FSD8 2025 Agrifood systems transition Side Events Side event on farming system analysis and design

Side Event - Tuesday 26 August morning

A Side Event organized by CIRAD and SLU

How can farming system analysis and design contribute to helping smallholder family farmers in developing countries escape poverty traps

Objective: To build a community of practice around farm-level analysis and design in smallholder and family farm contexts.

Description of the session:
A substantial share of world food in produced by smallholder family farmers in developing countries. These farmers operate in a constrained economic environment, that influence the way farm-design and farm analysis are carried-out. Of particular interest of this side-session will be the potential trade-offs between improving food production and farmers’ income, while at the same time safeguarding the environment. How far technologies and innovative farm practices can deliver win-wins with regard to these two dimensions will be discussed.

Tentative agenda

Opening PresentationTopic: What Does Farm-Level Analysis and Design Mean in Smallholder Contexts?
Content: Concepts, frameworks, and methods
Plenary Session – Participant IntroductionsEach participant is invited to deliver a 1-minute speech outlining their research focus, methodologies, and study sites relevant to the session theme.
Group Discussion – Part 1Question: Is there a trade-off between provisioning services (e.g., food, fuel, fodder, fibre) and other ecosystem services (regulating, supporting, cultural)?
Group reporting to follow
Group Discussion – Part 2Question: What are the priorities for jointly enhancing provisioning services and other ecosystem services?
Group reporting to follow
Wrap-Up and Next StepsSummary of key insights and discussion on how to continue building the community of practice.

Organisers
Gatien Falconnier (Gatien.falconnier@cirad.fr)
Chloe MacLaren (chloe.maclaren@slu.se)
François Affholder (francois.affholder@cirad.fr)

Practical information & Registration
Date: Tuesday, 26 August
Time: 09:00 – 12:00
Location: Room C1.3.05
To register for the session, please contact one of the organisers via email

Modification date: 21 July 2025 | Publication date: 24 June 2025 | By: INRAE