SCAR AGROECOLOGY SWG

‘Accelerating farming systems transition: Agroecology living labs and research infrastructures’

Friday 29 April 2022

The SCAR Strategic Working Group (SWG) on Agroecology (SCAR-AE), as the body leading the development of the SRIA of this partnership, organised a full-day workshop to launch the process and start gathering contributions from stakeholders. The event is an important milestone in the partnership’s co-creation process and involves a varied audience to discuss and identify key R&I needs.

Participants included the SCAR-AE members and observers, the Country Contact Points for this partnership, H2020 project coordinators, European Commission representatives and many other key stakeholders. During 5 interactive breakout sessions  participants discussed specific aspects and stimulated the SRIA’s co-creation process:

• Agroecosystem redesign and innovations: ecosystem services and other benefits of agroecological transitions
• Integration in and implications for the agrifood value chain
• Levers for integrative R&I supporting AE transition: Tools for integration of social, economic, technological, and environmental dimensions (Living Labs, Lighthouses, models, serious games, deliberation, etc.)
• Measures, including policy, supporting transition
• Cross-cutting issues: Agroecology Living Labs and Research infrastructures as instruments for agroecological transition; Metrics and monitoring framework for the assessment of agroecological transitions

Event documents:

• Final agenda
• Participants list
• Minutes

Presentations (in the order of the programme)

• Welcome and introduction to the meeting | Nicolas Tinois, SCAR-AE co-chair
• Introduction to the partnership, timeline and process | Susana Gaona Research Programme Officer, DG AGRI
• The candidate European partnership ‘Accelerating farming systems transition: Agroecology living labs and research infrastructures’ | Nicolas Tinois, SCAR-AE co-chair
• Developing the SRIA of the candidate European partnership ‘Accelerating farming systems transition: Agroecology living labs and research infrastructures’ | Benjamin Sánchez (SCAR AE co-chair) and the SRIA Core Team
• SCAR Tender: Framework Services Contract for Strategic Analysis and Support for Enhanced Research Cooperation in Agriculture and Food: portfolio analysis | Karme Petrutis, TST Thematic Coordinator, SCAR Support Team