Public Lectures on Agroecology

Around the world, food systems are struggling to provide healthy, diversified diets for all. At the same time, sustainable farming practices that ensure environmental health as well as social well-being urgently need to be implemented.

To address these challenges, agroecology is on the rise around the world.

Agroecology is a promising integrated and holistic approach that aims at transforming food systems. At its core is the sustainable conservation and protection of biodiversity and natural resources through the co-creation and sharing of knowledge. It is based on bottom-up, territorial, and interdisciplinary processes striving to deliver contextualized solutions to local problems. Special emphasis lies on the empowerment of farmers and other food system actors as key agents of change.

This public lecture series provided a variety of perspectives on the topic of agroecology. Experts on various elements of agroecology provided inputs and share state-of-the-art knowledge. They discussed benefits and the potential of agroecology to contribute to sustainable food system transformation but also challenges and limitations.