Agroecology as a response to agri-input scarcity

15.09.2022

This third dialogue of the Agroecology Series on September 29 will reflected on the current global food crisis and the looming scarcity of agricultural inputs. Record prices in fertilizers, supply chain interruption, increasing dependence on synthetic agricultural inputs and on a handful of suppliers underlined the urgency of food system transformation. As a result, a number of countries committed to reducing their dependence on synthetic inputs. The crisis created opportunities to advance food system transformation through agroecology. The dialogue focused on a better understanding of concrete implementation steps and pathways to increase the resilience of food systems to agricultural inputs scarcity through agroecological approaches, in the areas of policy reform, knowledge creation and investments. 

Participants

  • Beth Bechdol, Deputy Director-General, FAO 
  • Johanna Jacobi, Assistant Professor for Agroecological Transitions, ETH Zürich 
  • Marianna Guareschi, UNI Parma 
  • Jean-Christophe Castella, IRD 
  • Haintsoa Nirina, Ministry of Agriculture, Madagascar
  • Laércio Meirelles, Coordinator of Centro Ecologico, Brazil
  • Emile Frison, Interim Coordinator, Agroecology Coalition