In Asia, smallholder farmers and grassroots organisations are developing new ways to strengthen local food economies amid pressures from industrial agriculture and climate change. The Asia Learning Exchange brought these experiences together, exploring agroecological entrepreneurship, Participatory Guarantee Systems (PGS), commercialisation networks, territorial markets, financial mechanisms, and cooperativism and solidarity economies.

Drawing on the experiences of 118 participants from 25 countries, including grantees and allied movements, the exchange explored what it takes to build economies rooted in agroecology. It highlighted efforts to strengthen farmer-led markets, improve access to finance, and challenge inequities in conventional food systems. Read the Asia Learning Exchange report to explore these lessons and approaches.