On Wednesday 30th June, GRET organized an online webinar on the occasion of the translation of the handbook for the evaluation of the agroecology in English. In total, 80 people participated in this session. Participants were ALiSEA Network Members, ASSET project partners, Members of the two Research for Development Partnership Platform : ASEA (https://www.asea-network.org/) and MALICA (https://www.malica.org/)
As a tool to promote and support the development of agroecology, the handbook (https://www.gret.org/publication/handbook-for-the-evaluation-of-agroecology/?lang=en) provides to development stakeholders methodological benchmarks to evaluate agroecology: about conditions of its development, results and effects of its practices and interventions. It proposes various socio-economical and agro-environnemental evaluation criteria, together with indicators and methods. As a first methodological document, it may evolve and be adjusted along its usages into ongoing projects.
The handbook conception came from a collaboration between various partners: the Working group on agroecological transitions/GTAE that includes:
- Agrisud International
- Agronomes et Vétérinaires Sans Frontières/AVSF
- CARI
- GRET
- The Comparative agriculture and agricultural development teaching and research unit at AgroParisTech;
- The Agroecology and Sustainable intensification of annual crops (AÏDA) research unit at Cirad, and
- The Functional ecology and biogeochemistry of soils and agro-systems (Eco&Sols) mixed research unit at IRD.
The Handbook contents has been presented by Premila Masse and Laurent Levard, Gret’s program managers and handbooks’ coordinators while Manéré Ouedraogo, Gret Evaluation officer will share its experience of using the handbook for the evaluation of an agroecology initiative in Burkina Faso.