Agroecology for Africa

This course is relevant for a wide audience who wants to quickly grasp the concepts of agroecology, including:

• Government officials and staff of the ministries of agriculture, food security, environment, health, trade or economics and rural affairs.
• Policymakers or advisors.
• Training and capacity development practitioners.

• The key concepts, principles and practices of agroecology.
• How agroecology can contribute to the social, economic and ecological transformation of agrifood systems.
• How agroecology can contribute to maintaining agroecosystem health, productive capacity and reinforcing farm resilience.
• The enabling environment, obstacles and lock-ins affecting agroecological adoption and transitions to sustainable food systems.
• Ways for scaling up agroecology at community, national and regional levels.
• How the elements and principles of agroecology can be applied in Africa.

This course consists of four lessons of approximately 45-70 minutes duration each:

• Lesson 1 - Introduction to agroecology
• Lesson 2 - Applying the ecological principles of agroecology
• Lesson 3 - Applying the social principles of agroecology
• Lesson 4 - Scaling up and scaling out agroecology

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