Sustainable and Agroecological Transition of Food Systems in Africa

The project aims to contribute to the transformation of agrifood systems in Africa towards increased sustainability and resilience by providing evidence-based arguments on the potential of upscaling agroecology to deliver multiple benefits for food security, nutrition, income, health, environmental sustainability, and local development. It was launched in April 2025 in three African countries - Kenya, Mozambique, and Senegal. These countries represent diverse agroecological zones and contrasting political contexts, providing fertile ground for comparative analysis. This project, which has high potential for capitalization and replicability, aims to equip public decision-makers with robust data, define pathways to accelerate the agroecological transition, and strengthen science-policy interfaces in food systems. Especially, for each country, the first phase of the project will assess the current state of agroecology, synthesize existing knowledge on plausible futures, and understand how quantitative models can contribute to the scaling up of agroecology, together with local actors including decision-makers. In a second phase, identified scenarios will be tested by using modelling tools to understand to which extent and under which conditions agroecology could help policy makers achieve several objectives at national level: food security, income and job generation, climate mitigation and biodiversity conservation targets, among others.