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Enabling Environment and Policy Support for Agroecology

Fr. Francis B. Lucas Chairperson Emeritus, Asian NGO Coalition for Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (ANGOC) Alliance Against Hunger and Malnutrition (AAHM) Regional Node. Enabling Environment and Policy Support for Agroecology.

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Enabling Environment and Policy Support for Agroecology

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  1. Fr. Francis B. Lucas Chairperson Emeritus, Asian NGO Coalition for Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (ANGOC) Alliance Against Hunger and Malnutrition (AAHM) Regional Node Enabling Environment and Policy Support for Agroecology

  2. Conserving Agrobiodiversity = Survival of Life on Earth

  3. Life/SurvivalAGRO ECOLOGY AND AGRO BIODIVERSITY Increase of Synthetics/ Technology Population Growth GNP/GDP WD Econ.Growth Rapid Industrialization of new economies Most vulnerable are the Poor. • Small Food Producers; most dependent eco systems and Biodiversity for Survival Climate Change Ecosystem destruction Agricultural Population Agricultural Land INEQUITY OBESITY MALNOURISHED

  4. Loss of Biodiversity (Source: FAO, 1999 www.fao.org/FOCUS/E/Women/Biodiv-e.htm) 75% of Plant genetic diversity in Agriculture lost since 1900s 90% of Crop varieties lost from farmers’ fields Half of domestic animal breeds gone Fishing grounds overfished, Deforestation from agricultural expansion, urbanization and natural disasters Only 12 plants and 5 animal species generate 75% of the world’s food. Why? • Industrialization leading to Reductionist Science • Commercialization of food production; IPRs of PGRs • Consumerism, changing consumption patterns

  5. Sustainable Agriculture ! Who practices S.A.? SA conserves the seeds of life, the genetic resources that could feed the planet, in a sustainable, equitable, ecological and healthy balance of eco systems

  6. The Boon and Bane of Green Revolution

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