Agenda

• Introductory remarks
• Dominique Burgeon (Director, FAO Liaison Office with the UN in Geneva)
• Paul Holmbeck (Member of World Board, IFOAM - Organics International)

• Presentation of key findings: Moritz Fegert (Lead co-author, Biovision)

• Panel discussion:
• Alex Lwakuba (Commissioner Crop Production Dep., Ministry of
Agriculture, Animal Industry & Fisheries, Republic of Uganda)
• Mary Irungu (Policy Advocacy Manager, PELUM Kenya)
• Janet Maro (CEO, Sustainable Agriculture Tanzania)
• Remi Cluset (Senior Agricultural Advisor, Agroecology, FAO)

• Concluding remarks: Oliver Oliveros (Coordinator Agroecology Coalition)

Moderation: Charlotte Pavageau (Senior Programme Manager, Biovision)

 Presentation outcome brief
Moritz Fegert, Lead co-author – Biovision
Momentum in Eastern and Southern Africa

• National strategies are being developed in

Uganda, Kenya and Zambia.

• Tanzania officially
launched its
National Ecological
Organic Agriculture
Strategy (NEOAS) in
November 2023.
What are National Agroecology Strategies?

• Overarching frameworks that

strengthen a country’s policies
related to food systems.
• Outline specific policy interventions
that accelerate food system
transformation through agroecology.
• Contain interventions that target all
parts of the food system.
Building on the learnings from policy makers in Eastern and Southern Africa
 NASs offer 5 key advantages to governments

1. An integrated and holistic approach for tackling multiple food system challenges at once

2. Steering coordinated action across government

3. Action-oriented and pragmatic

4. Participatory, initiated through bottom-up processes and drafted through dialogue

with relevant food system actors

5. Contributing to national priorities

What do NASs generally cover? A 4x4 framework of strategic objectives
Also discussed in the brief

• How to make interventions

actionable and impactful
• Resource mobilization
Read our
outcome brief!