The Collaborative Crop Research Program (CCRP) of the McKnight Foundation is hosting an online gathering ''Farmer-centered research for agroecology: Transforming research, reimagining food systems'' on 25-27 October with contributors from across the globe. Participants will hear stories, perspectives, experiences and evidence from farmers, researchers and the organizations that collaborate with them.

A diverse range of online sessions, films, workshops, masterclasses, panel discussions, thematic sessions, storytelling, poetry and music as part of the Online Gathering.

Answers to the following questions will be explored:

DAY 1: Farmer research networks

• What does it mean to put farmers at the centre of research processes?
• What skills are required to facilitate these processes?
• What changes are we seeing as a result of these approaches?

Day 2: Advancing agroecological transitions

• What are we learning about how to nurture healthy agroecological systems?
• How can agroecological research fully include marginalized groups and build relevant knowledge for all?
• How can we foster AE transitions at different scales: farm, community, landscape, territory?

Day 3: Agroecology and food systems transformations

• How can agroecological research have impacts on food systems, nutrition and food security?
• How can we increase the impact of research and practice on policies for food systems transformations?
• What is the potential of holistic, systems-based research to contribute to more ecological production systems, better health and nutrition, and rural livelihoods?

There will be an interpretation in English, French, and Spanish.

To register, please click here.