From the 10th to the 13th of May 2016, the
AgroEcology Fund (AEF) and the Alliance for
Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) brought
together 70 people representing 30 organizations
to share experiences and ideas about amplifying
agroecology. True to its name, this Learning
Exchange aimed to facilitate learning and crosspollination of ideas among grantees, advisors and
funders of the AEF, and to explore synergies to
further the global agroecology movement. The
meeting was held at St. Jude’s Family Projects,
a demonstration farm and training center for
agroecology based in Masaka, Uganda.
The main objectives of this exchange were to
learn, share and explore together. To facilitate
this, a process was designed that combined
creative group work, field visits, public events
and various dynamic methodologies. Each day
was opened with a mística, a ceremony led by
participants from different parts of the world that
connected participants with each other and with
the deeper purpose of the work.
