Knowledge Products

Synthesising learning to enable agroecological transitions.

CAT’s Knowledge Products translate on-the-ground experience, systems thinking, and policy engagement into structured resources for practitioners, funders, and policymakers working to enable agroecology at scale.

These products are grounded in CAT’s landscape-based work and are intended to inform planning, investment, policy design, and ecosystem coordination.

Mainstreaming Agroecology – The Landscape Approach

Concept Note | September 2025

This concept note articulates CAT’s core approach, the landscape-based approach, which is a place-based approach supported by policy, markets, and finance to create the enabling ecosystem required for long-term agroecological transitions.

It elaborates on why landscapes are the minimum viable unit for enabling durable, large-scale agroecological transformation, why fragmented projects and isolated practices are insufficient, and what a well-rounded intervention planning strategy should take into account for effective transitions. It also suggests the blended finance structure and planning strategy that can inform catalytic financing models for supporting transitions.

This note serves as a foundational reference for all ecosystem partners and potential collaborators engaging with CAT’s work.

A Compendium of Enabling Policies for  Mainstreaming Agroecology

Policy Guide | September 2025

This policy compendium brings together a structured set of policy pathways to enable agroecological transitions at scale in India. Organised around the elements required for landscape-based transformation, the report identifies how existing government schemes and institutional mechanisms can be repurposed, converged, or strengthened to support agroecology at the landscape level.

The guide is intended for policymakers, practitioners, and ecosystem actors seeking  practical, actionable entry points for aligning public policy with agroecological objectives.

Key focus areas include:

Landscape-level key socio-ecological facets  

Agroecological Pathways from Eleven Landscapes

Landscape Transformation Profiles

This publication offers a snapshot of eleven landscapes where CAT and its partners are advancing agroecological transformation at the block level. Designed as an accessible companion to the detailed investment plans, the profiles bring together the ecological, social, and institutional context of each landscape along with key challenges, priorities, and intervention pathways.

The publication serves as a window into CAT’s landscape-based work, demonstrating how agroecological transitions are being planned and tailored to local realities.

Place-based plans for systemic transformation.

CAT’s Knowledge Products are designed to:

We encourage readers to use, cite, and build upon these resources in alignment with their contexts.