Title of document: Agroecology and the Food System

Authors: A. Wezel and C. David

Ministry/Government Agency/Organisation: Department of Agroecosystems, Environment and Production, ISARA Lyon (associated member of the University of Lyon), 23 rue Jean Baldassini, 69364 Lyon cedex 07, France

Year of publication: 2012

Geographic focus: World wide

Url original document: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/226169779_Agroecology_and_the_Food_System

Summary: On a global scale agriculture and food will face key challenges of properly feeding a population of nine billion individuals in 2050, while preserving the ecosystems from which other services are also expected, such as bioenergy production, biodiversity use and conservation, carbon storage and climate regulation. To develop future sustainable agricultural production and food systems, agronomic, ecological, economic and social challenges have to simultaneously be taken into account. The framework of agroecology applied on the food system could be a useful concept to support this development. Although the scale and dimension of scientific research in agroecology has been enlarged in the last years towards the food system approach, it is still difficult to outline clear concepts, new models and new methods that specify it.