A sustainability transformation of agricultural and food systems is not only necessary due to the ecological and social costs and low crisis-resilience of the systems pre-dominatd today, but also economically unavaoidable in the long term. Policymakers have been signalling the direction of travel for some years; now we need an enabling framework, coherent policies and appropriate options for action. Agroecology is a win-win strategy and has great potential as a lever for restructuring agricultural and food systems and forging a just transition. 

This position paper highlights the sets of positions by GIZ based on many years of positive experience delivering technical cooperation projects based on agroecological principles and approaches.