2nd Conversation on Agroecology - The Power of Networks for Agroecology

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.

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.

Language

English

Registration information

Please register by 24.06.2024 at the latest.

This event will be held as an online event.

Conversation Leads

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

Dr. Carla Brites
Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, I. P. (INIAV), Portugal

Speakers

Korinna Varga
Head of Agricultural Policy Research Group
ÖMKi – Hungarian Research Institute of Organic Agriculture

Dr. Margriet Goris 
Wageningen University & Research

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