Advisory services and coordination of the Learning Group Agroecology by the Swiss Alliance for Sustainable Food Systems and Empowered Communities (Sufosec)
Location
Switzerland and Global
project period
01.01.2021 - 31.12.2024 (four years)
client
Skat Foundation and the Swiss Alliance for Sustainable Food Systems and Empowered Communities
Services provided
Consultancy
Facilitation & Innovative Learning
Partner organisation
Fastenaktion, SWISSAID, Vétérinaires Sans Frontières Suisse, Vivamos, Aqua Alimenta and Skat Foundation, SDC
Between 2021 and 2024, SKAT supported the coordination and facilitation of the Sufosec Learning Group on Agroecology, fostering structured exchange and joint learning across the Alliance for Sustainable Food Systems and Empowered Communities (Sufosec). It centred on the co-creation of knowledge on agroecological transformation through a “Learning Journey” implemented with 24 partner organisations in the Global South and supported by participatory workshops and thematic exchanges.
SKAT contributed technical expertise in agroecology, water, and knowledge management, leading the learning process and ensuring the development and dissemination of key knowledge products. These include an inventory of agroecological learning models and a series of syntheses on critical topics such as agroecology in fragile contexts. The assignment strengthened cross-country exchange, collective learning, and the integration of agroecological approaches across Alliance programmes.
The Agroecological Learning Journey was implemented by the Sufosec Alliance, a coalition of six Swiss NGOs working in international cooperation to promote sustainable local food systems and communities through agroecological approaches, with support from SDC. The participatory learning process was conducted in three phases (2021–2024), combining virtual workshops and collaborative outputs, resulting in four key publications:
- Fostering equitable markets and policies for the agroecological transition
An overview of promising support mechanisms, 2024
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- Farmers' application of promising agroecological practices
Key learnings by and for practitioners on the critical success factors in the early stages of the agroecological transition, 2023
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- Farmers' learning and understanding
An inventory of selected Sufosec learning models and tools for Agroecology, 2022 EN | FR | ES