Intervention · Intervention

Agroecology

Intervention that applies ecological principles to the design and management of food and agricultural systems, integrating scientific and local or Indigenous knowledge to enhance sustainability, resilience, and equity.

Definition source: FAO (the 10 Elements of Agroecology); HLPE 2019

Synonyms

agro-ecology, agroecological practice, natural farming, agroecological, Agroecological diversification, Agroecological transition

Broader

Top concept of the scheme

Narrower

none

Counts as adaptation

Always (adaptation-specific).

Mitigation

Mitigation-conditional: Principle applies to a mitigation intervention or outcome; NOT mitigation when applied as a generic sustainability value, with no mitigation intervention or outcome to attach to.

Provenance

Domain expert

Identifier

INT_274 · https://mlolita26.github.io/cgiar-climate-taxonomy/terms/INT_274
(planned permanent identifier: https://w3id.org/cgiar/climate-taxonomy/INT_274)