The congress will include the participation of invited speakers from the United States, Switzerland, Bolivia, Argentina, Spain, Uruguay and Chile.

On October 17 and 18, 2019, the Universidad de La Frontera (UFRO) will host the first Congress on Agroecology in Chile at its Pucon Campus. It is organized by the UFRO and the Chilean Division of the Latin American Scientific Society of Agroecology (SOCLA-Chile).

At the UFRO, the Laboratory of Agroecology and Alimentary Sustainability of the UFRO Faculty of Agricultural and Forestry Science is the main organizing unit for this event that seeks to open a space to meet and share knowledge on agroecology from different perspectives and fields of action: science/academics; specialists/professionals; agriculture/farmers; and politics/activists.

The participants and invited speakers from the United States, Switzerland, Bolivia, Argentina, Spain, Uruguay and Chile will come together under the motto “Agroecology: transcending practices towards food sustainability” and there will also be an exposition of posters, oral presentations, symposia and workshops on different issues in the field: agroecological practices and management; rural and food policies and development; feminism and social movements; agricultural/food systems; society and environment; and agroecosystems and ecosystem services.

Dr. Rene Montalba, the chairman of the Organizing Committee, pointed out that this congress is meant to be slightly different compared to the classic disciplinary scientific meetings: “The very nature of Agroecology are disciplines, such as: transdisciplinary critical science; sustainable technical and productive proposals; and agrarian, food social movements. This converts it into a space of scientific confluence, where the most varied disciplines, fields and kinds of knowledge meet; agricultural producers of different levels and professionals who are linked to food production, distribution and/or consumption; decision makers of different organizations, as well as politicians and activists linked to social movements or agrarian and food processes.”
He added that the congress is trying to take care of this diversity, not only in the sense of the topics and invited speakers, but also regarding the works and studies that have been accepted (scientific papers and practical experiences).

OPEN COURSES

As part of the congress, the UFRO is going to offer two open courses open to the general public (vacancies limited). The first one is about “Agroecology and Sustainable Food” and will take place on October 15 and 16 at the UFRO Faculty of Agricultural and Forestry Science in Temuco, Chile.

The second one is about “Design, Implementation and Management of Agroecological Lighthouses for the dissemination of Sustainable Agricultural Systems” and will take place on October 16 at the Center for Education and Technology – CET Bío Bío in Yumbel, Chile. After these courses, transportation to Pucon Campus of the UFRO will be available for the participants of the congress.

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Written by: UFRO Communications Office
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