Rome Summit Takes Bold Step Toward Ecological Agriculture

Timothy A. Wise
4 min readNov 18, 2019

Leaders endorse agroecology as one of the cutting-edge innovations we need to help small-scale farmers adapt to climate change.

October 24, 2019 (Originally published by Common Dreams)

Farmers association prepares to plant intercropped field, Marracuene, Mozambique. (Photo: Timothy A. Wise)

The Climate Action Summit at the UN last month was widely considered a disappointment, failing to garner the kinds of government actions needed to address…

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Timothy A. Wise

Author of Eating Tomorrow: Agribusiness, Family Farmers, & the Battle for the Future of Food. Advisor with Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy.