Agroecology and Systemic Change Dialogues
How are EDGE members funding progressive work and movement building through funding land sovereignty and agroecology? How does funding agroecology tie with the system change debate What are the progressive alternatives that we have identified as most successful in sustaining land sovereignty moving forward?
The EDGE Secretariat invites you to join the EDGE Agroecology and Systemic Change space and co-shape a conversation series focused on understanding how EDGE members are working on agroecology in different parts of the world. Our collective analysis aims to identify what are the best practices for philanthropy in supporting movements and leaders engaging in food sovereignty, ensuring that we truly acknowledge the needs of specific contexts we are working in, without hiding away from challenging conversation on power, North/South dynamics and beyond.
The EDGE community believes that philanthropy needs to change to cultivate a trust based collaboration with our grantees and through these dialogues we hope to understand the how we work with grassroots organizers, identifying what type of changes are needed to support even more effective movements on the ground.
By exploring and analyzing different philanthropic practices, geographic contexts, funding experiences, and challenges, we hope this dialogue series will serve as a) common repository of knowledge of challenges and opportunities in funding agroecology for systemic change b) contribute to build a common strategy on shaping narratives around land sovereignty and its impact on our political, economic, and social realities. These learnings will be complemented by the work of the other dialogues and shared through a Webinar Series and Sessions at the Annual Conference.
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Previous Sessions
“Building movement resilience through agroecology funding in Latin America” Facilitators:BothEnds and their partners Forum Suape, Brazil and CAUCE in Argentina
In this Dialogue Space we aim to connect both: the struggle of movements against the vested (economic) interests and the agroecological practices of many movements which are the solution in creating a new paradigm. Through examples of movements from Latin America who combine both, this space aims to exchange experience and learnings on both approaches from a funder perspective.
The examples will show a key challenge: how to ensure that movements, local groups and communities who are fighting against extractivist projects of powerful actors, also have the possibility to gain and/or expand their efforts for solutions for their livelihoods and food sovereignty? Where funding streams might focus on only one or the other approach, in reality both are intertwined. How do we address this gap as funders?