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The Agroecology Initiative

Overview The CGIAR Initiative on ‘Transformational Agroecology across Food, Land and Water Systems’ works with small-scale farmers across seven nations in Africa, Asia and Latin America. The initiative builds on the premise that to be successful, agroecology must be flexible with solutions tailored to specific environmental, socio-cultural, economic, and political contexts rather than offering prescriptive…

Regional Multi-Actors Research Network: RMRN project on agroecology

Support to Regional Centres of Excellence related to Green Transition – FARA/RUFORUM component on agroecology (Regional Multi-Actor Research Network: RMRN Project) It is estimated that about 200 million people in Africa are food insecure and undernourished, and the figure is increasing gradually. Agriculture is the main source of the economies in almost all SSA countries….

Agroecology and circular economy for ecosystem services

The Agroecology and Circular Economy for Ecosystem Services (ACE4ES) project represents a transformative multidisciplinary initiative underpinned by technology and innovation, capacity building, governance strengthening and mass communication. ACE4ES seeks to revolutionize agricultural and food systems by integrating agroecological principles and circular economy practices to enhance the resilience of livelihoods and landscapes, particularly in rice and…

Agroecology for Resilient Landscapes

Agroecology for Resilient Landscapes for the Poor in Northern Uplands of Viet NamIn the Northern mountainous region of Viet Nam, unsustainable agricultural practices have been posing serious threats to the livelihoods of poor ethnic minorities and ecosystems. Among the major concerns are the predominance of monocultures, inappropriate management of sloping land, and overuse of chemical…

CANALLS

Driving agroecological transitions in the humid tropics of Central and Eastern Africa through transdisciplinary Agroecology Living Labs (CANALLS)Funded by the European Union under Grant Agreement No.101083653, CANALLS is a HORIZON Coordination and Support Action that commenced in January 2023. This ambitious project will span a duration of 48 months, during which it aims to facilitate…

Invasive Futures

The social ecology of rangelands in changing savanna environments The stewardship of rangelands in Africa is undermined by overstocking and land degradation, entailing the potential collapse of the existing social-ecological rangeland system. One key factor of rangeland degradation and key driver of their conversion to other land uses is the spread of alien invasive plant…

VIPPT

Increasing diffusion and impact of the vegetable-integrated push-pull technology (VIPPT) in eastern Africa from a ‘One Health’ perspective The overall goal of the project is to contribute to improved well-being, resilience, human nutrition and incomes of smallholder farmers in East Africa through scaling of VIPPT in diverse agro-ecosystems under a One Health approach. The project…

Building Resilient Communities in Somalia: Operationalising Agro-Sustainability in Somalia (BRCIS: OASIS)

BRCiS is committed to meaningfully address the many and diverse obstacles to local food system resilience in Somalia – OASIS will adopt the logic of the intervention that: IF agro-producers and agro-business service providers in target locations increase their production capacity (SO1) AND communities increase their use of context-specific environmental management practices (i.e., climate-responsive and regenerative) (SO2) AND food insecure Somalis increase…

Building Resilient Communities in Somalia III (BRCiS III)

Building Resilient Communities in Somalia III (BRCiS III) Project (FCDO-funded program) BRCiS is committed to improving communities’ capacity to adapt to climate change while remaining grounded in their lived experiences of the impact of environmental degradation. The BRCiS III project will implement a series of layered and sequenced, mutually reinforcing outputs, designed to strengthen the systems…

Peru’s Agroforestry Concessions Scheme (AgroFor)

Peru’s Agroforestry Concessions Scheme: Enabling Multi-level Implementation of an Innovative, Transformative Policy (AgroFor) In 2011, the Government of Peru (GoP) established the Agroforestry Concessions (AC) scheme as part of the new Forest and Wildlife Law. It is a major and innovative legal and policy measure aimed at formalizing the access and use of land and…