7th Conversation on Agroecology - Lifelong Learning and Micro-credentials within AKIS

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

English

Registration information

We kindly ask you to register by 29.01.2025 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
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

Presenters

Mark Gibson
Head of KT Outreach and Innovation
Programme Manager of Teagasc ConnectEd
Teagasc - the Agriculture and Food Development Authority, Ireland

Dr. Fiona Lalor
School of Agriculture and Food Science
University Collage Dublin, Ireland

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