Dayana Andrade and Felipe Pasini both have many years of experience with syntropic agriculture – in practice, research, and knowledge transfer. FiBL is also exploring the potential of this type of agriculture and is working with the two experts, among others.

This study maps and compares the spatial distribution of ecosystem service (ES) supply and demand in Savannakhet province, Laos. It finds that ES supply is highest in forested and shifting cultivation areas, while food provision is concentrated in lowland agricultural zones. In contrast, demand is more evenly distributed across the landscape. The analysis identifies limited trade-offs (notably between food production and biodiversity) and several synergies, particularly among water-related services and tourism. Supply hotspots are located in less intensively used ecosystems, whereas demand hotspots are widespread. The results highlight the importance of preserving multifunctional landscapes amid increasing agricultural intensification, and provide a spatial basis for targeting interventions to better align ES supply with local demand.

Interview with CDE scientist Henri Rueff, SFIAR member and coordinating lead author of the seventh edition of the United Nations Environment Programme’s flagship Global Environment Outlook report, GEO-7, the most comprehensive scientific assessment of the global environment to date.

Article by Biovision about getting agroecology officially represented with its own agenda item at the influential African Food System Forum (AFSF).