{"id":6455,"date":"2023-06-23T07:36:42","date_gmt":"2023-06-23T11:36:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/agroecology\/?p=6455"},"modified":"2023-06-23T13:47:08","modified_gmt":"2023-06-23T17:47:08","slug":"par-course-in-the-andes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/agroecology\/par-course-in-the-andes\/","title":{"rendered":"Agroecological education in the Andes: Strategies for community-centered co-learning\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6455\" class=\"elementor elementor-6455\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c51ec8f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c51ec8f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6a9d806\" data-id=\"6a9d806\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-488ba46 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"488ba46\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><p style=\"color:black;font-size:40px;margin-bottom:5px\"><strong>Agroecological education in the Andes<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"color:black;font-size:30px;margin-bottom:0px\"><i>Strategies for community-centered co-learning<\/i><\/p><\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-42f315f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"42f315f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f3d121f\" data-id=\"f3d121f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66e4159 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"66e4159\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p style=\"color: #555555; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 17px;\">Transitions toward just and sustainable food systems are complex processes involving evolving relationships between communities of plants, animals, fungi and bacteria, as well as conscious action by growing numbers of people with shared values. <span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\">At <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/instituteforagroecology\">the Institute for Agroecology<\/a><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"> (IFA)<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\">, w<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\">e focus on <b>transformative <\/b><b>learning<\/b> as the fundamental component of building movements and co-creating understandings that can lead to positive change in agroecosystems, communities, territories and institutions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #555555; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 17px;\">Over the past two months the Institute\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/instituteforagroecology\/agroecology-support\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Agroecology Support Team<\/a>&nbsp;facilitated an online International Course on Agroecological Transitions with the participation of adult professional students from Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e199d05 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e199d05\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0874553\" data-id=\"0874553\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c274c88 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c274c88\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/agroecology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/AgrecologiaParaLaVida-Curso-Internacion-Image.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Promotional Poster for the Agroecology for Life Course (in Spanish)\" e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6NjQxMCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3d3dy51dm0uZWR1XC9hZ3JvZWNvbG9neVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyM1wvMDZcL0FncmVjb2xvZ2lhUGFyYUxhVmlkYS1DdXJzby1JbnRlcm5hY2lvbi1JbWFnZS5qcGcifQ%3D%3D\" rel=\"lightbox[6455]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/agroecology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/AgrecologiaParaLaVida-Curso-Internacion-Image-768x432.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"Promotional poster for an agroecology course\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/agroecology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/AgrecologiaParaLaVida-Curso-Internacion-Image-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/agroecology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/AgrecologiaParaLaVida-Curso-Internacion-Image-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/agroecology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/AgrecologiaParaLaVida-Curso-Internacion-Image.jpg 997w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-345f22f\" data-id=\"345f22f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e03e94f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e03e94f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p style=\"color: #555555; margin-bottom: 0px;font-size:17px\">The six-week course, entitled <strong>Agroecology for Life: Problem-solving in Transition Processes<\/strong>, was designed as a primer in <a class=\"Hyperlink SCXW42503580 BCX0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/instituteforagroecology\/key-terms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Participatory Action Research<\/a> for researchers, professionals and members of social organizations that accompany communities in processes of transformation using agroecological principles.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7dfd069 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7dfd069\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-13364cb\" data-id=\"13364cb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e76b44 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1e76b44\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p style=\"color: #555555; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 17px;\">Taking full advantage of the tools of digital online education, the course combined lively synchronous discussion sessions with guest speakers, asynchronous forums, videos, readings from popular press and academic sources, songs and Andean prayers asking permission of Mother Earth.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-94982ef elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"94982ef\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3a4c8cd\" data-id=\"3a4c8cd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c4ea77d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c4ea77d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"604\" height=\"366\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/agroecology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/CCRP-AgrecologyForLife-IntlCourse-ZoomScreenshot.