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Enabling Local Communities to Develop and Scale up Ecoagriculture: A Grassroots Perspective
Author
Donato Bumacas, Delia Catacutan, Gladman Chibememe and Claire Rhodes
Editors
Sara J. Scherr and Jeffrey A. McNeely
Year
2006
Book Title
Farming with Nature: The Science and Practice of Ecoagriculture
Publisher
Island press
City of Publication
Washington, DC
Pages
286-307
Call Number
BC0240-07
Abstract:
Worldwide, local farming, herding, forest and fishing producers and their
communities demonstrate deep expertise in ecoagriculture management, and are responsible for conserving millions of hectares of natural habitat within and beyond public protected areas. Recognition of this expertise is growing, but the global community needs to take further action to appreciate and learn from the ecoagriculture knowledge and innovation demonstrated by grassroots practitioners worldwide. A high degree of incompatibility remains between the holistic management approaches employed by communities to sustain inter-linked livelihood objectives, and the institutional environment within which they are constrained to operate. This chapter addresses priority actions required at the local, national and international levels to support, build upon and mobilize community-based ‘ecoagriculture’ expertise by respecting and building upon the existing knowledge base from the ‘bottom-up’, valuing and engaging local communities as true, equitable partners in decision-making processes
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