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
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: 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: Véronique Alary (CIRAD/ICARDA), Frédéric Baudron (CIMMYT), Marcela Beltran (Alliance Bioversity-CIAT), Thomas Falk (IFPRI), Sarah Freed (WorldFish), Nadia Guettou Djurfeldt (Alliance Bioversity-CIAT), Guillaume Lestrelin (CIRAD), Sonali Singh (IFPRI), Taurai Zingwena (CIMMYT) Agroecology is about making the most of nature’s goods and services while maintaining ecosystem integrity and improving resource efficiency, strengthening resilience, and securing social equity and responsibility in our
Authors: Manuel Narjes (Alliance Bioversity-CIAT), Ernesto Parra (Cooperativa Agraria de Cacao Aromático Colpa de Loros) The production of cacao (Theobroma cacao) in agroforestry arrangements is one of the sustainable land use systems conceived within the ecological corridor that is being promoted along the Aguaytía river basin, as part of the Regional Government of Ucayali’s (GOREU) Plan for the Sustainable Economic
Establishing ALLs in Andhra Pradesh for developing innovations, strategies and policies could help address the challenges in India. Authors: Sudharsan Malaiappan1, Swati Renduchintala2 and Alok Sikka1 (1 International Water Management Institute, 2 CIFOR-ICRAF) Globally Food, Land, and Water Systems (FLWS) are being degraded rapidly. Indian agriculture is heavily dependent on natural resources. Agriculture plays a significant role in India’s $3.5 trillion