Multi-stakeholder platforms for enabling agroecological transitions: Configurations and lessons from seven agroecological living landscapes

ElDidi Hagar, Navarrete Angela, Piraux Marc, Vall Eric, Tristán Maria Claudia, Chimonyo Vimbayi, Fuchs Lisa Elena, Singh Sonali, Frijai Aymen. 2025. Multi-stakeholder platforms for enabling agroecological transitions: Configurations and lessons from seven agroecological living landscapes. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, 33 p.

https://doi.org/10.1080/21683565.2025.2556433

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Résumé : Agroecological transition (AET) of agrifood systems is a multidimensional process involving diverse stakeholders. Participatory innovation and co-creation of knowledge are also at the heart of agroecology. Deliberately designed Multi-stakeholder platforms (MSPs) are collaborative spaces conducive to driving this type of collaboration and change. However, how these processes are operationalized is poorly documented. This study contributes to filling this gap by highlighting how MSPs can be important vehicles for enabling AETs. As part of the CGIAR Initiative on Agroecology, Agroecological Living Landscapes (ALLs) were set up as MSPs specifically focusing on co-creation of agroecological innovations. By examining different ALL configurations in seven countries, we analyze MSP attributes that can enable and shape AETs at different stages or “levels” of the transition pathway. We find that MSPs can advance different levels of the transition pathway simultaneously by working on multiple innovations involving various stakeholder coalitions. MSPs navigate complex environments, with diverse stakeholders playing multiple policy and non-policy roles to support AETs. The results also illustrate the intersection between MSP configuration and AET objectives, such as policy change, agroecology market support, and scaling adoption. Finally, we discuss the non-linear nature of AET pathways and political economy considerations for stakeholder engagement in MSPs.

Mots-clés Agrovoc : agroécologie, innovation, partie intéressée, processus multipartite, politique de développement, politique agricole, petite exploitation agricole, systèmes agroalimentaires, agriculture durable

Mots-clés géographiques Agrovoc : Burkina Faso, Sénégal, Tunisie, Kenya, Pérou, Inde

Mots-clés libres : Agroecology, Multi-stakeholder platforms, Transition pathways framework, Innovations, Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, North Africa, South Asia

Agences de financement hors UE : Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centers

Projets sur financement : (FRA) Initiative on Agroecology

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