22nd Conversation on Agroecology - Beyond Participation: Co-Creation for Agroecological Transformation

AGROECOLOGY, the European Partnership 'Accelerating Farming Systems Transition: Agroecology Living Labs and Research Infrastructures', is a large-scale European research and innovation endeavour between the European Commission and 26 Member States, Associated Countries and Third Countries. AGROECOLOGY will support an agriculture sector that is fit to meet the targets and challenges of climate change, biodiversity loss, food security and sovereignty, and the environment, while ensuring a profitable and attractive activity for farmers. Major change is needed to make the agriculture sector more sustainable, resilient, and responsive to societal and policy demands. Agroecology builds on natural, biological interactions while using state-of-the-art science, technology and innovation based on farmers' knowledge.

The Conversations on Agroecology will form the first steps towards strengthening agricultural knowledge and innovation systems (AKIS) for agroecology transition by facilitating linkages between Living Labs & Research Infrastructures actors across Europe. The online conversations on agroecology will run on a monthly schedule throughout the partnership and enable mobilisation and networking of agroecology actors across and beyond Europe.

Content

Please find the detailed programme here.

Target group

Researchers, farmers, policymakers, funders, all agroecology interested stakeholders.

Language

Only in English

Registration information

We kindly ask you to register here by 30.09.2026 at the latest.

This event will be held as an online event.

You are also welcome to send your topic-related questions in advance to akademie@ages.at.
The questions collected will be answered by the speakers during the seminar.

Conversation Leads

Dr. Taru Sandén and Dr. Julia Fohrafellner
Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES)
Department for Soil Health and Plant Nutrition
Institute for Sustainable Plant Production
Division Food Security

Ana Pires da Silva, MSc. and Dr. Carla Moita Brites
National Institute for Agrarian and Veterinary Research (INIAV), Portugal
Senior Board Advisor

Presenters

Dr. Sara Delaney
ZALF - Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research, Germany
Postdoctoral researcher on co-design for resilient landscapes

Andrea Ferrante
Schola Campesina, Italy
Coordinator

Agroecology Partnership

The Partnership is coordinated by Forschungszentrum JUELICH GMBH - Germany, with Agence Nationale de la Research - France as co-coordinator.

Funded by the European Union under the Horizon Europe Framework Programme | Grant Agreement N°: 101132349