In 2022, the Agroecology Fund took important steps forward in strengthening agroecology movements worldwide. It approved a new five year strategic plan, featuring creative actions that offer timely resources to agroecology organizations and networks as they push food systems towards justice and sustainability. The present report shares insights about where the Agroecology Fund is headed, but first asks you to take a look back. What has the Agroecology Fund accomplished over the past years? How do we understand and ensure our impact?

Since its birth in 2012, the Agroecology Fund has aimed to amplify agroecological solutions in three overlapping ways: it pools and grants funds in support of agroecology movements through the expertise of grassroots advisors; it influences and collaborates with non-Agroecology Fund donors to support agroecology movements; and finally, it provides a learning platform to the Agroecology Fund community (donors, members of the Advisory Board, and grantees).

The period 2017-2021 was one of consolidation for the Agroecology Fund as a global level re-granter: helping funding agencies extend support to critical grassroots actors, which are sometimes difficult for funders to reach. Since these organizations and networks are the backbone of agroecology movements, supporting them is essential to scaling agroecology up and out.