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Agroecology for sustainable development

Evidence on multidimensional performance from a cross-country TAPE assessment in Africa. Adoyo, B., et al (2025) Agroecology is increasingly recognized as a pathway for transforming agrifood systems and advancing progress toward the SDGs. Yet, large-scale, cross-context evidence on its multidimensional performance as framed holistically by the FAO’s 10 Elements remains limited. To address this, the…

Ethiopia’s Agroecology Strategy Moves Forward with Expert Contributions

Experts convene to shape Ethiopia’s National Agroecology Strategy, by Eyob Getahun Read the event article on a five-day writeshop organized in August 2025 by the Ethiopian Ministry of Agriculture (MoA), in collaboration with CIFOR-ICRAF, and the Alliance of Biodiversity International and CIAT, to collect expert inputs on the proposed Ethiopia national agroecology strategy.

Assessing agroecological transitions in Ethiopia with the Tool for Agroecology Performance Evaluation (TAPE)

The Tool for Agroecology Performance Evaluation (TAPE) developed by FAO and partners is a multicriteria digital tool to produce global and harmonized evidence on the multidimensional performance of agroecology and support the agroecology transition. TAPE was applied by CIFOR-ICRAF in four countries including Ethiopia in the context of the Global Programme ‘Soil Protection and Rehabilitation…

Ethiopia country report on Measuring Agroecology and its Performance (MAP)

TAPE application in the context of the GIZ global project Soil Protection and Rehabilitation for Food Security (ProSoil). Woldemeskel E, Thomson A, Barahona C, Doldt J, Mills D, Halefom T, Alpuerto J, Winowiecki L, Sörensen L, Cluset R, Chacha R, Karari V, Geck MS. 2025. Working Paper 11. Bogor, Indonesia and Nairobi, Kenya: CIFOR-ICRAF: The…

Measuring Agroecology and its Performance (MAP)

Geck M, Adeyemi C, Adoyo B, Alpuerto J, Arinloye AADD, Ateku D, Autfray P, Barahona C, Chacha R, ClusetR, Karari V, Mills D, Ravonjiarison N, Sörensen L, Thomson A, Weullow E, Winowiecki L, Woldemeskel E,Zampela P, Sinclair F. 2024. Key findings from applying the FAO Tool for Agroecology Performance Evaluation (TAPE) in Benin, Ethiopia, Kenya,…

Agroecological practices are widely used by African farmers

The Viability of Agroecological Practices in Africa. Agroecology TPP Working Paper 2 from the Viability Project, set up to understand more about the viability of agroecological practices at farm and household level. A case study approach was used, with 11 cases across eight countries from Tunisia to Madagascar contributing evidence. By the Viability Project Team.

Pathways to Sustainable Wheat Business Models

Exploring agroecological practices and investment opportunities in Doyogena, Ethiopia. Mosquera, L.E.; Blanco, M.; Balcha, Y.; Mockshell, J.; Ritter, T. (2025)  This report is part of the PSii project and provides an in-depth analysis of three cooperative business models in four wheat clusters, as well as of agroecological practices in Ethiopia