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Thursday, June 2, 2022

Farmers’ Organisations Leading Research & Innovation on agroecology

2 June 2022
. FO-RI launch event: Farmers’ Organisations Leading Research & Innovation on agroecology

The objective of this global Action, defined and carried by FOs, is to contribute to a sustainable and profitable transformation of agriculture and food systems with a focus on 'sustainable, viable and productive agro-ecology for all'.

Specific objective of the global Action are:
  1. Valorising and strengthening local capacities and local knowledge at farm level, boosting local, frugal and social innovations with an agroecological vision
  2. Broadening the impact of agroecological innovations, including technical, social and institutional dimensions by inspiring FOs and their partners to strengthen the capacities of their members, identify new services required for agroecological innovations
  3. Increasing the research capacities of FOs with research specific methods adapted to farmers’ needs and capacities
  4. Strengthening ongoing collaborative policy processes between FOs, agricultural research and governments. Intensifying the generation and dissemination of agroecological innovations based on farmers knowledge and experiences to address the constraints limiting the sustainable and profitable transformation of agriculture and food systems

Jun 2, 2022 Partners from Asia and Pacific Islands

  • Aleksandra Parcinska Programme Manager FO-RI AGRICORD / moderator
  • Alessia Musumarra / AgriCord CEO Opening and welcome 
  • Kyle Stice, Director Pacific Island Farmers Organisation Network Why we need FO-RI through the lens of a farmer
  • Bernard Triomphe CIRAD · Département Scientifique Environnements et Sociétés (ES)
  • Katja Vuori Programme Advisor AGRICORD / moderator
  • Christophe Larose, Head of Sector, Sustainable Agriculture,  INTPA/European Commission
  • Escipión Joaquín Oliveira Gómez, Assistant Secretary General OACPS Department of Structural Economic Transformation and Trade
  • Gabriela Quiroga Gilardoni AgriCord 
  • Alessandro Meschinelli GFAR - Consultant - Collective Action for Forgotten Foods. He shared the resource: Selected criteria for assessing quality of research partnerships with spider diagram.pdf #2 p.
A brief showcase of 13 action research projects from 16 countries for advocacy and lobbying on the regional level / moderated by AgriCord
  • Alessia Musumarra / AgriCord CEO End notes
  • Peddie Baclagon (see picture) Philippine Programme Manager - We Effect
  • Kahlil Apuzen-Ito (see picture) soil scientist and project director, with the Foundation for Agrarian Reform Cooperatives in Mindanao (FARMCOOP), a non-governmental organization that serves over 6,000 community-based and indigenous family farmers in Mindanao, Philippines

Jun 2, 2022 Partners from Africa, the Caribbean and Latin America

  • Ousmane Ndiaye AgriCord Board member and Vice-President Opening and welcome 
  • Mamadou Cissokho, Honorary President of ROPPA and CNCR Why we need FO-RI through the lens of a farmer 
  • Christophe Larose, Head of Sector, Sustainable Agriculture,  INTPA/European Commission
  • Escipión Joaquín Oliveira Gómez, Assistant Secretary General OACPS Department of Structural Economic Transformation and Trade
A brief showcase of 13 action research projects from 16 countries for advocacy and lobbying on the regional level / moderated by AgriCord
  • Alessia Musumarra / AgriCord CEO End notes 

Background:

FO-RI : Farmers Organisations Leading Research & Innovation on agroecology for sustainable food systems (FO-RI)

Objectives : The main goal of this action is to drive a transition towards resilient, productive and sustainable agroecological food systems through farmer-led innovation and research.

Implementing organization: Agricord

Localisation: 16 countries in Africa (Burkina, Mali, Senegal, Cameroun, Burundi, RDC, Madagascar, Tanzania), Asia (Philippines), Pacific (Fiji, Tonga, Solomon Islands and Samoa), Caribbean (Haiti) and Latin America (Brazil & Uruguay).

Funding and co-funding:
  • Total budget: EUR 10.338.442
  • EU Contribution: 95% = EUR 9.828.421
  • Duration: 5 years (February 2022 to December 2026)
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Kahlil Apuzen-Ito on defining the terms: Heritage, Landscapes, Indigenous Empowerment

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