With the Scaling Up Agroecology Initiative by FAO, there is drive for sharing enough evidence of how application of knowledge and practices of agroecology are creating impact to inform policy and continued wide-scale application by farmers.

The “Global Advocacy Project(GAP) 2017-2020” implemented by Biovision Africa Trust (BvAT) and PELUM Kenya, funded by SSNC and others aims at contributing to the Scaling up Agroecology Initiative and at bringing the agroecology discussion to policymakers and other key stakeholders in Eastern Africa, particularly Kenya, Ethiopia and Uganda. The planned conference is a key moment to spread the ideas to stakeholders, media, policy makers and interested public.

World Food Preservation Center (WFPC), Biovision Africa Trust (BvAT) and IFOAM Organics International (IFOAM OI) have decided to join forces with their partners in Africa and worldwide in order to use synergies for the complementary objectives by organizing this conference.

The overall objective of the merged Conference is to facilitate the establishment of truly sustainable food and agriculture systems in Africa on grassroots, trade and policy levels. The event aims at reducing synthetic fertilizers and pesticides, launching the FAO Scaling up Agroecology Initiative in Eastern Africa and showcasing opportunities and potential of Ecological Organic domestic and regional trade in East Africa.  At the end of the conference we expect to come up with: a) A communique of Action Plan for Change b) Documentation of the conference through Photography and videography c) Conference Proceedings Report

The conference will be graced by keynote speakers renowned for their various outstanding achievements for a fair and better world for all. The speakers at the congress are on the forefront of research on the impact of synthetic pesticides and GMOs on the health of humans, animals, and the environment; role of policies and businesses in scaling up agroecology. Also, world leading scientists will be speaking on regenerative agriculture and food sovereignty.

Participants will be drawn from farmers and farmer organizations, researchers, civil society, private companies in organic industry, consumer associations, strategic partners and donor agencies, policy makers, academia and institutional and individual donors.