Agroecology
International Network of Agroecological Living Landscapes (INALL)
The application of agroecological principles is an opportunity to make changes in the way food is produced, how farmers are connected to the rest of the food system, and how food reaches consumers. It is also an opportunity to operate at multiple scales: Farms, territories, and food systems
The International Network of Agroecological Living Landscapes (INALL) builds on the work done within the framework of the Living Landscapes in the eight countries where the CGIAR Initiative on Agroecology operates to develop sustainable, resilient agriculture and food systems: Burkina Faso, India, Kenya, Lao PDR, Peru, Senegal, Tunisia, and Zimbabwe.
The aim is for participants to share and generate useful information and knowledge related to the agroecological transition of food systems. The Agroecology Initiative facilitates this community of reflection and action to increase peer-to-peer learning and co-development of knowledge on Agroecology and Agroecological Transition among ALL stakeholders. It fosters sharing, co-learning, capacity building, and collective action with and among research and development practitioners of selected international networks and initiatives on Agroecology.
Agroecological Living Landscapes (ALLs) are formed in selected territories of each country with diverse stakeholders, including farmer associations or communities, researchers from multiple disciplines, extensionists, private companies, international and national non-governmental organizations as well as local, regional, and national policymakers. The establishment of ALLs does not follow a standard methodology: Each country’s context leads to a different agroecological transition pathway(s) and multi stakeholder approaches. To date more than 4,300 food system actors have been engaged in the co-creation of agroecological innovation in the Living Landscapes (more than 3,000 farmers, 200 researchers, 95 private sector organizations and 90 policy makers).
The Agroecology Transition: Different pathways to single destination
In each country, the Agroecology Initiative concentrates on one or two distinct territories referred to as “agroecological living landscapes” (ALLs), where it engages with food system actors and partners in a vision-to-action process. The identified entry points for the agroecology transitions are tailored to specific ALL contexts which differ markedly in terms of climate, farming systems, soils, and other conditions that rural communities face. In seeking suitable entry points, the Initiative has built on important experience that each country gained previously in applying some of the 13 agroecology principles.
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