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Dialogue 4 • Gamifying Agroecology

On 17 July 2025, together with the German Development Cooperation (GIZ) we hosted our fourth Dialogue “Gamifying Agroecology – Shaping Zamonia’s agroecological transition”, an immersive, fully online workshop on agroecological transitions, bringing together over 180 participants.

At the heart of the event was an innovative role-playing exercise set in the fictional country of Zamonia, a nation at a crossroads in its agricultural policy. Participants took on roles as representatives of stakeholder groups or citizen observers, and together, confronted trade-offs, negotiated priorities and co-developed policies that formed an inclusive agroecological transition strategy for Zamonia.

The workshop also featured presentations on GIZ’s agroecology training tools on which the simulation exercise was based, as well as a presentation by the Indigenous Women and Girls Initiative (IWGI) on inclusive approaches to agroecology rooted in indigenous knowledge systems and gender-responsive practices.

Browse the related materials to see how policy negotiations and participatory decision-making play out in a fictional but realistic national context.

Testimonials

  • Zamonia is fictional, but its challenges are not!
    Isabel Renner (GIZ consultant, AE Trainer)
  • I think this is the greatest workshop ever that I have participated in
    Monica Yator (Founder, Indigenous Women and Girls Initiative)

Knowledge products

  • News

    The Serious Game of Agroecological Transition

    2025
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  • Documents

    AE-TPP Dialogue #4 Event Report

    2025
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  • Documents

    AE-TPP Dialogue #4 Zamonia Agroecology Transition Strategy

    2025
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  • Videos

    AE-TPP Dialogue #4 Workshop YT Recording

    2025
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  • Presentations

    AE-TPP Dialogue #4 Zamonia Game Presentation

    2025
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  • Presentations

    AE-TPP Dialogue #4 GIZ Agroecology Training Kit Presentation

    2025
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  • Presentations

    AE-TPP Dialogue #4 Gamifying Agroecology Introduction

    2025
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