Agroecology-TRANSECT Virtual Roadshow

Cultivating Change: Building policy from the ground up

Thursday 20 November 10:00–12:00 CET

Agroecology-TRANSECT’s ambition is to deepen our understanding of agroecological farming practices so that we can increase their uptake by European farmers.

Our unique perspective

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. 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.

The results are in

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.

Our mission

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.

Speakers confirmed so far

• 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

FREE and open to all

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Filming

Please be advised that this online event will be recorded and we will share it after the event.

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This is the third in our series of online roadshows, our opportunity to share research and innovations as they emerge from the work being carried out by some of Europe's leading institutions.

General info about the project

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.

Find out more on our website, www.agroecology-transect.net

Data protection

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Agroecology-TRANSECT's full privacy policy is available here: https://www.agroecology-transect.net/privacy-policy/

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