The Agroecology Fund launched the IPA-Global Initiative (IPA stands for Investigación Acción Participativa en Agroecología or Participatory Research on Agroecology) in 2024 to advance agroecology as a climate solution, using participatory action research to generate evidence for advocacy and practice. Supported by the Waverley Street Foundation, this global grant program funds 43 multi-stakeholder collaborations working in 12 countries across Africa, the Americas, Asia, and one broad region (the European Union).
Through a network of small farmers’ organizations, Indigenous peoples, youth, women, researchers, and climate justice advocates, IPA-Global uses Participatory Action Research (PAR) to connect grassroots innovation with policy transformation. Each collaboration aims to influence national and regional policies that position agroecology as a key solution to the climate crisis, rooted in biodiversity conservation, sustainable food systems, traditional knowledge, and the inclusion of gender and youth perspectives.
The initiative also nurtures an IPA-Global Learning Community, promoting cross-regional exchange, shared advocacy strategies, and collaborative tools—from agroecology curricula to policy observatories and multimedia communication resources—to amplify global impact. By uniting research and advocacy, IPA-Global turns knowledge into action, shaping the transformation of food systems, promoting climate justice, and advancing sustainable agriculture for a more equitable future.
Blogs
Driving Agroecology and Climate Advocacy Through Participatory Research: IPA-Global Grants
The Agroecology Fund (AEF) is thrilled to announce the first IPA-Global initiative round of grants, aimed at strengthening advocacy and participatory research for resilient food systems.
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Grassroots Movements Across Four Continents Urge Decision-Makers to Back Agroecology for Climate Action
Inside the First International Convening on Participatory Action Research for Climate Advocacy (IPA-Global) […]
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From Land Reform to Organic Rice to Climate Resilient Food Systems
A day before traveling to the First International IPA Global (Global Participatory Action Research) Convening in Guararema, Brazil, I biked through São Paulo to the Landless Workers Movement’s retail store […]
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Recovering Ancestral Knowledge to Face the Climate Crisis
Explore how the exchange of local knowledge and academic research on agroecology represents, across countries, an opportunity to generate advocacy actions to improve living conditions.
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Small Farming, a Water-Efficient Model: First Results of the Confédération Paysanne Project for the IPA-Global Initiative
As conflicts over water intensify in France—especially around so-called “mega-basins”—the Confédération Paysanne launched a two-year participatory research project to better understand how peasant farming manages water.
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Landless Workers’ Movement: Sowing Awareness and Cultivating Agroecology
Celebrating 42 years of the Landless Rural Workers’ Movement (MST), we reflect on the recent visit of grassroots leaders from 60 countries to the Florestan Fernandes National School, where knowledge becomes social change.
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Mapping Reveals How Over 500 Agroecology Initiatives are Confronting Climate Change
Between April and June 2025, the Articulação Nacional de Agroecologia (ANA) conducted an online mapping that brought together more than 503 agroecological experiences across Brazil. Here are some of the key findings.
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Access to all the video-stories of the IPA-Global initiatives here.
