Sustaining Local Food Systems, Agricultural Biodiversity and Livelihoods
Initiative I0028
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| Implementing org | International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) (Environment-Development Institution) |
Summary
Sustaining Local Food Systems, Agricultural Biodiversity and Livelihoods is a research initiative that aims to analyse how and under what conditions can decentralised governance, farmer participation and capacity building promote the adaptive management of agricultural biodiversity in the context of local food systems and livelihoods.
Outputs
Participatory dialogues in India, Peru and Indonesia have identified country research priorities. A code of ethics for collaborative research has been adopted to define the roles, rights and responsibilities of partners and IIED.
1. A combination of citizen jury and scenario workshop methods were used in Andhra Pradesh (India) to include small farmers and indigenous peoples in participatory assessments of different visions of food, farming and rural development futures.
2. A cultural and technical exchange was organised between Indian farmers and indigenous communities in the Andes of Peru. The farmer to farmer exchange focused on capacity building for the local level management of agricultural biodiversity, the documentation of indigenous knowledge in the form of Community Biodiversity Registers and training in digital video technology.
3. A one day workshop was organised in the UK to allow project partners to learn how diverse local food production and consumption can bring benefits across a range of social, economic and environmental concerns, and to demonstrate how a local-food approach can be integrated into national, regional and global food and agricultural policies.
4. The project contributed to The Growing Diversity Initiative by providing support and conceptual inputs to an International Workshop in Brazil, in which participants reviewed emerging issues and challenges for the decentralised management of agricultural biodiversity in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
People
Michel Pimbert, Project Co-ordinator, IIED
E-mail: michel.pimbert@iied.org
Web URL
http://www.iied.org/NR/agbioliv/ag_liv_projects/t5proj01.html
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- International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) (Organisation O0040)