Beyond the farm: exploring the synergies between the agroecology and conservation communities

This second dialogue of the Agroecology Series on September 15 connected the conservation and agroecology communities to explore opportunities and limitations of agroecology to address conservation needs beyond the farm. Thus, it looked beyond classical on-farm conservation angles (e.g. conservation of local crop varieties and crop wild relatives). Instead, it discussed the contributions of agroecology to mitigate species decline and ecosystem degradation in the landscape, which are less explicitly recognised within existing narratives of the agroecology or conservation communities. The dialogue identified concrete pathways to increase synergies between the agroecology and conservation communities in food system transformation through policy reform, knowledge creation and investment.