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Screenshot of participants engaging in online workshop\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/agroecology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/CCRP-AgrecologyForLife-IntlCourse-ZoomScreenshot.png 604w, https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/agroecology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/CCRP-AgrecologyForLife-IntlCourse-ZoomScreenshot-300x182.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Screenshot of one of the many dialogues among participants throughout the course<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a17f626 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a17f626\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3fc61bb\" data-id=\"3fc61bb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b9a36f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b9a36f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p style=\"color: #555555; margin-bottom: 0px;font-size:17px\">As a formation (i.e. learning) process created to support the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ccrp.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Andes Community of Practice\u00a0of the Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems<\/a>\u00a0(CRFS), \u201cthe bedrock of this educational effort is the deep context of Andean agriculture, its peasant knowledge systems and indigenous cosmovisions,\u201d according to course co-facilitator and IFA Research Associate\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/instituteforagroecology\/profiles\/nils-mccune\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nils McCune<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c61a202 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c61a202\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b7be2d7\" data-id=\"b7be2d7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b782e05 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b782e05\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p style=\"color: #555555; margin-bottom: 0px;font-size:17px\">This context includes the language and culture of Quechua and Aymara peasant farmers in the Andean region of tropical mountains and vertical archipelagos reaching from the Pacific Ocean to the Altiplano desert at elevations above 13,000 feet above sea level, as well as recent sociopolitical change emerging from new constitutions in 2008 and 2009 that recognized the \u201cplurinational\u201d character of Ecuador and Bolivia, respectively. In addition to the colonial language, Spanish, indigenous languages Kishwa and Shuar were recognized as official languages by Ecuador\u2019s Constitution of 2008, while Bolivia\u2019s 2009 Constitution recognized 37 official languages.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-99f38aa elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"99f38aa\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-eeb0f35\" data-id=\"eeb0f35\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-144f9a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"144f9a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/agroecology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/CCRP-AndeanAgLandscape.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"An agrobiodiverse plot in Bolivia\" e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6NjQxMiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3d3dy51dm0uZWR1XC9hZ3JvZWNvbG9neVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyM1wvMDZcL0NDUlAtQW5kZWFuQWdMYW5kc2NhcGUuanBnIn0%3D\" rel=\"lightbox[6455]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/agroecology\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/CCRP-AndeanAgLandscape-q80tx6dbfbb5nggdawaovns0hwutdr74yb8q9e07gm.jpg\" title=\"An agrobiodiverse plot in Bolivia\" alt=\"Visitors admire a corn and bean plot in Bolivian Andes\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">An agrobiodiverse plot in Bolivia<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2b70a0c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2b70a0c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fcb8ab9\" data-id=\"fcb8ab9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25f66ef elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"25f66ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p style=\"color: #555555; margin-bottom: 10px;font-size:17px\">Indeed, the institutional context for agroecological transitions is unique in the Andes. Ecuador was the first country in the world to incorporate the Rights of Nature into its Constitution, and Bolivia followed suit in 2010 with the Law of the Rights of Mother Earth, which grants all nature equal rights to humans. Both countries have constitutions that recognize the state\u2019s responsibility to guarantee food sovereignty, the right of peoples to build, control and defend their own food systems according to their knowledge and culture.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #555555; margin-bottom: 0px;font-size:17px\"><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); font-size: 1rem;\">This context shows the need for <\/span><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: 1rem;\"><b>\u201ca more horizontal, humble approach that sees the relativity of academic knowledge and NGO practice, one that recognizes rural communities and food producers as the fundamental pillar of agroecology,&#8221;<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); font-size: 1rem;\"> according to\u00a0<\/span>Freddy Congo, an Ecuadorean popular educator with the Union of the Peoples of Moreles (<a href=\"https:\/\/upmcnpa.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UPM<\/a>) in Mexico, winner of the Rural Vermont&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ruralvermont.org\/agroecology-fellowship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Agroecology, Education &amp; Organizing Fellowship Award<\/a>, and participant in the course.