Rachel Bezner Kerr

Happy 2 share OA article led by Dr. Sidney Madsen on agroecology narratives in Africa: What good is agroecology? Predominant narratives about agroecology in Africa. Involved cross-case analysis of interviews in multiple African countries www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Challenging Agroecology—Promise and Pitfalls for Agrarian Studies Within agrarian studies, promoting agroecology is widely held as a key objective to animate progressive change with social and environmental benefits across rural regions. Yet, in practice, many ques...

Delighted 2 share our OA article in Jrl Agrarian Change doi.org/10.1111/joac... conversation about agroecology & agrarian studies with @georgina-catacora.bsky.social @benmackey.bsky.social Antonio Castellanos-Navarrete & Jessie Luna Thanks 2 @marcusetaylor.bsky.social for initiating this discussion!

Nutrition Summit @afd-france.bsky.social scientific conference multi sectoral approach critical to address nutrition including food security, gender inequity, poverty &climate change Prof Bhutta U of Toronto

Opening remarks of scientific conference in advance of Nutrition Summit: science as a foundation for policy decision making. @afd-france.bsky.social @cirad

Op-Ed | Nourishing Food Systems for People and the Planet through Agroecology – Food Tank The Nutrition for Growth Summit in Paris marks an important occasion to recognize the impact current food systems have on health.

🌍Towards N4G in Paris 🌱

The Decade of Action on Nutrition is almost ending. Where do we stand? What have we achieved?

Read the op-ed by Patrizia Fracassi (FAO) and @rbeznerkerr.bsky.social (Cornell University) on how agroecology can nourish both people and the planet! 🌱

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Anjana Ramkumar presented on heritage rice in Tamil Nadu.

Very rich and interesting presentations on situated agroecology at the AAG conference today, including stellar PhD student Anjana Ramkumar and former student Emily Baker.

I’m looking forward to this side event on agroecology coming up in Paris in advance of the Nutrition Summit.

❗The Nutrition4Growth Summit in Paris is about to start!
🌱 Join our side event "Agroecology, Food Systems and Nutrition: Bridging the gaps in food systems for meeting dietary needs in Low-and-Middle income countries"

📅25/03 4:30-6:30 PM
📝Register: buff.ly/JbJkBDX
🗣️Panelists: buff.ly/weWcMtt

It was wonderful to have you here, and to hear more about your book and future projects! Thank you for coming!

Saturday afternoon savoring coffee and a book. Finally carving out time to read Youjin Chung’s excellent book!

Farmers Say Climate-Smart Commodities Projects Are Crumbling Thousands of farmers across the country who already paid for conservation projects report not receiving USDA reimbursements.

DOGE’s recent slashing of government contracts jeopardizes payments intended for thousands of farmers producing fruits and vegetables, row crops, milk, and meat, most of them on small farms. https://buff.ly/4kfeXM0

I’m also looking forward to this event!

Yes and pushed by an unelected person who is the wealthiest person in the world, hitting some of the poorest people in the world. Immoral and criminal.

Amidst the global chaos, looking forward to an Agroecology conference in Sweden on comparative agroecology, organized by Cristián Alarcón, Paul Egan and Juan Ortiz Cuadra at SLU. Excited to discuss and share!