There have been many calls for an agroecological transition to respond to food shocks and crises stemming from conventional food systems. Participatory action research and transformative epistemologies, where communities are research actors rather than objects, have been proposed as a way to enhance this transition.

This article aims to understand the effect of applying Participatory Action Research (PAR) in agroecology through a systematic review of articles reporting methods and results from case studies in agroecological research.