Le prochain Vendredi Découverte aura lieu vendredi 17 octobre 2025 à 11h à la fois en présentiel en salle Aquadémie (Site Hydropolis Lavalette - 361 rue JF Breton - 34090 Montpellier) et en distanciel sur Zoom via le lien ci-après :
https://ird-fr.zoom.us/j/92505334421?pwd=VO5egHPqcS7WnkvENUTsCSUUlHCd9n.1
Kase Wheatley et Tim Bowles nous présenteront : "California Organic Agroecological & Regenerative (COAR) Transitions”
COAR Transitions is a research, education, and policy initiative across the University of California (UC) that seeks to support socially and ecologically accountable agricultural transitions. By socially and ecologically accountable, we mean a suite of principles, practices, and processes (cover cropping, crop-livestock integration, regional composting, beneficial uses of fire, landback, salmon revitalization, circular economies, etc) that foster more resilient food systems and promote food sovereignty. Considerable research and implementation of these transitions exist but thus far these efforts are insufficient to meet the needs of historically underserved and dispossessed communities as well as California’s state goals. This project uses agroecology as a transdisciplinary framework to build upon decades of work by UC researchers, educators, and extension to advance regional transition efforts through coordinated statewide activities.
Project Goals
1. Increased knowledge of agroecological transitions in multiple regions through qualitative and quantitative mapping e.g. analysis of spatial, temporal, and biophysical trends in production, crop diversification, and regional composting.
2. Collaborative development of community-shaped descriptions of the contextual factors governing how and why agroecological changes happen (i.e. regionally-specific theories of change); guidance for policy-makers on actionable steps to support agroecological transitions; collaborative asset mapping that evaluates how transitions do/do not serve those who are "historically underserved and dispossessed"; as well as an assessment tool for system evaluation.
3. Facilitating coordinated institutional changes through enhanced UC undergraduate and graduate and extension education; the creation of a short course on agroecology for cooperative extension and technical assistance providers; proposals for changes to UC and state policy; and the establishment of a UC-wide Agroecology Consortium.
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