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.
In recent years, commercial practices have been promoted in the area of conservation agriculture. The Cambodia Agriculture and Sustainable Intensification Consortium (CASIC) aims to further augment the current Conservation Agriculture/Sustainable Intensification (CA/SI) and agroecology by bringing various regional stakeholders together to better understand how to make CA/SI more accessible to farmers through various (market) actors offering the services on a commercial/sustainable basis. This workshop will offer you an insight on country status, policies and progress toward CA/SI and agroecology. This workshop will also address technical challenges related to CA/SI broad-scale adoption, examine the management of CA/SI system complexities, and finally understand dissemination processes of CA/SI and agroecology technologies and practices. Participants will also get a glimpse of CA/SI and agroecology prospects from the regional stakeholders and development partners. If you are interested in this event, please register through: https://forms.gle/47vPWGEYBCPsyk7R7 Flyer is available to download here
Date: 26 August 2021 Time: 10h00 – 12h00 (Cambodian time) Venue: Online workshop Participant: All ALiSEA members, partners, researchers, educational institutions, and those people who are interested in agroecology. Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0lcuqorzotE90m69U7ybc3trzmhlorZTiO Language: Khmer Objectives To strengthen knowledge and experience sharing on Participatory Guarantee System (PGS) which is certified on agroecological products. To promote knowledge exchange and foster learning among ALiSEA members. To create a diversified space for knowledge sharing with all ALiSEA members in terms of standard of certification for agricultural products. Agenda of the workshop No. Contents Time Responsibility 1 Program introduction Objective of the workshop 10h00-10h10 Mr. Khoeurn Sokkheng (Eclosio, ALiSEA National Secretariat for Cambodia) Ms. Lucie Reynaud (GRET, ALiSEA Regional Coordinator) Session 1: NGO Sector Participatory Guarantee System (PGS) process and creation 10h10-10h35 Mr. Chan Sokha (CIRD) Q&A for session 1 10h35-10h45 All participants 2 Session 2: Farmer Safe Agricultural Production and Participatory Guarantee System (PGS) Certification 10h45-11h00 Miss Duch Ses Mis Som Chanchhorvy Q&A for session 2 11h00-11h10 All participants 3 Session 3: Private Sector Market Access for Safe Agricultural Products 11h10-11h25 Mis Bun Sieng (NAVS) Q&A for session 3 11h25-11h35 All participants 4 Recap of the workshop 11h35-11h40 Mr. Khoeurn Sokkheng Speakers Chan Sokha: […]
Background The food systems in the region have undergone important changes over the past decades, mostly due to rapid economic growth, increasing population and demographic shifts, rapid urbanization, rural and urban transformation, changing food consumption behavior and climate change (FAO, 2018). The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on agriculture have been exacerbated by the way in which the current industrial farming system is set up (Altieri and Nicholls 2020), and have impacted in particular family farmers (World Bank 2020; OXFAM 2020), who represent the majority of farmers in the region1. Agroecology as a holistic approach can contribute in addressing these challenges and can go a long way in transforming food and agriculture systems to build an inclusive, safe, sustainable and resilient society. There are over 6000 Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in ASEAN region alone (ASEAN Secretariat, 2014). They can provide a powerful opportunity in building a new generation of farmers, extensionists and policy makers to address the challenges faced by agrifood systems in Asia. However, no study has adequately documented or assessed how Agroecology (including sustainable and climate resilient agriculture, community sustainability issues) is prioritized, supported, studied or applied among HEIs, and more broadly, among Academia and Research Institutions (ARIs), […]
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