Cultivating change with agroecology and organic agriculture in the tropics
Bridging science and policy for sustainable production systems
Agroecology and organ agriculture present promising alternatives to the current food system, supported by a growing body of evidence. Despite the potential of AE/O, their full benefits cannot be realised in most countries due to political and institutional barriers and lock-ins, including incentives and funding that favour “business as usual” food systems. Overcoming present and future challenges will require educated and empowered stakeholders to support AE/O agriculture in their fields.
This policy dossier aims to present decision and policymakers and experts in the context of international cooperation with scientific evidence on how AE/O approaches can contribute to a beneficial transformation of production systems in the Tropics.
Publisher: FiBL Schweiz
Author: Lauren Dietemann
Other authors: Laura Kemper, Elsa Kanner, Beate Huber
Organization: FiBL
Other organizations: Knowledge Centre for Organic Agriculture
and Agroecology in Africa (KCOA) project, implement
ed by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusamme
narbeit (GIZ) GmbH, and the Farming Systems Compari
son in the Tropics (SysCom) project
Year: 2024
ISBN: 10.5281/zenodo.10521540
Type: Policy brief/paper
Full text available at: https://www.fibl.org/en/shop-en/2000-tropics-policy-dossier
Content language: English