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The measure of agroecology: Developing an assessment framework to capture economic, environmental and social impacts of agriculture and food systems

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Title The measure of agroecology: Developing an assessment framework to capture economic, environmental and social impacts of agriculture and food systems
 
Creator Wickramaratne, Chaturangi
Jones, Sarah K.
Lamanna, Christine
Geck, Matthias
 
Subject agroecology
assessment
frameworks
food systems
indicators
participatory approaches
 
Description A key objective of the CGIAR Agroecology Initiative is to develop a holistic assessment framework that generates evidence on the performance of food systems across various dimensions and scales of agroecological transition. Although many tools have been developed to assess the sustainability of agricultural systems, most do not comprehensively represent environmental, social, and economic aspects of sustainability, nor use indicators that are sensitive to agroecological principles. Assessment frameworks also struggle to balance the trade-off between capturing standardized, globally comparable metrics or capturing metrics that are locally relevant and context-specific. These factors make it challenging to assess the multi-functional and multidimensional performance of AE across food systems in diverse contexts. This is particularly true for frameworks developed in the Global North, which may not be applicable to the conditions present in the Global South. Therefore, there is a critical need for an AE-specific assessment framework that not only integrates key features of AE, but also encompasses the salient features of local AE endeavors.
 
Date 2022-12-27
2023-01-19T14:15:32Z
2023-01-19T14:15:32Z
 
Type Blog Post
 
Identifier Chaturangi W.; Jones, S.; Lamanna, C.; Geck, M. (2022) The measure of agroecology: Developing an assessment framework to capture economic, environmental and social impacts of agriculture and food systems. [Blog post] CGIAR News and Events. Published online 27 December 2022. https://www.cgiar.org/news-events/news/the-measure-of-agroecology/
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/127566
https://www.cgiar.org/news-events/news/the-measure-of-agroecology/
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Publisher CGIAR System Organization