Agricultural Breakthrough Technology 6 Factsheet: Agroecological Approaches

Agroecological and sustainable approaches: Promoting natural processes to enhance efficiency, resilience, and sustainability

Agroecology is a widely supported solution for transforming agriculture and addressing the challenges of climate change and biodiversity loss. It helps smallholder farmers adapt to climate change and achieve food security while following principles like maintaining healthy ecosystems, boosting biodiversity, and promoting social inclusivity. Agroecology focuses on natural processes to improve resource efficiency, resilience, and social equity, offering both adaptation and mitigation benefits for climate change. It also explores institutional innovations to transform food systems towards sustainability. Practices such as agroforestry, conservation agriculture, and soil maintenance contribute to food security, livelihoods, and ecosystem services. The effectiveness of agroecological practices depends on local contexts and requires collaboration with farmers and stakeholders to find suitable solutions.