Organizations from Africa, Asia, the Americas, and Europe that work with—or are formed by  — small farmers, Indigenous, and fishing communities gathered in Brazil to exchange experiences and, with traditional knowledge at the center, promote agroecology in their territories.

What do the revival of ancestral foods in the western United States and the struggle for the rights of women fishers in Indonesia have in common? The exchange of local knowledge and academic research represents, across countries, an opportunity to empower communities, revalue their knowledge, and generate advocacy actions to improve living conditions. This is the goal of IPA Global, an initiative of the Agroecology Fund that seeks to drive change by supporting multisectoral collaborations that bring together small farmers’ organizations, Indigenous peoples, youth, women, academics, and climate justice networks.

Organizations from 11 countries met at the end of 2025 at the 1st IPA Global International Convening, organized by the Agroecology Fund. The event took place in Guararema, in the state of São Paulo (Brazil), as a parallel activity to the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30), held in Belém, in northern Brazil. The goal of the gathering was to exchange experiences and analyze how Participatory Action Research (PAR) strengthens the defense of agroecology and climate justice.