Agroecology is gaining momentum

The triple threat of climate change, Covid, and conflict is revealing the inherent fragility of food systems worldwide along with their negative impacts on natural resources as well as their prominent role in worsening climate change and social inequities. Agroecology shows enormous potential for helping address these crises, and the time has come for more concerted action to realize its possibilities. This was a central message of the recent “set off” webinar of the CGIAR initiative “Transformational Agroecology across Food, Land, and Water Systems,” which brought together leaders, funders and partners. Together, they pointed a way forward for agroecology, in the hope of seeing this approach expand to an unprecedented scale.