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Authors: Aymen Frija (ICARDA), Ruth Meinzen-Dick (IFPRI), Frank Place (IFPRI) Agroecology calls for doing things differently. That includes not only farmers changing their agricultural practices but changing whole systems to support agroecological practices at the farm, community, regional, and even national level. Government set prices, taxes or subsidies  for agricultural inputs and outputs can affect the incentives of farmers and

Authors: Manuel Narjes (Alliance Bioversity-CIAT), Boubaker Dhehibi (ICARDA), Christine Chege (Alliance Bioversity-CIAT), Hambulo Ngoma (CIMMYT), Simone Staiger-Rivas (Alliance Bioversity-CIAT) Agroecology is a transdisciplinary, participatory, and action-oriented approach for codesigning innovations that over time enhance food systems’ resilience, equity, and environmental and economic sustainability at the farm, organizational and institutional levels. The CGIAR Initiative on Agroecology departs from the premise that

Authors: Simone Staiger-Rivas and Gabriela Wiederkehr (both Alliance Bioversity-CIAT), based on initiative country reports The CGIAR initiative “Transformational Agroecology Across Food, Land and Water Systems” is actively engaging with food system actors (FSA) in seven countries (Burkina Faso, India, Kenya, Lao PDR, Peru, Tunisia, and Zimbabwe) to codesign, test, and adapt agroecological innovations, both technological and institutional, from food production

Authors: Bernard Triomphe and Nadia Bergamini, Work Package 1 coordination, with inputs from country teams and country WP1 leaders This blog presents a reflection about the early challenges faced with stakeholder engagement and ALL establishment. See full report on ALL establishment Introduction The Agroecology Initiative has put at the very center of its work plan the formation of Agroecology Living Landscapes

The second newsletter of the CGIAR Initiative on Agroecology reflects on last year’s progress with the implementation of the Initiative, forming partnerships and characterizing the territories where agroecological innovations will be assessed and codesigned within particular social, economic and political contexts. Here are some of our results in a snapshot The Initiative engages with food system actors in seven countries:

More than 50 team members of the Agroecology Initiative gathered in Tunisia in March 2023 for a Pause and Reflect workshop. This activity was part of a CGIAR guided adaptive management process and efficiently co-organized by the enthusiastic ICARDA initiative team based in Tunisia.   The event was also the opportunity for participants who represented eight country teams to adjust work

CGIAR innovations via ICARDA considered as key pillars of the strategy. Authors of this blog: Aymen Frija, Véronique Alary (ICARDA Tunisia) CGIAR Initiatives on Agroecology and  Livestock and Climate held a national workshop on “Developing a National Strategy for promoting Feed and Forage Resources in Tunisia” in March 2023. ICARDA, and its key partners in Tunisia (namely the Bureau of

CGIAR INITIATIVES Agroecology Primary Impact Area Environmental health & biodiversity Related Impact Areas