Collecting Holistic Evidence on Agroecology Performance to Accelerate Sustainable Food System Transitions

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dc.creatorJones, Sarah K.
dc.creatorSánchez, Andrea Cecilia
dc.creatorDickens, Chris
dc.creatorGeck, Matthias S.
dc.creatorWickramaratne, Chaturangi
dc.creatorAlary, Veronique
dc.creatorBolo, Peter
dc.creatorChoruma, Dennis Junior
dc.creatorDouangsavanh, Somphasith
dc.creatorFall, Modou Gueye
dc.creatorFalconnier, Gatien
dc.creatorGupta, Shweta
dc.creatorKettle, Chris
dc.creatorKrishnan, Smitha
dc.creatorNyawira, Sylvia
dc.creatorOrjuela-Ramirez, Guillermo
dc.creatorOrounladji, Boko Michel
dc.creatorPareja, Piedad
dc.creatorSibanda, Telma
dc.creatorLamanna, Christine
dc.date2026-09-01
dc.date2026-06-19T06:21:42Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T18:42:50Z
dc.descriptionA growing body of research shows the potential of agroecology for enabling a shift to planet-friendly and socially just agrifood systems through context-specific transition pathways. We conduct a scoping review to identify and evaluate the potential of 42 existing agroecology adherence and/or agricultural performance assessment tools to generate credible, legitimate, salient and transferable evidence to inform these transitions. Results show that while multiple relevant tools exist, each of them can be strengthened in at least one area. While most tools are transferable (low time and resource requirements) and have legitimacy (open access with transparent methods), tools have variable saliency (holistic scope inclusive of local priorities) and credibility (use scientific design principles and quality assurance processes). For a subset of 11 tools collecting multidimensional performance data, analysis of 263 identified indicators showed there is a bias towards economic measures (notably income, yield, and resilience), while certain social (e.g. land tenure, traditional knowledge retention) and environmental (e.g. climate mitigation) aspects are regularly overlooked. Through a multidisciplinary process engaging experts across 8 countries, we develop a Holistic Localized Performance Assessment for agroecology (HOLPA) framework that integrates and builds on positive features of existing multidimensional agroecology performance assessments tools and overcomes key limitations. The HOLPA framework for analysis, agroecology indicators, key performance indicators, and low-cost localization process can be used to strengthen agroecology performance assessments, empowering landscape actors to identify evidence-based pathways towards agrifood systems where both people and nature can thrive.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/183405
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/163433
dc.languageen
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceJones, Sarah K., Andrea Cecilia Sánchez, Chris Dickens, et al. 2026. “Collecting Holistic Evidence on Agroecology Performance to Accelerate Sustainable Food System Transitions.” Environmental and Sustainability Indicators 31: 101374. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indic.2026.101374.
dc.subjectagroecology
dc.subjectagrifood systems
dc.subjectsustainability
dc.subjectindicators
dc.subjectframeworks
dc.subjecttrade-offs
dc.titleCollecting Holistic Evidence on Agroecology Performance to Accelerate Sustainable Food System Transitions
dc.typeJournal Article

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