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V ACRONYMS ...........................................................................................................VII SECTION 1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................ 1 1.1 Why do we need to assess agroecology? .............................................................. 2 1.2 Background and mandate .................................................................................. 2 1.3 Targeted audience and how to use this document .................................................. 4 SECTION 2 DEVELOPING A GLOBAL ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK ON AGROECOLOGY .............. 5 2.1. Objectives ..................................................................................................... 6 2.2. Process ......................................................................................................... 7 2.3. Founding principles ......................................................................................... 8 2.4. Key attributes from existing frameworks ............................................................. 9 2.5. A stepwise approach ....................................................................................... 9 2.6. Scale of assessment, data collection and sampling methodology ............................13 SECTION 3 TAPE, STEP BY STEP .................................................................................... 15 3.1. Step 0. Description of systems and context ........................................................16 3.2. Step 1. Characterization of Agroecological Transition (CAET) .................................16 3.3. Step 1bis (optional). Transition Typology ...........................................................20 3.4. Step 2. Core Performance Criteria ......................................................................23 3.4.1. Secure land tenure (or secure mobility for pastoralists) ...............................27 3.4.2. Productivity .........................................................................................28 3.4.3. Income ...............................................................................................31 3.4.4. Added value .........................................................................................33 3.4.5. Exposure to pesticides ...........................................................................34 3.4.6. Dietary diversity ...................................................................................35 3.4.7. Women’s empowerment ..........................................................................37 3.4.8. Youth employment opportunities .............................................................40 3.4.9. Agricultural biodiversity .........................................................................42 3.4.10. Soil health .........................................................................................45 3.4.11. Optional: Selection of Advanced Criteria .................................................47 3.5. Step 3: Joint analysis of Step 1 and 2 and participatory interpretation ...................48 SECTION 4 TESTING TAPE ............................................................................................49 REFERENCES ..........................................................................................................52 ANNEXES ANNEX 1 List of participants to the FAO expert workshop on Multi-Dimensional Assessment of Agroecology (8-9 October 2018, Rome) ................................................................58 ANNEX 2 Questionnaires .....................................................................................................60 FIGURES Figure 1. Process and timeline for the development of a global analytical framework on agroecology ........................................................................ 7 Figure 2. The global analytical framework of agroecology step by step ..........................................11 Figure 3. Visualization of the results of the CAET for three farms in Western Cuba at different stages of agroecological transition: monoculture in conventional production, recent transition, and advanced transition. ..............................................................................19 Figure 4. Visualization of the results of the CAET for a vulnerable smallholder farm in a degraded agricultural area of Central Angola, before and after a project for sustainable rural development and improved nutrition ...........................................................20 Figure 5. Visualization of the results of the CAET for 25 farms in Patagonia (Argentina) after using the Step 1-bis Transition Typology ..........................................................................22 Figure 6. Results of Step 1 and Step 2 applied to a farm in Thailand .............................................51 TABLES Table 1. Key attributes retained from a number of existing frameworks reviewed and main differences ...............................................................................................10 Table 2. Characterization of agroecological transitions (CAET): descriptive scales and score for the element of “Diversity” ..........................................................17 Table 3. Results of the CAET for 25 farms in Patagonia, Argentina ................................................22 Table 4. 10 Core criteria of performance of agroecology and their links to SDG indicators .................25 Table 5. Non-exhaustive list of possible advanced criteria identified and their associated methodologies for assessment. ........................................................................26 Table 6. Calculation of the family net income ...........................................................................31 Table 7. Calculation of the