Dialogue across Indigenous, local and scientific knowledge systems reflecting on the IPBES Assessment on Pollinators, Pollination and Food Production

The Dialogue across Indigenous, local and scientific knowledge systems reflecting on the IPBES Assessment on Pollinators, Pollination and Food Production report presents the main outcomes of a Dialogue across Indigenous, local and scientific knowledge systems that revisited and reflected on the key messages derived from the Assessment Report on Pollinators, Pollination and Food Production of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). The Dialogue was hosted from the 21st to the 25th of January 2019 by the Karen community of Hin Lad Nai, Chiang Rai, Thailand, and it was co-convened and jointly designed by the Inter Mountain Peoples Education and Culture in Thailand Association (IMPECT) and Pgakenyaw Association for Sustainable Development (PASD) together with SwedBio at the Stockholm Resilience Centre and UNESCO Natural Science Sector

Against the odds: Network and institutional pathways enabling agricultural diversification

Farming systems that support locally diverse agricultural production and high levels of biodiversity are in rapid decline, despite evidence of their benefits for climate, environmental health, and food security. Yet, agricultural policies, financial incentives, and market concentration increasingly constrain the viability of diversified farming systems. Here, we present a conceptual framework to identify novel processes that promote the emergence and sustainability of diversified farming systems, using three real-world examples where farming communities have found pathways to diversification despite major structural constraints. By applying our framework to analyze these bright spots in the United States, Brazil, and Malawi, we identify two distinct pathways—network and institutional—to diversification. These pathways emerge through alignment of factors related to social and ecological structure (policies, institutions, and environmental conditions) and agency (values, collective action, and management decisions). We find that, when network and institutional pathways operate in tandem, the potential to scale up diversification across farms and landscapes increases substantially

Fern Laminar Scales Protect Against Photoinhibition from Excess Light

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TAPE - Outil pour l’évaluation de la performance de l’agroécologie - Version test: Processus de développement et guide d’application

With the help of multiple partners, FAO has developed a global analytical framework for the multidimensional assessment of the performance of agroecology: the Tool for Agroecology Performance Evaluation (TAPE), which aims to: · Inform policy makers, development institutions, and other stakeholders by creating references to the multidimensional performance of agroecology and its potential to contribute to multiple SDGs; · Build knowledge and empower producers through the collective process of producing and sharing data and evidence based on their own practices; · Support agroecological transition processes at different scales, in different locations and different timeframes by proposing a diagnostic of performances over time and by identifying areas of strengths/weaknesses and enabling/disabling environments. This document provides guidance on how to assess agroecology by carrying out a diagnostic of production systems with regard to various dimensions (environmental, social, economic) and in a variety of contexts (production systems, communities, territories, agro-ecological zones, etc.). It explains how the analytical framework proposed by FAO was developed, what its underlying principles are and what its methodological components are. This document can be used to develop projects aiming to build evidence and collect data about sustainable agriculture and the particular role of agroecological approaches. It can also be used to analyze how existing efforts to measure agroecology can contribute to building globally relevant and harmonized evidence.La agroecología tiene el potencial de transformar nuestros sistemas alimentarios y hacerlos más sostenibles. Está generando un creciente interés político a nivel nacional e internacional y la evidencia armonizada de su impacto positivo podría apoyar el proceso de transición. Desarrollada a través de un extenso proceso participativo de múltiples partes interesadas, el Instrumento para la Evaluación del Desempeño Agroecológico (TAPE) de la FAO tiene como objetivo evaluar el desempeño multidimensional de la agroecología en diversos contextos, territorios y regiones. Este documento explica cómo se desarrolló el instrumento y cuáles son sus principios subyacentes y componentes metodológicos. Proporciona orientación sobre cómo utilizar TAPE para realizar un diagnóstico de los sistemas productivos, su transición agroecológica y sus contribuciones a las diversas dimensiones de la sostenibilidad.Avec l'aide de multiples partenaires, la FAO a développé un cadre analytique global pour l'évaluation multidimensionnelle des performances de l'agroécologie : l'Outil d'évaluation des performances agro-écologiques (TAPE en anglais), qui vise à : · Informer les décideurs politiques, les institutions de développement et les autres parties prenantes en créant des références sur les performances multidimensionnelles de l'agroécologie et sur son potentiel à contribuer à de multiples ODD. · Développer les connaissances et l’autonomie des producteurs grâce au processus collectif de production et de partage de données et de preuves basées sur leurs propres pratiques. · Accompagner les processus de transition agroécologique à différentes échelles, dans différents lieux et différentes échelles de temps en proposant un diagnostic des performances et en identifiant les points forts/faiblesses et les environnements favorisants/défavorisants. Ce document donne des orientations sur la manière d'évaluer l'agroécologie en réalisant un diagnostic des systèmes de production au regard de différentes dimensions (environnementales, sociales, économiques) et dans des contextes variés (systèmes de production, communautés, territoires, zones agro-écologiques, etc. ). Il explique comment le cadre analytique proposé par la FAO a été élaboré, quels sont ses principes sous-jacents et quelles sont ses composantes méthodologiques. Ce document peut être utilisé pour développer des projets visant à construire des preuves et à collecter des données sur l'agriculture durable et le rôle particulier des approches agroécologiques. Il peut également être utilisé pour analyser comment les efforts existants pour mesurer l'agroécologie peuvent contribuer à la construction de preuves pertinentes et harmonisées à l'échelle mondiale