The major objective of the UCT-led Network is to “establish a robust, innovative, and sustainable multi-actor transdisciplinary Agroecology Research and Knowledge Network in Southern Africa, to strengthen existing initiatives, showcase the potential and scalability of agroecology, facilitate shifts in agricultural training and research towards agroecological and regenerative ways of producing food, fibre, and fodder, and to inform policy, thereby leading to an enabling landscape for agroecology uptake, research and training”. Operationally, the Network to be funded by the European Commission through CCARDESA, is organized into four work packages as follows: Establishing a network; Developing a learning network; Knowledge management and communications; and Evidence-based policy analysis and advice. In Tanzania RAENS will seek to complement on-going work of the Agroecology Hub in Tanzania (AEHT), which has entered its third phase (2025-2027) of its implementation through funding from the McKnight Foundation. Prof. Dismas Mwaseba, member of the AEHT secretariat represented SUA at the meeting.   

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