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AgroEcolgy and Sustainable Food Systems
PARVIZ KOOHAFKANWorld Agricultural Heritage Foundation
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Current Food System
• Over 7 billion people more than half of them in the cities
• Near1 billion have too little to eat• 1.6 billion eat too much• Wasting > 30% of food
Deforestation in Sumatra for pulp and palm oil production [Greenpeace, The Guardian 8-20-2010]
Post 2015 Sustainable Development Model
Econom
y
Society
Environment
Sustainability
CultureValues, traditions, behaviours, relationship
Sustainable Food System Must!!!
• Be centred on people and based on rights
• Adopt an integrated, territorial approach
• Build capacities to manage changes
• Redress power disparities through good governance
• Involve a long term policy commitment
• Be adequately supported and resourced
Urgent Need for Sustainable Food Systems
• More Human and in harmony with nature• biologically and culturally diverse• small scale, family operated and economically
viable for small farmers• socially just and participatory decision making• Local production with more direct farmer-
consumer links• community based recognizing the rights of
indigenous people and the role of women
Rebuilding Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems requires combination of:
Culture:Indentity, Social
cohesion &SpiritualValues
Markets:Accessability, Affordability
Including externalities &PES
Health:Human
& Ecosystem
Knowledge:Scientific
&Traditional
Biodiversity
Human Health
Food Security
EnvironmentalHealth
EmploymentGeneration
A major Opportunity: Agro-ecology• Originally, Altieri (1983) defined agro-ecology as the
application of ecological principles to agriculture.
• Twenty years later, agro-ecology was enlarged to the whole food system linking production with the food chain and consumers.
• More recently, Wezel et al. (2009) concluded that agro-ecology means combination of a scientific discipline, agricultural practice, and political or social movement for Food soveranity.
AGROECOLOGY
Ecology
Anthropology
Ethnoecology
Sociology
Basic agricultural
sciences
Ecological economics
Biological Control
Traditional Farmers’
knowledge
Principles
Specific technological forms
Participatory research in
farmers’ fields
Bringing together
oEcosystem DiversityoSocio-economic DiversityoCultural DiversityoCulinary DiversityoCurative Diversity
Use of Agro-ecological strategies
Animalintegration
Green manuares
Organicamendments
Rotations
Polycultures
Another major opportunity also Challenge: Small holders and Family Farming
• Produce the bulk of the global food
• Are the largest number of stewards for the environment and its services including biodiversity,
• Higher and sustainable productivity increase at their level will have a major impact on poverty reduction, economic growth, Biodiversity conservation, climate change mitigation and adaptation:
• Win Win Win Win…
Third Major opportunity:
Dynamic Conservation
of
AGRICULTURAL HERITAGE SYSTEMS
BringingCulture in
Agri-Culture
Culture is: Standing on
the shoulders of ancestors
Saving Unique Agricultural Heritage Systems at risk
Oases of the Maghreb, Morocco
China Rice Fish
Lemon Garden, Italy
Investing on all Rural Assets and People
Financial Capital:money, savings
Natural Capital:nature’s goods and services
(waste assimilation, pollination, storm protection, water supply,
leisure, wildlife)
Social Capital: cohesiveness of people
and societies - trust, reciprocity, rules and norms,
networks and institutions
Physical Capital:infrastructure
Human Capital:the status of individuals - health, skills, knowledge
Intensificationwithout Simplification
Empowering women and Working with local communities
• Food security, employment and economic opportunities by supporting family farming
• Revitalizing local economies and bringing back the cultural identity
• Conserving agro-biodiversity and genetic resources
• Recognizing and valorizing the cultural identity
• Value-adding products and services of diversified Agroecologically Managed Systems
Opportunities of Agroecology for Sustainable Food system
Proposals for Agro-ecology Knowledge Hub
• Documenting Agro-ecological knowledge and practices
• Assessing and Researching Agro-ecological resiliencies to climate change
• Geo-referencing and Geo-tagging of Farmers’ Assets Knowledge and Heritage
• Registering Farmers’ Knowledge throughCrowed Sourcing and Social Networking• Linking agro-ecological science to Farmers local
knowledge
FEW WORDS ABOUT WAHFAn International NGO, Similar to ICOMOS or ICCROM in the context of World Heritage Convention of UNESCO, to Support countries in their GIAHS assessment and designation through:• Policy support• Technical Assistance• Fund Raising, • Education &Training• Advocacy
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