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World Water Week 2023

Seeds of change: Innovative solutions for a water-wise world

SESSION

Incorporating inclusive water management and aquatic food in agroecological transitions

Just agroecological transitions aim to transform food systems to address global challenges simultaneously, including: hunger, widespread degradation of land and water resources, the climate crisis and biodiversity loss but the currently adopted agroecological principles do not adequately cover water management and aquatic foods.

This session presents and discusses revisions to the agroecological principles that incorporate inclusive water management and aquatic food. It then explores their implications for agroecological transitions at scale in member countries of the Agroecology Coalition that face urgent need to adapt to increasing frequency and severity of droughts in some cases and floods in others brought about by climate change.

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Speakers

Sarah Freed

Scientist, WorldFish

Michaela Lo

International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

Matthew McCartney

Research Group Leader - Sustainable Water Infrastructure & Ecosystems, International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

Genna Tesdall

Director, YPARD

Rada Kong

CIRAD

Mohamed Yahya Lafdal

Adviser, Mauritanian Minister of Environment

Swati Renduchintala

Associate Scientist, CIFOR-ICRAF

Prasanthi Gunawardena

Professor in Environmental Economics, Department of Forestry and Environmental Science, University of Sri Jayewardenepura
Moderator

Fergus Sinclair

AE-TPP Co-convenor and Agroecology Specialist
Convenors