Agroecology and Indigenous peoples and territories: a systematic review protocol

Indigenous knowledge and Indigenous peoples' relationship with the environment play a crucial role in the conservation of biological and agricultural diversity but are also very vulnerable to global changes and pressures.Agroecology has been proposed as a set of principles aiming at making food systems and more generally, social-ecological relationships more resilient and equitable.While agroecological principles often claim to be inspired by Indigenous knowledge and values, little research has been performed on how agroecology interacts with Indigenous peoples and contexts in practice.This protocol sets up the foundation to fill this gap by systematically reviewing existing literature about the intersection of agroecology and Indigenous peoples and territories.The objective is to understand how existing studies from academic and gray literature describe and analyze the interplay and interactions between agroecology and Indigenous peoples and territories.We focus on 1) the scope and nature of these studies; 2) the characteristics of the described interactions in terms of context, support, outcomes, opportunities, and risks, and 3) how they address Indigenous knowledge, practices, and social movements as well as the scientific, practical, and political dimensions of agroecology.Following a clarification of the concepts of Indigenous peoples, territories and agroecology, we provide a search strategy to screen, appraise, extract, code and synthesize existing literature on the topic.