During the past months, several movements from different geographical focus participated in workshops to discuss the need for transformational change in global agri-food systems. This event will open the debate to a wider global audience with the participation of a star line-up of speakers.
November 16 – 15:30 CET
The need for transformational change in global agri-food systems is now widely acknowledged in order to adapt to and mitigate climate change and to address the environmental and social problems generated by current food systems. The concept of agroecology is more and more dominating the discourse about the future of agriculture. At the same time the steady growth of the organic market has a strong impact on the global development of standards and regulatory requirements. Alternative terms, such as regenerative agriculture, ecological organic agriculture and others are also more and more widely used in different regions of the world and approaches such as Zero Budget Natural Farming are being scaled-up significantly. These concepts have involved many actors with different visions and objectives, but they share the desire to “scale-up” transformational change initiatives to bring about resilient and sustainable agriculture and food systems.