EcoAgriculture Partners is an international non-profit Washington D.C.-based organization that develops and implements integrated landscape management strategies for sustainable agriculture, food security, livelihood improvement, climate change mitigation and adaptation and biodiversity conservation.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
| Formation | 2002 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Sara Scherr (CEO) Jeffrey McNeely |
| Type | Nonprofit |
| Purpose | Research, policy and training to advance sustainable land-use to improve food security, rural livelihoods and environment conservation. |
| Headquarters | Washington, D.C. |
History
editEcoAgriculture International was founded in 2002 by Sara J. Scherr and Jeffrey McNeely after they coined the term “ecoagriculture” in their report "Common Ground, Common Future: How Ecoagriculture Can Help Feed the World and Save Wild Biodiversity".[7][8][9][10][11]
It was established in 2002 as a joint initiative of Future Harvest and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) during the World Summit for Sustainable Development.[12][13][14]
In 2004, EcoAgriculture published a study, "Ecoagriculture: A Review and Assessment of its Scientific Foundations," to further establish the scientific legitimacy of ecoagriculture.[15]
In 2005, the organization became an independent non-profit under the name EcoAgriculture Partners and received its initial funding from the World Bank and TerrAfrica.[16][17]
In 2010, EcoAgriculture Partners began working with the CGIAR Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) program to develop climate-smart agricultural landscape and carbon projects in East Africa.[18]
In 2011, EcoAgriculture Partners led the formation of the Landscapes for People, Food and Nature (LPFN) initiative, a coalition of 80 partner organizations with the goal of promoting integrated landscape management worldwide.[19][20][21][22][23][24]
In 2017, EcoAgriculture Partners collaborated with IUCN to publish a report on business engagement with sustainable landscape management initiatives.[25]
In the years 2017–2020, EcoAgriculture Partners produced a comprehensive curriculum for local government leaders on planning Landscape - Climate Smart Agriculture.[26] This was then tested with groups in Tanzania.[27][28]
In 2018, EcoAgriculture Partners released the Biodiversity and Agriculture Production Practices Toolkit to guide users in aligning agricultural practices with conservation goals. The following year the organization collaborated with Wageningen University, IUCN Netherlands and Oxylus Climate Advisors to launch an online course on landscape finance.[29][30]
In 2019, EcoAgriculture Partners co-founded the 1000 Landscapes for 1 Billion People (1000L) initiative, a global partnership of dozens of leading environmental, sustainable development, government and academic institutions. 1000L's goal is to deliver sustainable landscape solutions across 1,000 landscapes to benefit 1 billion people globally by 2030 and to address food and water security, biodiversity loss, land degradation, and climate change.[31][32][33][34][30]
In 2022, EcoAgriculture Partners produced a White Paper on Landscape Policy. The White Paper pulled evidence together to show how national governments can craft a policy framework that fits their priorities and institutional context.[35][12]
See also
editReferences
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- ^ "New directions for integrating environment and development in East Africa". International Institute for Environment and Development. Retrieved 2023-05-29.
- ^ "The infinite win". blogs.worldbank.org. 27 May 2011. Retrieved 2023-05-29.
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- ^ McNeely, J. A.; Scherr, S. J. (2001). "Common ground, common future: how ecoagriculture can help feed the world and save wild biodiversity". Future Harvest, US, IUCN.
- ^ "Scherr, Sara". www.bioversityinternational.org. Retrieved 2023-05-29.
- ^ Encyclopedia of agriculture and food systems. Neal K. Van Alfen. Amsterdam. 2014. p. 2. ISBN 978-0-08-093139-5. OCLC 889241092.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ "Public Policy to Support Landscape and Seascape Partnerships: Meeting Sustainable Development Goals through Collaborative Territorial Action". CALS. Retrieved 2023-05-29.
- ^ a b Farming with nature : the science and practice of ecoagriculture. Sara J. Scherr, Jeffrey A. McNeely. Washington: Island Press. 2007. ISBN 978-1-4356-7661-9. OCLC 427509919.
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- ^ "Ecoagriculture Partners". Philanthropy News Digest. December 1, 2009.
- ^ Buck, L. E.; Gavin, T. A.; Lee, D. R.; Uphoff, N. T. (2004). "Ecoagriculture: A review and assessment of its scientific foundations".
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- ^ "A Global Initiative on Landscapes for People, Food and Nature". Global Environment Facility. Retrieved 2023-05-29.
- ^ "Business for Sustainable Landscapes: An action agenda for sustainable development". IUCN. 2017. Retrieved 2023-05-29.
- ^ "Promoting Climate Smart Agriculture in the U.S. | FAO in North America". www.fao.org. Retrieved 2023-05-29.
- ^ https://www.climatehubs.usda.gov/sites/default/files/Climate%20Hubs%20Quarterly%20Report%20FY18%20Q4%20Newsletter%20Final.pdf
- ^ "Empowering Regional and District Level Planners in Tanzania to Address Climate Change Threats to Agriculture | News | Tanzania | Archive - U.S. Agency for International Development". 2017-2020.usaid.gov. 2020-10-26. Retrieved 2023-05-29.
- ^ "Landscape Finance: Investing in Innovation for Sustainable Landscapes". My Mooc. Retrieved 2023-05-29.
- ^ a b United Nations Environment Programme, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2020). Resilient Food Systems – Strategy report: Regional Hub Component 1 Science and Policy Interface. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 9789251328606.
- ^ "About 1000 Landscapes". Terraso. 2021-10-01. Archived from the original on 2023-03-20. Retrieved 2023-05-29.
- ^ Sawy, Nada El (2022-11-17). "Biodiversity activists at Cop27 call for 'Paris Agreement for nature'". The National. Retrieved 2023-05-29.
- ^ "A new report from EcoAgriculture Partners reviews models of integrated landscape finance". CPIC. 2020-09-14. Retrieved 2023-05-29.
- ^ "U.S. Compendium of SFS Actions". www.usda.gov. Retrieved 2023-05-29.
- ^ "Public policy to support landscape and seascape partnerships: Meeting Sustainable Development Goals through collaborative territorial action". Evidensia. Retrieved 2023-05-29.