This document outlines the goals and activities of the SIANI Expert Group on agriculture transformation in low-income countries. The group aims to: 1) Increase knowledge among Swedish stakeholders about transitioning agriculture to approaches based on ecosystem services, biodiversity, and agroecology. 2) Intensify policy dialogue in Sweden and globally on issues related to sustainable agriculture and food security. The expert group consists of representatives from universities, NGOs, and consulting organizations. It has conducted workshops, seminars, and policy briefs, and members also provide input to various UN organizations and agencies including FAO, IFAD, and UNEP. The overall goal is to influence policies supporting agroecology and

1. SIANI Expert Group
Agriculture at the crossroads
– agriculture transformation in
low income countries under
the challenges of global
environmental change
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2. Goal
•Deepened knowledge among different
stakeholders in Sweden about the need for a
transition of the agriculture sector to an approach
based on ecosystem services, biodiversity,
nutrient circulation, local knowledge and cross-
learning.
•Deepened policy dialogue in the Swedish context
that could also have implications on the global
level.
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3. Key worlds
•agroecology
•food security
•small-scale farmers
•planetary boundaries
•sustainable development
•pro-poor rural development
•cross learning
•agricultural transformation
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4. Output
•Workshop “Scaling up…”
•Policy briefs “Agroecology”, “Scaling up...”
•Seminar ”How to feed…”
•Report “Resilience and agricultural systems
in Brazil – a pilot project”
•Project application
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5. Outcome…
•Increased stakeholder dialogue in the
area of “Agriculture at the crossroads –
agriculture transformation in low
income countries under the challenges
of global environmental change” and
coordination within Sweden and
among Sweden’s “global actors” in the
area.
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6. … Outcome
•Intensified policy dialogue between
different stakeholders in Sweden and
globally.
•More focus on agriculture and agro-
ecology in the political development
discussion in Sweden and globally.
•The way forward, priorities and needs
identified.
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7. Policy level impact
How the work will influence political,
institutional and social development and
provides a base for future policy and
discussion inputs.
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8. Members Expert group
• Karin Höök, Senior Expert, Global Agriculture and Food Security, Swedish
Society for Nature Conservation (coordinator)
• Louise Karlberg, Head of Bioresources Unit, Stockholm Environment
Institute (SEI)
• Jakob Lundberg, Head of Development and Policy, We Effect and We
Agroforestry
• Kristina Mastroianni, Technical Director Agriculture, NIRAS International
Development
• Fredrik Moberg, Director, Albaeco and Communication Advisor, Stockholm
Resilience Centre
• Gunnar Rundgren, CEO, Grolink Consultancy AB
• Lennart Salomonsson, Professor, Department for Urban and Rural
Development and Theme Leader SLU Global, Swedish University of
Agricultural Sciences
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9. Albaeco/Resilience Centre
•Member of the UN - Sustainable
Development Solutions Network (SDSN)
(scientific input to the new ”Sustainability
Goals”),
•Lead role in UN - Future Earth (global
research initiative for coordination of
environmental research) and other forms of
policy impact within the UN system and
overall objective to make research more
policy relevant.
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10. SEI
•FAO
•UNFCCC
•Active role in the SDG development
process
•SIANI network
•Involved in numerous policy processes at
the regional to local level
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11. SSNC
•AU - through the “SSNC Ecological Organic
Initiative”
•The global environment NGO network
through the global programme of SSNC
•UN (new development goals etc.) through
Millenium Institute, Biovision.
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12. We Effect
•AgriCord
•International Cooperative Alliance
(ICA)
•CoopsEurope
•Cifca
•FAO
•IFAD
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13. Grolink
•UNEP
•UNCTAD
•AU
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14. NIRAS
•The Swedish Foreign Ministry and
Sida through Swedish Consultants
network.
•Implementing policy development
projects and institutional development
projects for multilateral and bilateral
donors at both national and local levels
in many countries.
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15. Workshop
Scaling–up strategies – from Technology
Transfer to Empowerment with Focus on
Sustainable Agricultural Production and Food
Security (August 2014)
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16. Policy brief 1
• Agroecology
• Scaling up
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17. Policy brief 2
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18. Seminar March 10, 2015
9:00-13:00
How to feed nine billion within the planet’s boundaries- Agroecology
for Food Security and Nutrition
Moderator: Fredrik Moberg Albaeco/Stockholm Resilience Centre
09.00 Welcome
09.05 Introduction. Isabella Lövin, Minister/ Ulrika Modéer, State Secretary. International Development Cooperation, Ministry for Foreign
Affairs
09.20 Wake up before it´s too late! Agriculture at the crossroads: Assuring food security in developing countries under challenge of
global environmental change. Ulrich Hoffmann (former UNCTAD) Se http://unctad.org/en/publicationslibrary/ditcted2012d3_en.pdf
09.50 Agroecology for food security and nutrition. Barbara Herren, FAO. Se http://www.fao.org/about/meetings/afns/en/
10.20 Agroecology – the need for stakeholder collaboration. Pablo Tittonell, Professor in agroecology, Wageningen University..
10.50 Coffee
11.20 Scaling-up strategies from technology transfer to empowerment with focus on agroecology. Riccardo Queiros, We Effect Latin
America
11.50 Scaling-up strategies from technology transfer to empowerment with focus on agroecology. Mwatima Juma, IFAD country
coordinator Tanzania and president TOAM (from SSNC NGO network) and member of EOA (Ecological Organic Agriculture) Initiative.
12.20 Reflections. Panel with decision makers. Ola Möller, Sida (expert agriculture), UD, ev. Landsbygdsdep. nu Näringsdep., Miljö- och
jordbruksutskottet, Vetenskapsrådet. Hur kan en hållbar produktion på bästa sätt bekämpa fattigdomen? EV. handel/näringsliv.
12.55 Thanks!
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19. Resilience and agricultural
systems in Brazil – a pilot project
Objectives
• Develop and text a methodology to assess the resilience
of agricultural systems (on the ground, existing farms)
• To demonstrate the potential of agricultural systems in
adapting to a context of climate uncertainties
• To assess the potential of agricultural systems in
mitigating the effects of GHG
• To assess the potential of agricultural systems in
protecting biodiversity
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20. The way forward – joint
application (draft April 2015)
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