AGROECOLOGICAL LIVING LABS (AELLs)

Agroecological living labs (AELLs) are framed at sub-regional or regional level and are based on networks of actors (multi-actor teams, MATs) already engaged in agroecological practices/value chains at an early or advanced stage. They include:

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farmers (organic and conventional), individual or associated (e.g., in a bio-district/other farm network)

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agricultural advisors

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upstream and downstream companies (e.g., producers of agricultural inputs like seeds, fertilisers/amendments, biopesticides, machinery; food/feed processors or retailers)

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civil society organisations (e.g., NGOs, consumer associations)

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regional/national policy makers

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researchers

Estonian LL

📍 Southern Estonia
👤 Liina Talgre and Elen Peetsmann, EMU
📅 to be activated

AELL Weserbergland

📍 Germany, Northwest/Lower Saxony
👤 Anne-Kathrin Schneider-Hohenbrink,
anne-kathrin.schneider@thuenen.de, Thünen Institute
📅 to be activated

AUI + Sveppasmiðja ehf.

📍 West Iceland
👤 Friederike Dima Danneil, friederike@lbhi.is, AUI
📅 to be activated

ALL Tuscany

📍 Region Tuscany (Italy)
👤 : Paolo Bàrberi (paolo.barberi@santannapisa.it, SSSA)
Daniele Antichi (daniele.antichi@unipi.it, UNIPI)
Gaio Cesare Pacini (gaiocesare.pacini@unifi.it, UNIFI)
📅 active since 04/2025
🌐 https://www.all-tuscany.com/

Romanian LL

📍 South Part of Romania
👤 University Of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest
📅 to be activated

Važec and Poprad

📍 Slovakia and region Liptov
👤 Peter Bezak, peter.bezak@savba.sk, ILE SAS Slovakia
📅 to be activated

Gallecs LL

📍 Catalonia, Spain
👤 F. Xavier Sans, fsans@ub.edu, Agroecology Research Group, University of Barcelona
📅 active since 2005

SustAinimal-connect (tentative)

📍 Sweden, Norrbotten & Västerbotten
👤 Marcos Lana, marcos.lana@slu.se, SLU
Gaio Cesare Pacini (gaiocesare.pacini@unifi.it, UNIFI)
📅 active since 2020

Terra Helvetica

📍 Northeastern and Western Switzerland
👤Anna Muntwyler ( annaverena.muntwyler@agroscope.admin.ch)
Franz Bender (franz.bender@agroscope.admin.ch)
📅 active since 10/2025