| Laurent Cournac | IRD |
| Marcos Lana | SLU |
| Carlo Fadda | Alliance CIAT-Bioversity |
| Fergus Sinclair | Coalition/CIFOR-ICRAF |
| Bernard Hubert | INRAE |
| Thierry Caquet | INRAE |
| Korinna Varga | Hungarian Research Institute of Organic Agriculture |
| Laura Trujillo-Ortega | 4 per 1000 |
| Paloma Melgarejo | 4 per 1000 |
| Molly Anderson | IPES-Food |
| Amadou Oury Diallo | Senegal |
| Sara Sanjani | Iran |
| Marie-Christine Cormier-Salem | Agropolis |
| Santiago Jose Argüello Campos | Mexico |
| Raoul Mille | France |
| Heather DeLong | CARE USA |
| Joachim Huet | INRAE |
| John Harrison | Ireland |
| Aiden Holohan | Ireland |
| Abram Bicksler | FAO |
| Bhullar Gurbir Singh | Bern University of applied sciences |
| Eric Scopel | CIRAD |
| Lauren Baker | Global Alliance for the Future of Food |
| Hans Brand | Netherlands |
| Geoffrey Onaga | Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) |
| Philippe Vaast | CIRAD |
| Kevin Wilson | Farmer’s Pride International |
| Joseph Mughogho | Farmer’s Pride International |
| Marianna Siegmund-Schultze | Netherlands |
| Martin Oulu | SFAA Kenya |
| Leonardo Gallico | Italian Agency for Development Cooperation |
| Edmundo Barrios | FAO |
| Lutz Merbold | Switzerland |
| Yvonne Bonzi | Conseil National de l’Agriculture Biologique (CNABio) |
| Dr. Anilkumar | Nature-Positive Farming and Wholesome Foods Foundation |
| Erick Torres | Red de escuelas interculturales por la soberania alimentaria (REISA) |
| Ruth Segal | Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD) |
| Gilma Ballesteros | Fundacion Alpina |
| Seng Vang | Cambodia |
| Lor Bunna | Cambodia |
| Penelope Malilwe | Zambia |
| Kwaku Onwona-Hwesofour Asante | Ghana |
| Kamwesige Mtembe | Tanzania |
| Salma Yassin | Sustainable Agriculture Tanzania |
| Florante Villas | Asian Partnership for the Development of Human Resources in Rural Areas (AsiaDHRRA) |
| Aminu Zakari | Centre for Climate Change and Environmental Studies |
| Cecilia Elizondo | Somexca (Mexican society of Agroecology) |
| Dao The Anh | Vietnam |
| Andrea Rengifo | Chile |
| Mokuba wadjuna | RDC |
| Andrew Gardner | Emirates nature |
| Alexandros Tataridas | Center for Functional Ecology |
| Ibrahim Sidibé | Initiative pour le Développement Agricole et Rural |
| Michel Assouline | Cameroun |
| LABODJA Ousmane | ATODAT |
Objectives:
- To support, in conjunction with the implementation working group of the Coalition, the realisation of the CFS, HLPE (2019) agroecological principle on co-creation and sharing of knowledge, through reconfiguration of agricultural and food research, rural advisory and education systems in countries that have joined the coalition and globally, so that universal agroecological principles can be applied in support of local innovation. This involves doing research differently[1], following a transdisciplinary[2] paradigm with all that this implies, including grounding agroecological science in agroecological practice and social movements, embracing all stakeholders, including farmers and civil society organisations, and their knowledge.
- To be a trusted and authoritative curator of knowledge regarding scientific evidence underpinning agroecological transitions (analogous to an IPCC for agroecology). This will involve periodic review of key topics to collate available evidence, make recommendations on the basis of what is known and identify priorities for further research.
- To work with the policy working group of the Coalition to bring scientific evidence to bear on policy formulation and implementation related to agroecological transitions. This would represent the science-policy interface of the Coalition.
- To track implementation of the CFS policy recommendations on agroecological and other innovative approaches in countries that have joined the coalition and globally.
- To develop and share effective methods for implementing transdisciplinary research to generate new knowledge and experience related to agroecological transition. This involves
- To develop and endorse co-learning training and educational resources that can be used in schools, colleges, training institutions and universities to develop capacity to transform food systems through agroecology.
- To seek resources for, and implement, innovative research to fill knowledge gaps that are identified as constraining agroecological transitions.
- To provide a platform for Coalition members to operate agroecological research coherently as a whole rather than as a series of fragmented parts