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Philippe Baret_UCL - Feeding The planet in 2050 ?
This document discusses a project on agroecology led by Professor Philippe Baret of the Earth and Life Institute at the University of Louvain. The objectives of the project are to build a new sustainable agriculture paradigm, legitimate small-scale farming as an option for food security and environmental issues, and rebalance agricultural research funding. Agroecology proposes a new management approach for agricultural and food systems. Belgium leads in this area through a research network comprising scientists from multiple universities in Wallonia. The project examines challenges facing food systems and transitions to more sustainable models like alternative dairy systems through innovation within social and technical regimes.
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- 1. EARTH AND LIFEINSTITUTE Faculty of Science www.uclouvain.be/eli UNIVERSITY OF LOUVAIN (UCL) Agroecology A new managment of food systems Feeding the planet in 2050 - 06/24/2015 Prof. Philippe Baret Professor [email protected] portrait
- 2. AGROECOLOGY Agroecology isa 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 Feeding the planet in 2050 - 06/24/2015
- 3. OBJECTIVES OF THEPROJECT 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 Feeding the planet in 2050 - 06/24/2015
- 4. NEW CHALLENGES OF FOODSYSTEMS Feeding the planet in 2050 - 06/24/2015
- 5. TRANSITION Feeding the planetin 2050 - 06/24/2015 Niche Innovations Socio- technical Regime Socio-technical landscape ( Exogene context) Adapted from Geels & Schott 2007 - Protection - Learning, vision, networks - Empowering (capacitation)
- 6. DAIRY SYSTEMS INTRANSITION Feeding the planet in 2050 - 06/24/2015
- 7. DAIRY SYSTEMS INTRANSITION Feeding the planet in 2050 - 06/24/2015
- 8. « 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 Feeding the planet in 2050 - 06/24/2015 To go further www.agroecologie.be www.philagri.net
- 9. FEEDING THE PLANET IN2050 24TH of June 2015 Belgian Pavilion