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September 2020
The Added Value(s) of Agroecology
Unlocking the potential for transition in West Africa
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West Africa has all the ingredients to become an epicenter in the global agroecology movement, and is one of the frontrunners in the transition to sustainable and equitable food systems. Small family farms produce 90% of its food, and food systems generate 35% of the region’s GDP.
Yet West Africa is threatened by a combination of stresses – notably, intense climate variability – which threaten food security and stability in a region with limited adaptive capacity.
Through a three-year participatory research process with governments, farmers groups, academic institutions, and NGOs, IPES-Food identified four pathways to accelerating the transition to agroecology in the region to improve resilience and build food sovereignty:
- Alliance-building and collective action within the agroecology movement;
- Reforming food system governance through integrated food policies;
- Re-evaluating economic models to account for agroecology’s ecological and social contributions;
- Positioning agroecology as a crisis response to disease and climate threats.
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