GIRAF or Groupe Interdisciplinaire belge de Recherche en
Agroécologie du FNRS (Belgian Interdisciplinary Agroecology Research
Group of the FNRS) is an FNRS contact group composed of scientists with
various backgrounds. This group has set itself the task of fueling and
sharing thinking about agroecology on the basis of interactions among
different scientific disciplines and actors.
This group’s members draft joint position papers and set up scientific
meeting places (Belgian Agroecology Meetings) to discuss agroecology.
Some activities (certificate, summer school, various networks, and
conferences) arise within GIRAF but are conducted by individual members
or institutions. Not only is science the cement and defining element of
this interdisciplinary contact group. GIRAF is also mobilized by the
challenge of cutting across disciplinary lines. GIRAF’s members are
thus federated by their vision of a strong and committed version of
agroecology. They want to contribute to thinking about and for
agroecology in society as a whole.
More information : http://www.agroecology.be/