Farming Matters ILEIA collaborated in magazine making with twelve regional partner organisations Together the magazines are produced one global, five regional and seven local language editions and in...
- For more than 15 years (from 1996 – 2011) the COMPAS network programme brought together experiences of NGOs in 12 countries (in South America, Africa, Asia and Europe) concerning their initiatives to support endogenous development: development based mainly, but not exclusively, on local values,...
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At ILEIA, we are committed to strengthening family farming rooted in agroecology. We do this by building bridges between the social movements, the science and the practice of agroecology through documenting and systematising grounded practices. As communication experts, we translate complex ideas...
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Cultivate is an international collective of activist-consultants that catalyses and supports healthy food, land and communities rooted in agroecology. With diverse expertise and skills, we work with farmers, social movements, civil society organisations, researchers, artists and policy makers to...
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AME Foundation, as a resource organisation, has been promoting ecological agriculture for more than 27 years. AME Foundation has been guiding small and marginal rainfed farmers to manage their natural farm resources better, practice alternative eco-farming practices for enhanced yields and...
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LEISA Indiais the regional Indian edition of Agricultures Network of the global LEISA magazines. LEISA India is published by AME Foundation(www.amefound.org)in collaboration with ILEIA (1999-2011) and MISEREOR.org (From 2011 onwards). AME Foundation is a development-oriented, non-government...
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Prolinnova is an NGO-initiated international network and community of practice that promotes local innovation processes in ecologically oriented agriculture and natural resource management (NRM). It focuses on recognising thedynamicsof indigenous knowledge (IK) and enhancing capacities of family...
- LEISA Indiais the regional Indian edition of Agricultures Networkof the global LEISA magazines.LEISA India is published by AME Foundation(www.amefound.org)in collaboration with ILEIA (1999-2011) and MISEREOR (From 2011 onwards). AME Foundation is a development-oriented, non-government...
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The RUAF Global Partnership on Sustainable Urban Agriculture and Food Systems is a partnership of strategically selected expert institutions. The partnership brings together cities, research institutes and civil society organisations with a recognised track record in urban and peri-urban...