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-387090f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"387090f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-506eeb3\" data-id=\"506eeb3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-feb8e45 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"feb8e45\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure style=\"width: 325px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/agroecology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/CCRP-AES_Andes.jpg\" alt=\"A small group having a discussion seated on the lawn\" width=\"325\" height=\"280\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A meeting of the Andes Community of Practice in 2022 in Puembo, Ecuador<\/figcaption><\/figure><p style=\"color: #555555; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 17px;\">In all three countries, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/instituteforagroecology\/agroecology-support\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Agroecology Support Team<\/a>\u00a0works directly with universities, research centers and local NGOs carrying out community- and territory-level processes of agricultural research using methods like\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ccrp.org\/communities-of-practice\/frn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">farmer research networks<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ccrp.org\/grants\/supporting-agroecology-peasant-schools-in-the-andes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">agroecology peasant schools<\/a>, as well as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ccrp.org\/grants\/improving-agrobiodiversity-and-seed-systems-research\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">seed-saving and agrobiodiversity research<\/a>.<\/p><p style=\"color: #555555; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 17px;\">Knowledge co-creation, mobilization, and exchange among these projects is one of the goals of our work, so a central theme of the course in on fostering participatory methodologies.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b051ee3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b051ee3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d9c8f3a\" data-id=\"d9c8f3a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e7f29b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7e7f29b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-6417 size-full alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/agroecology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/quote_marks.png\" alt=\"quotation mark\" width=\"80\" height=\"75\" \/>\n<p style=\"color: #007155; font-size: 17.5px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; text-align: left;\"><strong>We need spaces that connect us in a broad and diverse fabric, in order to recognize the diverse ways of perceiving agroecologies on the road to food sovereignty, the emancipation of our peoples, social justice and the good life. The course Agroecology for Life is one of those spaces, where a variety of ways of thinking, feeling and being people are shared in cooperation, co-construction and co-learning.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #555555; text-align: right; margin-bottom: 1px;\"><strong>Tabar\u00e9 Tonalli Aquim\u00edn Duch\u00e9 Garc\u00eda<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #555555; text-align: right; font-size: 14px; margin-top: 1px;\">Postdoc at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecosur.mx\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">El Colegio de la Frontera Sur\u00a0<\/a>(ECOSUR) in Mexico and course participant<\/p>\n<span style=\"color: #555555;\">\u00a0<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-893c0ef\" data-id=\"893c0ef\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f2fc33 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8f2fc33\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom: 10px; color: #555555; font-size: 17px;\">Georgina Catacora Vargas, the Bolivian agroecologist, president of the Latin American Scientific Society of Agroecology (<a href=\"https:\/\/soclaglobal.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SOCLA<\/a>) and guest lecturer in the course, argues that\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">\u201cour methodologies are the lenses with which we characterize and reflect on reality, as well as the reflection of our epistemological position, the way in which we (co-)create knowledge.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0Her guest appearance in the course was a highlight mentioned by many participants in course evaluations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 10px; color: #555555; font-size: 17px;\">Beyond the conceptual and methodological aspects of the Agroecology for Life course, an emerging property of the effort is the idea of building and consolidating a learning community: a space for mutual respect, cross-pollination, and exchange. As Renato Pardo, a course participant and program officer at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/prosuco.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PROSUCO<\/a>\u00a0in Bolivia, put it, the strength of the course is in the\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">\u201cpossibility of sharing experiences with other institutions and other professionals working on similar themes.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a8f5e50 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a8f5e50\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5580c1b\" data-id=\"5580c1b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f19fcea elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f19fcea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin-bottom: 10px; color: #555555; font-size: 17px;\">We&#8217;ve been so pleased with how the course has turned out, and have experienced and observed so much growth and integration as a result. We&#8217;ve also received positive feedback from our partners. In a recent communication, Claire Nicklin, Andes CoP Regional Representative for CRFS, noted &#8220;<b>the IFA team did a fantastic job of facilitating a warm and collaborative space for practitioners to meet and discuss agroecological transitions<\/b>.&#8221;<\/p><p style=\"margin-bottom: 10px; color: #555555; font-size: 17px;\">The course was co-facilitated by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/instituteforagroecology\/profiles\/gabriela-bucini\">Gabriela Bucini<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/instituteforagroecology\/profiles\/nils-mccune\">Nils McCune<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/instituteforagroecology\/profiles\/v-ernesto-mendez\">Ernesto M\u00e9ndez<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Agroecological education in the Andes Strategies for community-centered co-learning Transitions toward just and sustainable food systems are complex processes involving evolving relationships between communities of plants, animals, fungi and bacteria, as well as conscious action by growing numbers of people with shared values. 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