Cultivating Change: Building policy from the ground up (virtual roadshow)
The Agroecology-Transect project presents its third virtual roadshow of the year to deepen European farmers' knowledge of agroecological practices. Over the past three years, our partnership with 18 research organisations and 11 innovation hubs across Europe has unearthed why some agroecological farming practices thrive, while others struggle to gain traction.
This event brings together key policy experts, researchers and innovation hub leads to co-create a shared vision of our food and farming sector that is rooted in resilience and ecological integrity.
When? November 20th, 11:00 – 12:30 EET
The diversity of practices and farm types involved reflects the scale of our determination, looking at practical, real-world solutions to the complex challenges facing farming today.
Armed with this body of data and coupled with extensive meta-analysis of over 170 scientific papers, we now have robust results indicating strongly that adopting agroecological practices increases biodiversity and climate change mitigation, compared to conventional interventions.
Our challenge is clear. We need to create a policy landscape at regional, national and EU-wide level that supports these actions in pragmatic and practical ways that also deliver tangible benefits farmers and communities.
Speakers:
- Adrien Swartebroeckx – Agriculture and Sustainability Unit, Walloon Agricultural Research Centre, Belgium
- Stephen Leitheiser – Farming Systems Ecology, Wageningen University and Research, The Netherlands
- Dr. Guy Pe'er – Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research GmbH – UFZ, Germany
- Prof. Dr. Sebastian Lakner – Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development University of Rostock, Germany
Agroecology-TRANSECT is a Horizon Europe project exploring how nature-friendly farming is evolving across 11 countries in Europe and beyond, and how these practices can accelerate positive change for people, animals and the environment.
Over four years, 11 regional ‘innovation hubs’, in collaboration with university, research, and businesses partners, are generating robust evidence to help grow the agroecology from the ground up.