How agroecology can help strengthen the implementation of the three Rio Conventions

30 May 2022 at 13:30pm - 15:00pm CEST, The Transformative Partnership Platform on Agroecology (TPP), together with co-hosts CIFOR-ICRAF, SEI, SIANI, SLU and UNEP, is happy to invite you to a Stockholm+50 associated event on ‘The scope for agroecology to support integrated implementation of the three Rio Conventions through food system transformation.’

The event will explore how agroecology can help strengthen the implementation of the three Rio Conventions and beyond, and contribute to the achievement of the SDGs. It will also highlight how grassroots experience adds to achieving prosperity for all, while maintaining a healthy planet.

Confirmed speakers include:

• Fergus Sinclair, Co-convenor - Agroecology TPP, Co-coordinator - Agroecology Coalition and Chief Scientist, CIFOR-ICRAF
• Pat Mooney, IPES-FOOD
  He referred to the reports:
• IPES-Food (2022). ANOTHER PERFECT STORM? How the failure to reform food systems has allowed the war in Ukraine to spark a third global food price crisis in 15 years, and what can be done to prevent the next one A special report by IPES-Food, May 2022, #25 p.
• IPES-Food & ETC Group (2021). A Long Food Movement:Transforming Food Systems by 2045. 176 pp.
• Laura Scandurra, President of Board of Directors, Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE) Board of Directors
• Veronica Ndetu, Head of the Climate Change Unit, Ministry of Agriculture, Kenya
• Elisabeth Simelton, Senior Policy Specialist – Agriculture, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida)
• Marcos Lana, Associate Professor, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)
• Monica Yator, Indigenous Women and Girls Initiative, Kenya
• Irish Baguilat, Asian Farmers Association, Philippines 
• Marie Jürisoo, Operations Director, Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI)