GENDER-TRANSFORMATIVE AGROECOLOGY FOR CLIMATE RESILIENCE
March 8 to 13, 2027 Agroecology is both a science and a
seeks to challenge and reshape power
and resilience. The online module will
practice rooted in the understanding
relations, norms, and institutions that
prepare learners for the deeper in-
that agriculture is deeply embedded in
perpetuate inequity. It recognizes that
person exploration of climate resilience
ecological, social, and cultural systems.
sustainable climate solutions require not
and agroecology.
At the same time, agroecology is
only ecological transformation but also
a movement that centers farmers’
social transformation.
knowledge, food sovereignty, and social justice. By integrating environmental stewardship with equity and community-led action, agroecology challenges industrial agricultural models that rely heavily on external inputs, often degrade ecosystems, and are responsible for a significant share of global greenhouse gas emissions, exacerbating the climate crisis. It offers pathways for community climate resilience, building adaptive capacity and contributing to climate change mitigation. Crucially, gendertransformative agroecology (GTAE) recognizes that resilience cannot be achieved without addressing structural inequalities. GTAE goes beyond simply including women in existing systems; it
During the 6-day in-person course, we will explore climate resilience and
In this course, participants will engage
gender-transformative agroecological
with conceptions of community climate
transitions through strengths-based,
resilience to draw connections between
participatory, and feminist approaches,
gender-transformative approaches
grounded in practical, hands-on
to agroecology and building climate
experiences at the SSN training center
resilience. Located at Seed Savers
and nearby farms. Lead farmers and
Network (SSN) in Gilgil, Kenya, the
“Seed Ambassadors” within SSN’s
course will ground concepts and
network will also share their insights
participatory approaches in the work
and co-facilitate sessions, bringing to
SSN does in centering the expertise of
the course their first-hand experience
farmers for community-led action in
of navigating and negotiating
fighting for a more just food system and
within unjust food systems. The
more resilient, equitable communities.
course aims to equip learners with
Before arriving at SSN for the in-person
foundational knowledge and practical,
course, participants will complete a brief
participatory tools and methods to
online module introducing key climate
support community-led action for
change concepts including its causes
climate resilience through gender-
and impacts, adaptation, mitigation,
transformative agroecology.