Just agroecological transitions aim to transform food systems to address global challenges simultaneously, including hunger, widespread degradation of land and water resources, the climate crisis, and biodiversity loss but the currently adopted agroecological principles do not adequately cover water management and aquatic foods.
This session presents and discusses revisions to the agroecological principles that incorporate inclusive water management and aquatic food. It then explores their implications for agroecological transitions at scale in member countries of the Agroecology Coalition that face urgent need to adapt to the increasing frequency and severity of droughts in some cases and floods in others brought about by climate change.
Event Title: Incorporating inclusive water management and aquatic food in agroecological transitions
Date: Wednesday, 23 August 2023
Time: 10:00 - 11:00 (GMT+2 / Stockholm Local Time)
Location: Virtual/Online
Convenors: Agroecology Coalition, Transformative Partnership Platform on Agroecology, International Water Management Institute (IWMI), WorldFish, Young Professionals for Agricultural Development and CIFOR-ICRAF
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Invited Speakers and their presentations:
Incorporating inclusive water management and aquatic food in agroecological transitions
-Sarah Freed, WorldFish
-Michaela Lo, International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
-Matthew McCartney, International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
Youth perspective on agroecology and aquatic food from DRC
-Genna Tesdall, Young Professionals for Agricultural Development (YPARD)
Dealing with Too Much Water: Flooding in Cambodia
-Rada Kong, French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD), Agroecology and Safe Food System Transitions in Southeast Asia (ASSET) (Project in association with the Conservation Agriculture and Sustainable Intensification Consortium (CASIC), Cambodia)
Dealing with Too Much Water: Drought in Mauritania (TBC)
-Mohamed Yahya Lafdal, Adviser to the Minister of Environment, Mauritius
Agroecological Practices Perform Best in Drier Conditions In Andhra Pradesh: Implications for scaling through women’s self-help groups
-Swati Renduchintala, Rythu Sadhikara Samstha (RySS), Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and World Agroforestry (ICRAF), India
Redirecting Value from Stored Water to Protect Watersheds in Sri Lanka
-Prasanthi Gunawardena, University of Sri Jayewardenepura
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