Tool for Agroecology Performance Evaluation (TAPE)
There is an increasing amount of evidence showing the positive impacts
of agroecology on the environment, biodiversity, farmers’ incomes, resilience, and on adaptation and mitigation to climate change.
However, these results often remain fragmented in case studies, isolated
experiences or field observations, usually based on heterogeneous
methods and data as well as differing scales and timeframes.
The need for harmonized evidence on agroecology was a systematic recommendation from the various global and regional consultations
on agroecology organized by FAO between 2014 and 2018, and specifically
requested by FAO governing bodies in 2018. To respond to these
mandates, FAO and a large number of partners have developed the Tool for Agroecology Performance Evaluation (TAPE).
Based
on various existing assessment frameworks, TAPE is a comprehensive tool
that aims to measure the multi-dimensional performance of
agroecological systems across the different dimensions of
sustainability. It applies a stepwise approach at the household/farm
level but it also collects information and provides results at a
community and territorial scale. The tool was designed to remain simple
and to require minimum training and data collection.
