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I- AGROECOLOGY : TRANSITIONS TO SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS
- Agroecology as an evolving concept
- Agroecology as a transition process
- Self-reinforcing mechanisms in unsustainable food systems
- The actors of agroecological transitions
II- AGROECOLOGY FOR FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION : KEY ISSUES FROM THE SEMINARS
- The natural resource base
- Access to natural resources (land, water, fisheries, forests and genetic resources)
- Climate change and resilience
- Balancing power throughout the food system
- Capacity building and knowledge systems
- Gender equity
- Producing more where it is needed
- Nutrition and health
- Income-earning opportunities in rural areas, particularly for young people
- Territorial approaches for sustainable food systems
III- COMMON RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE SEMINARS ON AGROECOLOGICAL TRANSITIONS
- Strengthening the central role of producers and their organizations in safeguarding, utilizing and accessing natural resources
- Fostering experience and knowledge sharing, collaborative research and innovation
- Promoting markets for agroecology-based products and services
- Reviewing institutional policy, legal and financial frameworks to promote agroecological transitions for sustainable food systems
IV- MOVING FORWARD: SCALING UP AGROECOLOGY
- Developments at regional and international level following the FAO seminars
- Sustainable food and agriculture in FAO
- Agroecology and the SDGs
- Towards the Scaling up Agroecology Initiative