A Regional Meeting for Africa on Agroecology for food and nutrition security in Sub-Saharan Africa brought together for two days in Dakar over 300 participants, representing social movements and producers, the private sector, the academia and agronomic research institutes, as well as indigenous peoples and grassroots communities from across Sub-Saharan Africa and other continents. This technical forum is organized by FAO in partnership with the Government of Senegal with support from France and several international foundations, such as the Global Alliance for the Future of Food, the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation and the New Field Foundation.