Accelerating farming systems transition: agroecology living labs and research infrastructures

• Supporting research policy development for AE at national, EU and international levels
• Fostering debate and providing conceptual, methodological and practical frameworks
• Alignment of activities from the relevant entities by gathering and analysing their potential inputs and providing advice to promote synergies and avoid duplication
• Platform for continuous strategic discussion
• Short-term: “Partnership proposal” and SRIA

Rationale

• Climate agenda and SDGs -> need for more sust. Agri; role for AE?
• Policy, research and innovation agendas include AE approaches:
  • FNSSA
  • FACCE
  • Green Deal (F2F+Biodiv.)
  • SCAR foresight
• Partnership “Accelerating farming systems transition: agroecologyliving labs and research infrastructures” proposed by EC
• Funding rate of P: essential to attract MS/AC! -> SCAR
• Plenty of actors, at first rank ALL-Ready and AE4EU
• Also JPIs, ERA-NETs, Mission & SMS, other Partnerships, EIP, ETPs, regions, FAO….
• SCAR-AE centralises the preparation of the Partnership proposal
• Fluent communication with the relevant, appropriate and necessary sources of inputs to the Partnership