Agro-forestry is a collective name for land-use systems and technologies where woody perennials (trees, shrubs, palms, bamboos, etc.) are deliberately used on the same land-management units as agricultural crops and/or animals, in some form of spatial arrangement or temporal sequence. Agro-forestry is a dynamic, ecologically-based, natural resource management practice that,…
Conservation Agriculture (CA) is an agro-ecosystems management approach aimed at improving and sustaining agricultural productivity, increasing profits and food security while preserving and enhancing the resource base and the environment. CA is characterised by three interrelated principles.
Integrated agriculture provides high quality food and other products by using natural resources and regulating mechanisms rather than polluting chemical inputs to secure sustainable farming. The agronomic techniques and biological / physical / chemical methods are carefully selected and balanced taking into account the health of people (i.e. farmers and…
This section addresses integrated farming approaches that have been promoted as alternatives to Green Revolution agriculture since the 1990s for self-sufficient farming. The New Theory farming system in Thailand and the VAC system in Vietnam (VAC in Vietnamese is Vuon, Ao, Chuong which means “garden/pond/ livestock pen”) consist in highly…
Organic agriculture aims at sustaining the health of soils, ecosystems and people. It relies on ecological processes, biodiversity and natural cycles adapted to local conditions, rather than the use of chemical inputs with potentially adverse effects. Organic agriculture combines tradition, innovation and science to benefit the shared environment and promote…
The System of Rice Intensification, known as SRI is an agro-ecological approach for increasing rice productivity (and more recently other crops) by changing the management of plants, soil, water and nutrients.
ALiSEA Online Library contains a wide range of agro-ecology’s documents: backgrounds, case Studies and initiatives fact sheets, presentations, policy documents, toolkits and IEC Materials. All documents are searchable via their Agro-ecological School(s), country, or type. Access now.
The online ALiSEA Orientation was conducted with 23 representatives from four Unions of Agricultural Cooperatives (UACs) and 13 local non-governmental organizations (NGOs) on 15 March 2023. The meeting aimed at raising awareness of ALiSEA to relevant actors working in the field of agroecology. Through the session, participants learned about ALiSEA’s vision, goals, structure, interventions, small grant facility and especially how they could apply for a membership of ALiSEA. All questions from participants were about clarification on how to request to be an ALiSEA member. Following the event, four local NGOs and three UACs submitted letter of interests requesting to be ALiSEA member while another UAC and some other local NGOs are preparing the letter and will submit in the following months. The local NGOs and UACs that have submitted the letter of interest are listed as follows: NGOs Village Support Group (VSG) Akphivath Neary Khmer Organization (ANKO) Bayon Education and Development (BED) Youth Council of Cambodia (YCC) UACs Battambang Union of Agricultural Cooperatives (BUAC) Preah Vihear Mean Chey Union of Agricultural Cooperatives (PMUAC) Tramkak Union of Agricultural Cooperatives (TrUAC)
Cambodia ALiSEA Board Members organized the online thematic sharing workshop for 39 students and representatives from different organizations under the theme “Setting the scene of agroecology in Cambodia” on 27 March 2023. The objective of the event was to present and share knowledge and experiences about ALiSEA network and its future pathway on agroecology (AE) and safe food systems in Cambodia and key principles and practices of AE. Speakers in this workshop were as the following: 1-Mr. Thol Buntha, DPA-ALiSEA National Secretariat Officer (DPA), presented “Introduction to the ALiSEA Network” in which he highlighted the network vision and goals, structure, members, interventions, action plan 2023, funding partners, small grant facility and the process to become ALiSEA members. 2-Ms. Celia Del Campo Aragones, ALiSEA Theory of Change, Monitoring & Evaluation Coordinator (DCA), shared her knowledge and experience on “Exploring key principles and practices of agroecology”. Her presentation covered introduction to agroecology, sustainable food systems, linkage FAO elements and HLPE principles, FAO-HLPE elements of agroecology, ALiSEA Cambodia agroecology principles and evolution of the ALiSEA principles. 3-Mr. Hou Sorith, ALiSEA Knowledge Management Coordinator from Ecosystem Services and Land Use (ECOLAND), presented “ALiSEA network future pathway to AE and safe food systems in Cambodia” […]
Date: Tuesday 9th May 2023 Time: 1:30 to 4:30pm (Hanoi, Vientiane, Phnom Penh, Bangkok Time) Zoom link: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMsf-yorTMvHdeoyQsfG84HsYkXaI6BSA6e Organized by ALiSEA Network and GRET Networking of Actors to Support Changes About Partnership, Governance & Sustainability of networking: “What needs do we address?” Introduction ALiSEA Network is an open coalition of stakeholders united around the promotion of agroecology in the Greater Mekong Sub-Region. Initiated in 2015, it was established in response to the need to bridge and synergize the many ongoing initiatives, convinced that cooperation is a crucial factor in scaling up agroecology. Making a link between practitioners and supporters sharing and supporting common goals on agroecology, it aims at providing meaningful benefit for all participants. ALiSEA works at local and regional levels, and currently counts five countries: Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam and Thailand. It gathers to date over 150 members from different backgrounds and approaches: CSOs and NGOs, Farmer organizations, Research & Academia, Private Sector, Government. The network has 3 folded objectives: Strengthen knowledge and experience sharing among agroecological initiatives and actors. Increase visibility and credibility of agroecological movement towards policy makers and consumers. Scaling up the development and adoption of agroecological practice among farmers. This webinar on “Strengthening Actor […]
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