{"id":1215,"date":"2018-03-01T10:11:05","date_gmt":"2018-03-01T15:11:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/agroecology\/?p=1215"},"modified":"2018-03-05T07:04:30","modified_gmt":"2018-03-05T12:04:30","slug":"alc-director-participates-west-africa-community-practice-cop-mcknights-collaborative-crop-research-program-ccrp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/agroecology\/alc-director-participates-west-africa-community-practice-cop-mcknights-collaborative-crop-research-program-ccrp\/","title":{"rendered":"ALC director participates in West Africa Community of Practice (CoP) of McKnight\u2019s Collaborative Crop Research Program (CCRP)"},"content":{"rendered":"

ALC director participates in West Africa Community of Practice (CoP) of McKnight\u2019s Collaborative Crop Research Program (CCRP)<\/a><\/h3>\n

In his role as agroecology advisor to the CCRP, ALC director Ernesto M\u00e9ndez <\/a>joined the CCRP\u2019s West Africa CoP<\/a> for their annual meeting, held in Niamey, Niger, February 26-March 3. This year, the CoP brought together 14 research projects, which are being implemented in Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso. Project themes range from improving varieties of sorghum and millet, to the use of agroforestry, and the co-creation of agroecological knowledge between farmers and scientists. In addition to learning and interacting with participants, M\u00e9ndez led a workshop on \u2018Frameworks to Assess Agroecological Perfomance\u2019, where participants applied the use of agroecological frameworks in their projects. He was joined by ALC collaborator Steve Brescia, Executive Director of Groundswell International<\/a>, who discussed agroecology as a science, a movement and a practice. During the workshop, participants engaged with different agroecological frameworks and principles by project, and discussed actors, opportunities and recommendations, by country, in terms of agroecological science, movement and practice.<\/p>\n