The Argentine Society of Agroecology will hold the First Argentine Congress of Agroecology at the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences of the National University of Cuyo in Mendoza, Argentina, from 18 to 20 September 2019.

Thus, the Argentine Society of Agroecology is taking a fundamental step to consolidate Agroecology at a national level. Argentina and Brazil are the only Latin American countries that have constituted a National Society of Agroecology and within this framework, the Congress will provide a space to display Agroecology’s current position in the country and to define guidelines on how to achieve sustainable agricultural systems.

The objectives of the Congress are to:

• contribute to the dissemination and promotion of the advances within research and education on Agroecology in Argentina
• boost the exchange of knowledge among researchers, professors, civil servants, producers, consumers and actors of the civil society
•  foster the debate and the proposals for improving food sovereignty and achieving sustainable agri-food systems throughout the country.