This course provides guidance on how to assess agroecology using the Tool for Agroecology Performance Assessment (TAPE), which allows for multidimensional evaluations in diverse contexts. It explains the development of FAO’s analytical framework, covering its principles and methodological components. By the end of the course, participants will have the basic knowledge needed to implement the tools in the field and conduct participatory analysis of the results.
Study time
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25 hours.
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Target audience
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Agroecology practitioners at global and regional levels, including farmers, scientists, extension workers, policymakers, non-governmental organizations, international organizations, funding institutions, and others interested in agroecology.
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Learning objectives
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- Explain the relevance of agroecology, its theoretical-conceptual and practical basis and principles, and the challenges of evaluating and harmonizing results.
- Explain the development of TAPE and its link to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through the analysis of FAO’s ten elements of agroecology.
- Explain the need to contextualize TAPE as an elementary requirement of the evaluation process.
- Explain how to characterize agroecological transitions by constructing indices based on FAO’s ten elements of agroecology.
- Analyze the basic performance criteria of agroecological systems.
- Collect data using TAPE questionnaires, apply analysis variants, and incorporate community interpretations.
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Course structure
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This course consists of five self-paced, interactive online modules and a multiplechoice assessment.
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Topics covered
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- Construction of the agroecological system and its evaluation.
- TAPE methodology and FAO’s ten elements agroecology.
- Characterizing agroecological transitions.
- Evaluating basic performance criteria.
- Conducting participatory evaluations.
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