AGROECOLOGY, the European Partnership ‘Accelerating Farming Systems Transition: Agroecology Living Labs and Research Infrastructures’, is a large-scale European research and innovation initiative involving the European Commission and 26 Member States, Associated Countries and Third Countries. AGROECOLOGY will support an agricultural sector capable of meeting the targets and challenges of climate change, biodiversity loss, food security and sovereignty, and the environment, whilst ensuring that farming remains a profitable and attractive activity for farmers. Major change is needed to make the agricultural sector more sustainable, resilient and responsive to societal and policy demands. Agroecology builds on natural, biological interactions whilst utilising state-of-the-art science, technology and innovation based on farmers’ knowledge.
The Conversations on Agroecology will form the first steps towards strengthening agricultural knowledge and innovation systems (AKIS) for the agroecology transition by facilitating linkages between Living Labs and research infrastructure actors across Europe. The online conversations on agroecology will run on a monthly basis throughout the partnership and enable the mobilisation and networking of agroecology actors across and beyond Europe.
Content
Please find the detailed programme here.
Target group
Researchers, farmers, policymakers, funders, and all stakeholders interested in agroecology.
Language
In English only
Registration information
We kindly ask you to register here by 29 April 2026 at the latest.
This event will be held online.
You are also welcome to send your topic-related questions in advance to akademie@ages.at.
The questions collected will be answered by the speakers during the seminar.
Conversation leads
Dr Taru Sandén and Dr Julia Fohrafellner
Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES)
Department for Soil Health and Plant Nutrition
Institute for Sustainable Plant Production
Division Food Security
Ana Pires da Silva, MSc. and Dr. Carla Moita Brites
National Institute for Agrarian and Veterinary Research (INIAV), Portugal
Presenters
Suzanne Lefebvre, MSc.
National Museum of Natural History, France
Coordinator of the “Farmland Biodiversity Observatory” (l'Observatoire Agricole de la Biodiversité)
João Coimbra
Quinta da Cholda, Portugal
Farmer and owner of Quinta da Cholda
The Partnership is coordinated by Forschungszentrum JUELICH GMBH – Germany, with Agence Nationale de la Recherche – France as co-coordinator.
Funded by the European Union under the Horizon Europe Framework Programme | Grant Agreement No.: 101132349
