Learning, from, with and in India: A study tour of the Agroecology Initiative
Friday, 2023/12/29 | 09:05:26
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CGIAR News; Dec 22 2023
Over the last two years of implementing the CGIAR initiative on agroecology, the team has experienced how the application of its principles varies from one context and country to the other. It is therefore important to witness firsthand these very different pathways to achieve agroecological transformations that all aim at enhancing food system resilience, equity and sustainability. The best-known Indian pathway is Natural Farming and the Initiative decided to go on a tour to see and understand the phenomena.
During recent years, agroecology has gained momentum in India as part of an effort to curb degradation of food, land, and water systems. Several state governments promote farming systems based on agroecological principles, including an approach pioneered by the Andhra Pradesh Community-Managed Natural Farming (APCNF) program, in which six million farmers were enrolled by 2022.
The study tour took place in November 2023 and included three moments: A visit of the initiative’s leadership team to Mandla in Madhya Pradesh where the initiative has recently started to work, followed by an exchange visit of 60 researchers, including 16 partner organizations from 8 countries to the Andhra Pradesh Community-Managed Natural Farming (APCNF) under the coordination of the non-profit Rythu Sadhikara Samstha (RySS), and finally a Partners Day and an Initiative Pause and Reflect workshop in Bangalore to devise 2024 initiative implementation based on what we learned over the first two years and this visit to India.
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