Clara Nicholls is the president of the Latin American Scientific Society of Agroecology (SOCLA). For over three decades, she has worked in Latin America teaching, researching and, promoting agroecological alternatives to industrial agriculture, and providing technical advise to a number of peasant organisations. In this interview Clara argues for more participatory research to demonstrate that agroecology is a form of agriculture capable of producing enough good and accessible food without harming the environment. –