To overcome the considerable challenges to come in regard to food security, nutrition, and increasing incomes and living conditions of small farmers while limiting the negative impacts on the environment, agricultural research is needed. We are a collective of thinkers applying a unique understanding of our daily routines and how they influence our food systems and the sole relationship we have with food. We already know that agricultural research for development has a large role to play. It must adopt a more inclusive and participatory approach by developing close collaboration with farmers regarding both planning and implementation. It must also contribute to public policies by answering the questions of which agricultural development models to promote, helping increase land tenure security and set up mechanisms for concerted management of the natural resources, and supporting institution building locally.
