In January 2017, the Yezin Agriculture University, with the support of the Agroecology Learning Alliance in South East Asia (ALiSEA)and GRET, and funding from the French Agency for Development, organized the 1st Regional Academic Conference on Agroecology for south-east Asia.

The conference brought together 84 participants, including scholars from Cambodia (Battambang University), Lao PDR (National University of Laos), Myanmar (Yezin Agriculture University), Thailand (Chulalongkorn and MaeJo Univerities) and Vietnam (Hanoi University of Agriculture).

 This learning and sharing event contributed to

• Take stock of ongoing academic research in the field of agroecology across the Mekong region and to foster knowledge exchange on how to better include agroecology in academic curriculua.
• Create linkages between different universities working on agroecology across the Mekong region, and to pave the way for a future regional academic working group within the framework of ALiSEA.

It was organized around a one day conference on agroecology (24^th of January) and a one day specific workshop addressing “Mapping and Assessing University-based Farmer Extension Services in ASEAN through an Agro-ecological/Organic Lens” (25^th of January).