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Section 1: Introduction to Agroecology
By the end of this lesson, participants should be able to; Define agroecology Understand the evolution of agroecology Identify the principles of agroecology Recognize and demystify common myths about agroecology
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Section 3: Agroecosystems
By the end of this lesson, learners should be able to; Understand agroecosystems as part of a broader food system Explain the role of biodiversity and ecosystems in agroecosystems Appraise food systems as integrated agri-eco-food-health systems “Agricultural sustainability doesn't depend on agritechnology. To believe it does is to put the emphasis on the wrong bit of 'agriculture.' What sustainability depends on isn't agri- so much as culture.” - RAJ PATEL
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Section 4: Food and Nutrition Security
By the end of this lesson, participants should be able to; Explain the definition and dimensions of food security Identify relevant international conventions, treaties, and declarations on the right to food Understand key enablers of food security  Appraise Kenya’s governance of food and nutrition security (FNS) “To address our current food system problems, I propose a series of local, regional, national and global conversations - starting around the dinner table - to rethink the food we produce, buy and eat” - ELLEN GUSTAFSON
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Agroecology Class
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SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION

Lesson 1: What is Agroecology?  

  • Definition of key terms; conventional agriculture and its problems; principles, foundations, and evolution of agroecology. 

 

SECTION 2: AGROECOLOGY AS A SCIENCE 

Lesson 2: Introduction to Systems Thinking.

  • Sustainable development/sustainability; systems, systems thinking and relationships; food systems; nexus thinking.   

 

Lesson 3: Agroecosystems 

  • Functional (agro)biodiversity and ecosystem services

 

Lesson 4: Food and Nutrition Security (FNS) 

  • Definitions and dimensions of FNS, the right to food, and enablers of food security. 

 

SECTION 3: AGROECOLOGY AS A SET OF PRACTICES 

Lesson 5: Organic Farming and Permaculture 

  • Principles of agroecological agriculture, organic farming, permaculture

 

Lesson 6: Conservation Agriculture and Agroforestry 

  • Definitions, principles, benefits and challenges

 

Lesson 7: Cross-cutting practices: Soil and Water Conservation

  • Principle of the living soil, ISFM strategies, water management strategies, water footprints, pollination and water use

  

Lesson 8: Cross-cutting practices: Weed, Pest, and Disease Management

  • Natural pest control practices, IPM, ecological weed management, adoption challenges

 

SECTION 4: AGROECOLOGY AS A MOVEMENT

Lesson 9: Introduction to political ecology/economy

  • Conceptions of power and politics, political ecology/economy analysis (PEA), political agroecology.  

 

10:  Lesson 10: Political ecology of modern agriculture

  • Introduction to neoliberal capitalism, the neoliberalisation of agriculture, agro-extractivism, corporate capture of the food system, and land grabbing.  

 

11: Lesson 11: Food and seed sovereignty

  • Definitions and principles, food sovereignty and the Nyeleni declaration, food sovereignty and food security, implementing food sovereignty, seed sovereignty, UN Declaration on Peasants Rights, seed sovereignty in Kenya

 

Section 5: CONCLUSION

Lesson 12: Transitions and Transformations

  • Definitions, Gliessman’s 5 levels of agroecological transitions, dimensions and domains of transformations, challenges, and opportunities
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