We all know there are no silver bullets that can address the confluence of crises that we currently encounter on our planet – hunger, widespread degradation of land and water resources, catastrophic biodiversity loss, and climate change. But agroecology is an approach that tackles these challenges systemically through developing a basket of locally relevant solutions through supporting local innovation at scale. It has the potential to not only tackle the immediate global food crisis, but also provide long-term solutions to other environmental and social issues – such as biodiversity loss, poverty and gender equity.

Sound too good to be true? Hear us out. What’s unique about the agroecological lens is that it explicitly sets out to tackle multiple challenges at the same time. It operates at multiple scales and timeframes, to meet numerous immediate and long-term needs in a wide range of sectors and geographies.