2025-05-14
Food web
How ecological interactions between producers, consumers and decomposers shape ecosystems - and how understanding this dynamic is essential for agroecological management.
2025-05-14
2025-02-19
Nutrient cycling
Effective nutrient management enhances soil fertility, maximises crop productivity, and minimises nutrient losses.
2025-02-05
A dignified science that produces technologies that address the problems of our peoples
The colonisation of peoples is not limited to territory, but also to knowledge and all that this entails, because it is by crushing and denying popular traditions that capital is strengthened.
2024-12-11
Chinese Machines Arrive at UnB and Brazil-China Center for Family Agriculture is Inaugurated
The Brazil-China Centre for Research, Development and Promotion of Technology and Mechanisation for Family Farming was inaugurated at the University of Brasilia (UnB) in an event attended by the Chinese Minister of Education, the authorities of UnB and leaders of the MST.
2024-10-15
Weeds: 39 Benefits of having them
The article addresses the benefits of covering soils with grasses and the need to change the approach towards spontaneous species, those that the agroindustry vulgarly and erroneously began to call “weeds” to justify the juicy business of poisons, herbicides and other synthetics inputs.
2024-07-09
Earthworm manure and fertilizer: mechanisms and efficacy
Earthworms are known as “ecosystem engineers” and play a huge role in the soil's material cycle, microflora metabolism, ecological balance and energy transfer, which can also be utilised in agroecology.
2024-06-25
The Construction of the Florestan Fernandes National School is a School
This is the second article in the ecological construction series being developed by ROOTS. We look at the building process of the Florestan Fernandes National School in Guararema, which was inaugurated in 2005 after a five-year construction process.
2024-01-23
Urban Agriculture
The development of agriculture is directly related to urbanisation and life in cities. During the 20th century, Urban Agriculture (UA) experiences gained prominence in different historical and geographical contexts, especially after the Second World War. What are these experiences about and how are they linked to food sovereignty?
2023-10-03
Agroforestry - Agroforestry Systems
Agroforestry systems (AFS) take advantage of land use to combine various agricultural crops and/or animals with forest species. A practice commonly found in family farming, it reconciles increased productivity and profitability with environmental protection and improved quality of life for rural populations, promoting sustainable agricultural development.
2023-09-12
What are the difficulties in conserving and developing the only four major black soil regions in the world?
On the earth, there is a special ecological strip, where there are four distinct seasons. In this area, the weather is warm and humid during the summer, and cold and dry during the winter. These unique geographic and climatic conditions have created a rare type of soil - the black soil.
2023-08-29
Biodynamic agriculture
Here, we will present some important elements for understanding biodynamic agriculture, how it was conceived and developed over a period of almost 100 years, being considered by those who practice and experience it as much more than a method of agricultural production without poisons and chemical fertilizers.
2023-08-01
What is Bioconstruction?
Bioconstruction is a construction method with low environmental impact that promotes harmony between the natural and built environments, uses natural and/or less-processed materials, and considers local climate conditions, management of available resources, renewable energy and waste treatment
2023-07-25
Science: For what, for whom and how?
Santiago Liaudat is a professor and researcher at the National University of La Plata (Argentina), Specialist in Latin American Studies and Master in Science, Technology and Society. He is a member of the Latin American Thinking Network on Science, Technology and Society (PLACTS Network). He has published extensively on the link between capitalism and knowledge, intellectual property and the role of knowledge in the economy. In this first edition, Raíces interviewed him to discuss the relationship between science, technology, development and dependence.
2023-06-20
Study suggests converting agri-food waste into feedstock to leverage circular bioeconomy
Study suggests converting agri-food waste into feedstock to leverage circular bioeconomy - Portal Embrapa Agri-food losses and waste generated in massive volumes from agroindustrial operations and consumption could be transformed into several products with high added value, such as bioplastics and advanced materials, to boost the so-called circular bioeconomy. This is shown in a joint study conducted by researchers from Embrapa, the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), and institutions from Finland, Austria, and Canada.
