Agroecological transition of food systems in Africa: Evidence for research and development policies in Africa-EU collaboration

This event will provide state-of-the-art scientific evidence on agroecological approaches for improved resilience of African smallholder farmers. It will share insights from nine EU-Africa collaborative projects, funded by Horizon 2020, DeSIRA EU and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation. Implications of the project's findings for policymakers in both the EU and Africa will be discussed. Priorities for future research and development programmes, in terms of agroecology, regenerative agriculture and organic agriculture will be assessed.

The conference is being organised by:

• Harun Cicek, SustainSAHEL, FiBL, Switzerland
• Emily Poppenborg, UPSCALE, University of Giessen, Germany
• Giovanna Seddaiu, EWA-BELT, University of Sassari, Italy
• Mary Steverink-Mosugu, Soils4Africa, ISRIC, The Netherlands
• Giles Young, SustInAfrica, LUKE, Finland
• Mila Sell, HealthyFoodAfrica, LUKE, Finland
• Markus Arbenz, SustainSAHEL, FiBL, Switzerland
• Carla Pinho, SustainSAHEL, FiBL EU, Belgium
• Bram Moeskops, SustainSAHEL, FiBL EU, Belgium
• Eric Scopel, FairSahel, CIRAD, France
• Jean-Michel Sourisseau, FairSahel, CIRAD, France
• Amrit Riar, Crops4HD, FiBL, Switzerland
• Seraina Schuldel, SysCom, FiBL, Switzerland