2018
Member since
Working towards these commitments
Strong Small-Scale Farming Systems
Diverse Tenure Systems
Locally-managed ecosystems
Mission
The Sabiá Center's mission expresses the challenge of interacting with the various sectors of civil society. It develops innovative actions in working with children, young people, women and men in family agriculture. With the vision of a society living in harmony with nature and that is aware, autonomous and participatory in the construction of a model of sustainable rural development.
Objectives
The strengthening of agroecology is a major objective of the Sabiá Center, together with the development of actions that enable the communities to coexist with the environment and to cope with climate change. Furthermore, other major objectives of the Center are to empower women, youth, and indigenous and LGBT communities, and to fight against inequalities, promoting open channels of communications and constructing knowledge sharing, always promoting institutional visibility and social mobilization.
Constituencies
The Sabía Center for Agroecological Development is a non-governmental organization based in Recife, Pernambuco. It was founded in 1993, and since then it aimed to promote family farming within the principles of agroecology.