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COPSYS, THE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE ON SYSTEM SCIENCE FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRI-FOOD FUTURES

There is a worldwide recognition that we need to reconfigure the way we produce, process and consumme our food, manage our land and natural resources. Agri-food systems need to become sustainable, resilient and equitable.
System Science has a pivotal role in the generation of knowledge and capacities that allow to understand this complexity, integrate disciplinary knowledge and support collective and inclusive transformative pathways of agri-food systems and rural development.
The aim of the System Science Community of Practice (CopSyS) is to provide an international arena for Capacity Strengthening and Sharing in analysis and design of complex systems applied to Food, Land, Water and Agriculture.CopSyS is supported by this collaborative on-line platform (System.S).
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System Science

System science is used to investigate interactions and dynamics within systems, including the trade-offs between objectives related to resilience and sustainability of human and natural systems. Relationships between systems actors and stakeholders, structural barriers, and socio-economic factors are also critical to consider in impact pathways and innovation process. Furthermore, the system science approach of analysing interactions across time and spatial scales is necessary for developing transformative pathways within the context of global change. System Science encompasses the use of systems concepts, approaches, methods and tools not only useful for research (i.e. the production of knowledge) but also for innovation, for policy, for education and for interaction with society at large.

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A WORLDWIDE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE ON SYSTEM SCIENCE


Capacity Sharing in Systems thinking, assessment and design for a sustainable Future of Food, Water, Land and Agriculture.


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We develop and share ressources to advance education programs and collaborative research projects in the capacity to think and act on complex systems while grounding on disciplinary sciences.

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