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| Encuentro de Agroecología | |
|---|---|
| Name | Encuentro de Agroecología |
| Genre | Agricultural conference |
| Location | Variable (Latin America) |
| Years active | Since 1990s |
| Participants | Farmers, activists, researchers, NGOs |
Encuentro de Agroecología is a recurring gathering focused on agroecological practice, rural social movements, and peasant rights in Latin America. It brings together peasant organizations, academic institutions, non-governmental organizations, and international networks to exchange techniques, strategies, and policy proposals related to sustainable agriculture and food sovereignty. The event often intersects with regional campaigns, solidarity movements, and academic conferences.
The Encuentro emerged in the 1990s amid mobilizations associated with Via Campesina, La Vía Campesina, Zapatista Army of National Liberation, and agrarian reform movements in countries such as Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, and Brazil. Early editions were influenced by debates at institutions like the University of Buenos Aires, National Autonomous University of Mexico, and alliances with organizations including Food and Agriculture Organization, International Fund for Agricultural Development, and Oxfam. The Encuentro developed alongside events such as the World Social Forum and dialogues with networks like Friends of the Earth International and Slow Food. Over time, linkages formed with academic conferences at Columbia University, University of Oxford, and regional seminars organized by the Latin American Council of Social Sciences.
Primary objectives include promoting agroecological techniques among peasant communities, defending land rights championed by groups like Confederación Sindical de Trabajadores/as de las Americas, and advancing policy proposals similar to those debated in forums such as United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and Convention on Biological Diversity. Core themes typically address agroecology, agroforestry, seed sovereignty linked to Navdanya, ecological restoration paralleling initiatives by Conservation International, and climate resilience discussed alongside Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change insights. Events often foreground rights-based frameworks like those in declarations by Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and programmatic models proposed by Institute for Policy Studies.
Organizers range from grassroots collectives such as Movimiento Campesino and Via Campesina affiliates to academic partners like Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, University of São Paulo, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, and research institutes including Institute of Development Studies and Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical. Participants include members of rural trade unions and cooperatives like Cooperativa Integral Catalana, policy advocates from ActionAid, funders such as Rockefeller Foundation and Ford Foundation, and representatives of indigenous federations like Confederación de Nacionalidades Indígenas del Ecuador. International observers have included delegates from institutions such as European Commission delegations, Food and Agriculture Organization missions, and representatives from Greenpeace and WWF.
Typical programming combines hands-on demonstrations in agroecological techniques pioneered by practitioners influenced by Masanobu Fukuoka and Paolo Freire-inspired pedagogies, technical workshops on permaculture linked to Bill Mollison principles, seed-exchange fairs reflecting work by Navdanya and Sustainable Agriculture Network, and policy roundtables inspired by proposals from La Vía Campesina and International Institute for Environment and Development. Sessions often include participatory research collaborations with universities such as National Autonomous University of Mexico and University of Havana, art and culture exchanges with collectives related to Casa de las Americas, and legal clinics modeled after initiatives at Harvard Law School and Universidad de Chile.
Outcomes have included region-wide seed sovereignty campaigns echoing efforts by Navdanya and Semillas de Vida, adoption of agroecological curricula at universities like University of Buenos Aires and Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, policy influence on municipal food policy councils similar to those in Porto Alegre and Quito, and strengthened coalitions among organizations such as Via Campesina and Friends of the Earth International. The Encuentro has contributed to pilot projects supported by agencies like International Fund for Agricultural Development and research partnerships involving CIP (International Potato Center) and CIMMYT. It has also catalyzed legal actions referencing instruments from Inter-American Court of Human Rights and policy briefs disseminated via think tanks including Brookings Institution and Institute for Policy Studies.
The Encuentro is embedded in a networked landscape connecting La Vía Campesina, Latin American Network of Rural Women Producers, Red de Agroecología del Cono Sur, and transnational alliances such as Friends of the Earth International and Peoples’ Coalition on Food Sovereignty. It engages with global processes at forums like the United Nations Food Systems Summit, interacts with research consortia including CGIAR centers such as CIMMYT and CIP, and forms partnerships with advocacy platforms like ActionAid and Oxfam. These linkages facilitate exchanges with movements in Europe and Africa, collaborations with universities including University of Oxford and University of Cambridge, and coordination with multilateral bodies such as United Nations Environment Programme.
Category:Agroecology