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CIRAD, the French agricultural research and cooperation organization working for the sustainable development of tropical and Mediterranean regions and ISRA, the Senegalese institute for agricultural research, will be implementing activities to contribute to the scaling of agroecological transitions that are already well underway in Senegal. It is the eights country to join the CGIAR Initiative on Agroecology which operates already

Authors: Kristin Davis (International Food Policy Research Institute – IFPRI), Sean Mattson (Alliance Bioversity-CIAT), Carlo Azzarri (IFPRI), Rui Benfica (IFPRI), Elizabeth Bryan (IFPRI), Vinh Bui Academy for Green Growth), Salome Bukachi (Passion AFrica), Eleonora De Falcis (Alliance Bioversity-CIAT), Simon Kimenju (Kula Vyema Centre of Food Economics (KVC)), Wilfred Omondi (KVC), Balentine Oingo (Passion Africa), Abison Paul (Athena Infonomics) Industrial agriculture

CGIAR INITIATIVES Nature-Positive Solutions Primary Impact Area Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs Related Impact Areas

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

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

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

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:

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