Since 2019, Lebanon has been passing through a tremendous economic crisis which has caused significant social and environmental damage, highlighting issues in the conventional food system model driven by agroindustry.
This publication is built on the understanding that agroecology– an alternative food system vision– can be a tool to build a more equitable food system. This research is interested in how agroecology as a framework (specifically one that considers food sovereignty) is being applied in Lebanon, with an underlying question: how can it be upscaled from scattered, isolated initiatives into a more cohesive, cross-country approach which influences the agricultural and food practices and policies in Lebanon?
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