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)
Dialogue 4 featured a role-playing exercise where participants acted as key stakeholders in the fictitious country of Zamonia to co-develop its agroecology strategy.Participants were divided into five stakeholder groups and together they reviewed and proposed priority actions for an agroecological transition. The top-voted actions were consolidated into this official Zamonia National Agroecology Transition Strategy document
On 17 July 2025, the Transformative Partnership Platform for Agroecology (AE-TPP) together with the German Development Cooperation (GIZ) hosted the fourth AE-TPP Dialogue “Gamifying Agroecology – Shaping Zamonia’s agroecological transition”, an immersive, fully online workshop on agroecological transitions, bringing together over 180 participants. This is the YouTube recording.
At the heart of dialogue #4 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…
An introduction to GIZ’s training materials. By Isabel Renner, GIZ consultant and co-creator of the Zamonia simulation exercise.GIZ Training materials – Towards Sustainable Food Systems English • Reader – Towards sustainable food systems• Exercisebook – Towards sustainable food systems• Case work – Towards sustainable food systems• Trainer Guide – Towards sustainable food systems French •…
On 17 July 2025, the AE-TPP together with the German Development Cooperation (GIZ) hosted the fourth AE-TPP Dialogue “Gamifying Agroecology – Shaping Zamonia’s agroecological transition”, an immersive, fully online workshop that featured an interactive role-playing exercise set in the fictional country of Zamonia. This is the introduction PPT
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