𝘊𝘰-𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘦—𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳, 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳.

I'm delighted to share a new publication that I had the pleasure of contributing to as a co-author: "Evaluating strategies for equitable co-design of sustainability interventions with smallholder farmers".

Transforming food systems requires much more than technical innovations. It calls for fundamental shifts in how we govern, collaborate, and generate knowledge. As we search for pathways towards more sustainable and resilient agricultural landscapes, we also need to rethink how solutions are designed—and who gets to shape them. Our paper focuses on lessons from collaborating with Indigenous Kichwa communities in the Ecuadorian Amazon and reflects on what it takes to make co-design genuinely equitable.

This paper is one of the first outputs from the Flourishing Landscapes Programme (FLP), an international collaboration exploring how nature-based solutions can enhance biodiversity and nature's contributions to people across coffee and cocoa landscapes. Through a human-centred design approach, the programme brings together researchers, rural communities, value chain actors, and practitioners to co-design citizen-led biodiversity monitoring, adaptive management approaches, and innovative incentive mechanisms that support long-term nature stewardship.

I am grateful for the opportunity to work with such an inspiring international team and to learn from colleagues and local partners whose expertise and perspectives have shaped this work.

Congratulations to the authors and everyone involved! I look forward to sharing the companion studies from Vietnam and Ghana in the near future.