Philippe Baret_UCL - Feeding The planet in 2050 ?

EARTH AND LIFE INSTITUTEFaculty of Sciencewww.uclouvain.be/eli

UNIVERSITY OF LOUVAIN (UCL)

AgroecologyA new

managment of food systems

Feeding the planet in 2050 - 06/24/2015

Prof. Philippe [email protected]

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AGROECOLOGY

Agroecology is a new proposition for a sustainable

management of agricultural and food systems

Belgium is leader on this topic in Europe with a

network called GIRAF, Groupe interdiscipinaire du

FNRS sur agroécologie

The group comprises scientists from different

universities in Wallonia : Ulg, ULB, UNamur & UCL

Bref descriptif du projet choisi


OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT

To build a new paradigm for sustainable agriculture

To legitimate small scale and self-sufficient farming systems as an

option for addressing issues as food security, climate change and

loss of biodiversity

To rebalance investment in agricultural research toward aliternaitve

promising pathways

To take advantage of other forms on knowledge based on peasant

practices and traditions


NEW CHALLENGES OF FOOD SYSTEMS


TRANSITION


Niche Innovations

Socio- technicalRegime

Socio-technical landscape( Exogene context)

Adapted from Geels & Schott 2007

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- Protection - Learning, vision, networks- Empowering

(capacitation)

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2. Pressure on the dominant

regime

DAIRY SYSTEMS IN TRANSITION


« Stockage d’Energie: Défis et avancées technologiques »

CONCLUSION

Innovation is at the heart of alternative systems

An uncertain world requires a diversity of option

Agroecology is at the interface of science and action

A multidisciplinary approach is the key for a systemic vision of food

systems


To go further

www.agroecologie.bewww.philagri.net

FEEDING THE PLANETIN 2050

24TH of June 2015Belgian Pavilion

Philippe Baret_UCL - Feeding The planet in 2050 ?

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