Colleagues:
I assume you all realize that this consultation by focusing also on other innovations for sustainable agriculture and food systems
that enhance food security and nutrition leaves the door open for what many conventional international and academic organizations have been pushing for: considering agroecology as one more tool to be used along with other "innovations" ( transgenic crops, mini-dosages of fertilizers, climate smart agriculture, sustainable intensification, etc) to achieve "sustainable" agriculture ( whatever this means- a politically and socially void term used by Monsanto, World Bank, etc).
I invite you to read the Declaration that SOCLA along with other partners put out after the Latin American Congress of Agroecology in Brasilia last October 2017.which delves into this controversial issue.
Although I will personally not get involved in this excercise, SOCLA is hoping that committed agroecologists and members of rural social movements ( women, young people and men) will participate to defend the true identity and meaning of agroecology.
Miguel A Altieri
Miguel A Altieri