1. INVESTMENT IN AGROECOLOGY
Present Situation:
 Monocrop Vs.Mutlicroping
 Loss of Bio Diversty-Water&Soil
Contamination
 Reduction of our Food Basket
&Contaminate our Food
 Alternative - Multicropping for Food
and Income

2. Organic Farming vs. Traditional
Agriculture
 Can afford only big farmers, elite people
 -Certification is expensive for small food
producers/farmers
 -Documentation is very complicated and
less time for farming activities
 Alternative is Traditional Farming: It will
revive the traditional knowledge &
practices
 Use modern facilities to strengthen
Traditional agriculture for the present &

3. Agency Certification vs. Community
Certification
 Organic product need Certification from
Industrial/Corporate agencies to access market
 Expensive for small Farmers
 Documentation is very complicated and thus less
time for farming activities
 Alternative - Trust based community
Certification. It is the responsibility of the
community to monitor the Farming Activities
locally.

4. Relevance and Scope of Community/Farmer
Lead Approach in Agro ecology
 Can identify best Agro ecological Practioners
from local community like SEED SAVERS -
TRADITIONAL LAW COST CROPS MAINTAINING
PRACTIONERS – PEST CONTROLING
TECHNIQUES
 It is a collective effort to protect and promote
agro ecology locally.
 Farm Planning: a tool to strengthen Agro
ecology-Elderly expert farmers can help other
farmers to plan their farm – Historical analysis of
the farm- Profiling of the Farm – SWOT Analysis
and Plan of Action

5. What can be done
 Implement or Practice community Lead
Food Sovereignty Actions
 Local community can take the stock of
Food Production, Animal Husbandry, and
Entrapreunership in Food Processing.
 Based on this data they could initiate a
plan and develop a local Marketing
System

6.  Develop Producer and Consumer Linkages
 Promotion of Local marketing system
 Direct Marketing (Priority for Local, Regional and
National)
 Solidarity Economy (Priority for Local, Regional
and National)
 Fair Trade (Priority for Local, Regional and
National)

7. Recommendations:
 Identify and Consolidate the Best Viable/
PracticalAgro ecological Practioners from Asian
countries with diverse in nature.
 Promote the Linkages with the best Agro
ecological Practioners with Local youth and
Children,Accademic people, decision Makers,
Political & Religious Leaders
 Promote and strengthen Producer = Consumer
relation ships

8. Investment in:
 Formal and non-formal education
 Identification and consolidation of Best
Practices
 Strengthening the small holder fod
producers and diverse rural communities
 Building and strengthening Linages in
between best Practioners and others,
Producer and consumer
 Widening this concept and its practice