Policies Working Group

Objectives

  1. Support the implementation of country pathways for evidence-based food system transformation through agroecology.
  2. Facilitate peer-to-peer learning among countries on agroecological policies.
  3. Mainstream agroecology in international organizations and other international discussions.
  4. Present best practices in agroecology.
  5. Contribute to co-learning between science/policy, civil society and private sector.

    Outputs

    Co-Facilitators

    Martina Fleckestein - WWF International

    Martina Fleckestein focuses on conservation, agriculture and sustainable production at national and international level. She previously worked for more than two decades with WWF-Germany as Director, Agriculture & Land Use Change. Among other issues, she worked on sustainability standards, transparency in supply chains, international commodity markets, and sustainable consumption for a range of projects in Southeast Asia, Africa and Latin America.

    John Garcia Ulloa - Biovision

    John Garcia Ulloa has been a member of Biovision’s policy and advocacy team since 2020. He is an environmental scientist from Colombia and holds more than ten years of experience in managing and implementing research and development projects on food systems across Latina America, Africa and Asia. His work focuses on understanding and influencing the drivers and policies that shape our food systems, as well as the impacts, benefits and interactions of food system transformation processes.

    Ronnie Brathwaite - FAO

    Ronnie Brathwaite is a national of Barbados, an agriculture and rural development specialist with experience in agriculture policy development, small farmer livelihoods development and agricultural health and food safety. Dr Brathwaite is a Senior Agriculture Officer at FAO where he leads the Ecosystems Approach to Sustainable Crop Production Intensification team and the Scaling up Agroecology Initiative. His areas of expertise include small farmer oriented policy development, arable land distribution programmes and services geared towards sustainable small farmer livelihood development. He previously worked with the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat as the Deputy Programme Manager for Agriculture Development where he coordinated regional agriculture programmes and projects for the 15 Member Countries and developed agriculture policy in the area of agriculture and trade in agricultural goods.
    Ronnie Brathwaite
    FAO HQ
    Martina Fleckenstein
    WWF International
    John Garcia Ulloa
    Biovision

    Banner photo credit: Himalayan Permaculture Centre (HPC)