The report, compiled by Agroecology Europe’s Youth Network, identifies agroecological initiatives across 11 European countries: Albania, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, France, Hungary, Ireland, Serbia, Spain, Sweden and United Kingdom.

Agroecology Europe explains: “This study highlights for each country constraints and potential to scale out agroecology as a sustainable European response to the combined goals of increasing climate resilience, maintaining biodiversity, and providing food and economic security for all its citizens.

“This mapping report is an overview of how agroecology is understood by different citizens (policy makers, farmers, members civil society, researchers, and consumers) and a rich collection of a variety of existing national agroecology initiatives that are vital, productive, and ready to pave the way for an agroecological transition of agriculture in the European context.

“As economic, health, environmental and social crises are urging us to develop innovative solutions, this study can inspire many of us. We can learn that in Europe agroecology already exists everywhere, it employs many farmers and young people, maintains local biodiversity, water and soil resources, and can provide income and enough food of good quality for Europe. Through this study we can therefore understand that transition is possible and if we develop the accompanying actions, together we can design the sustainable Europe of the future.”

The organisation makes key recommendations for encouraging the transition to agroecological approaches. These include boosting the number of agroecology training and education opportunities, developing agroecological research, the importance of political vision and consumer commitment, and the development of specific agroecology policies.

For more information:

• Read the full story on the Agroecology Europe website here