Alexander Wezel

Director of Research, HDR in Landscape Ecology

Expertise

Member of the High-Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition – Committee on World Food Security (CFS) – FAO

Research unit

Agroecology and the environment

Keywords

Agroecology, agroecosystem analysis, biodiversity management, water quality, and ecological corridors.

Ongoing or recently completed projects

AE4EU : Agroecology for Europe
PATH2DEA : Paving the Way towards Digitalisation Enabling Agroecology for European Farming Systems
AGRECOFARM : Agroecological farming education and training development in West Africa
PERFECO : Performance économiques des exploitation et transition agroécologique
ECOSTACK
GOODFOOD : Good teaching practices in experiential learning for effective education in embedded food systems
African Cases: Good practices in agroecology in food insecure African countries

Teaching activities

Senior Advisor, MSc Agroecology
Agroecology, Global agroecosystems and agricultural use, agroecosystem management

Professional experience and education

2006-today: Isara, France.
2004: Habilitation, University of Greifswald, Germany, thesis: Land use and resource conservation in rural areas of different developing countries.
1998: Ph.D., University of Hohenheim, Germany, thesis: Fallow cultivation system and management possibilities in semi-arid Niger, West Africa,
1993: Diploma (MSc) Geoecology, University of Karlsruhe, Germany,

Latest publications

Article in a journal

2025

Clara Lina Bader, Nina Isabella Moeller, Baptiste Grard, Alexander Wezel, Samuel Féret, et al.. Philanthropic Funding for Agroecology in Europe – Opening the (black) box of sustainable food system actors. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, 2025, pp.1 – 30.

René Baumont, Diego Morgavi, Alexander Wezel. Editorial: Challenges of food and feed for the future. Animal, 2025, 19 (Supplement 1), pp.101418

Sidney Madsen, Rachel Bezner Kerr, Kintan Kamilia, Maria Fernanda Cevallos, Claire Bazille, et al.. Agroecology supports sustainable development in Africa. A review. Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 2025, 45 (34),

Chaima Mobarak, Lilliana Hatoum, Laura Kmoch, Mario Torralba, Geir Lieblein, et al.. Farm Trees as Cultural Keystone Species: Bridging Biocultural Conservation and Sustainable Development in the Morocco High Atlas Mountains. Mountain Research and Development, 2025, 45 (1), pp.R11-R22.

N Rastorgueva, C F Bassignana, E Angarita, A Fasso, J Hassink, et al.. Agroecological Living Labs as entry points for transition towards sustainable food systems: a novel framework for the evaluation of living labs at different scales. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, 2025, pp.1-34.

Alexander Wezel, Paola Migliorini, Anna Brumer, Tommaso Gaifami, Angelica Marchetti, et al.. Application of the Original Agroecological Survey and Indicator System tool (OASIS) to organic and conventional farms in Belgium, France, and Italy. Frontiers in Agronomy, 2025, 7,

2024

Léo Girard, Alexander Wezel, Joël Robin. Drying out fish ponds, for an entire growth season, as an agroecological practice: maintaining primary producers for fish production and biodiversity conservation. Open Research Europe, 2024, 3, pp.125.

Léo Girard, Thomas A Davidson, Vincent Tolon, Tuba Bucak, Soraya Rouifed, et al.. The balance of carbon emissions versus burial in fish ponds: The role of primary producers and management practices. Aquaculture Reports, 2024, 39, pp.102456.

Ioanna Mouratiadou, Alexander Wezel, Kintan Kamilia, Angelica Marchetti, Maria Luisa Paracchini, et al.. The socio-economic performance of agroecology. A review. Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 2024, 44 (2), pp.19.

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