The main aim of the conference is to engage with key policy makers and stakeholders, including from the government at central and local levels, parliament, development partners, civil society, private sector, academia and media, to exhibit and exchange best cases on how EOA is at the core of sustainable development through its multidimensional impact: achieving food security, nutrition and safety, industrialisation, employment and incomes, sustainable environment and natural resource management and resilience to climate change. The conference will seek to link initiatives that support scaling up agro-ecosystems for increased productivity, in quantity and quality, while ensuring resilience and sustainability for achieving food security, poverty reduction and enhancing a green and resilient economy.

The conference is designed to respond to key questions as to WHY EOA is relevant in contemporary agricultural transformation agenda, environmental and health concerns, climate change resilience and sustainable production and consumption. WHAT are scalable best practices and technologies tested by research and practised by farmers and organic operators and HOW can we achieve scaling up and mainstreaming including methods and approaches.