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Alexander Wezel
Alexander WEZEL
Head of Research, Professor for Agroecology
Expertise
Member of High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE), – FAO
Research Unit
Agroecology and Environment
Keywords
Agroecology, agroecosystems analysis: management of biodiversity, water quality, and ecological corridors.
Ongoing research projects or lately completed
- 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 of MSc Agroecology
Agroecology, Agroecosystems of the world and agricultural use, Management of agroecosystems
Professional experiences and studies
- 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
Journal articles
2025
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- 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. ⟨10.1080/21683565.2025.2489416⟩. ⟨hal-05056229⟩
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- René Baumont, Diego Morgavi, Alexander Wezel. Editorial: Challenges of food and feed for the future. Animal, 2025, 19 (Supplement 1), pp.101418. ⟨10.1016/j.animal.2025.101418⟩. ⟨hal-04934722⟩
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- 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), ⟨10.1007/s13593-024-00976-2⟩. ⟨hal-05226433⟩
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- 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. ⟨10.1659/mrd.2024.00024⟩. ⟨hal-04994564⟩
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- 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. ⟨10.1080/21683565.2025.2477215⟩. ⟨hal-04995120⟩
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- 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, ⟨10.3389/fagro.2025.1581667⟩. ⟨hal-05151200⟩
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2024
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- 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. ⟨10.12688/openreseurope.16363.2⟩. ⟨hal-04756351⟩
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- 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. ⟨10.1016/j.aqrep.2024.102456⟩. ⟨hal-04756067⟩
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- 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. ⟨10.1007/s13593-024-00945-9⟩. ⟨hal-04527200⟩
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- Charan Nichenametla, Ella Tarpey, Abigail Cousins, Jose Antonio Orueta, Paul Schwegler, et al.. Climate silence: a comparative study of governmental and non-governmental messaging on soil health in Wisconsin, USA. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, 2024, pp.1-26. ⟨10.1080/21683565.2024.2419404⟩. ⟨hal-04791674⟩
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