In September 2014 the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) convened
the International Symposium on Agroecology for Food Security and Nutrition. This was followed
in 2015 by three regional meetings in Brazil, Senegal and Thailand. These meetings brought
together stakeholders from academia, policy and civil society to facilitate better understanding
of the role of agroecology in contributing to food security and nutrition. The meetings confirmed
that the FAO’s approach to agroecology should be based on regional and local realities as well
as economic, social and environmental conditions. In order to continue to develop this regional
approach a further symposium on agroecology the International Symposium on Agroecology
for Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems in China was organized by the Chinese Academy
of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), the FAO, and Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences (YAAS),
with the support of the Government of France.
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