讲座主题：The Political Economy of Agroecological Transitions

主讲人：Ryan Nehring， 国际食物政策研究所（IFPRI）副研究员

讲座地点：经济学院楼6-304

讲座时间：10月17日15：30-17：00

主持人：王鑫鑫

讲座摘要/Introduction：
    A groecology as a science, movement, and practice has gained notoriety over the past several years. Critical scholars and rural social movements suggest that agroecology has the transformative potential to feed the world and save the planet at the same time. Likewise, large global organizations, such as the European Union (EU), CGIAR and the Food and Agricultural Organization of the UN (FAO) have institutionalized and promoted agroecology as a way forward for sustainable food systems in both the Global North and Global South. This rapid uptake of agroecology raises questions around whether and to what extent the transformational potential of agroecology as a social movement-based practice is being incorporated into, co-opted, or ignored at the global level. I present our proposed political economy framework to analyze both the structural political-economic conditions as well as the complex, context-specific processes of agroecological transitions around the world. The presentation will provide a basic overview of agroecology – as a concept and a set of practices – as well as the primary issues and challenges facing organizations and food system actors who are undergoing agroecological transitions around the world.  

主讲人简介/Bio/introduction

Ryan Nehring is an Associate Research Fellow in the Natural Resources and Resilience Unit at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) in Washington DC, USA. His research focuses on the political economy of natural resource policy, agricultural research institutions, and food systems. He has worked as a researcher in sustainable development for the UNDP–International Policy Centre (Brasilia, Brazil) and as a consultant on projects related to food systems and rural poverty for numerous UN agencies. Prior to joining IFPRI, Ryan was been a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge. He holds an MA in International Development Studies from St. Mary’s University, Canada, and an MS and PhD in Development Sociology from Cornell University.