Thursday, October 6, 2022

Transforming Food Systems through Agroecology in Asia and the Pacific


5 - 7 October 2022
. Hybrid Event, Bangkok – Thailand. The Asia-Pacific Symposium on Agrifood Systems Transformation
The Symposium aims to provide a platform for exchange of knowledge and foster learning across agrifood systems to accelerate this transformative process.

6th of October. As part of this, a side event was organized focusing on the Coalition for Transforming Food Systems through Agroecology with the Agroecology Transformative Partnership Platform and the Coalition. This event was organized around three segments: 
  1. Agroecology Coalition and progress in CFS policy recommendation implementation at the national level; 
  2. Ongoing initiatives led by countries (Cambodia, Vietnam, China) and Farmers Association, and;
  3. Agroecological transformation at the national level: Perspectives from non-members of the Agroecology Coalition (Nepal, Pacific, India).

Introduction session

  • Pierre Ferrand, Agriculture Officer, FAORAP
  • The Agroecology Coalition and the tracking of the implementation of the CFS policy recommendationsDr Fergus Sinclair, Chief Scientist CIFOR-ICRAF & Co-convenor Transformative Partnership Platform on Agroecology
  • The Conservation Agriculture and Sustainable Intensification Consortium (CASIC) in CambodiaH.E. Dr Saruth Chan, Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Cambodia
  • The Vietnamese Strategic National Action plan to Responsible, Sustainable and Transparent Food
  • Systems, 2021-2030 - Ms. Pham Thi Hanh Tho, Vice-Director of the Centre for Agrarian Systems Research and Development (CASRAD), VAAS, Vietnam
  • Agroecology and Biotechnology, the case of China Dr Xu Jianchu, Regional Coordinator - East & Central Asia, ICRAF, Yunnan, China (virtual)
  • The Millions Voices Initiative: Citizen sciences to support agroecological transitions Ms Esther Penunia, general secretary (recorded presentation) Asian Farmers Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA)

Panel Agroecological transformation at the national level: Perspectives from non-members of the Agroecology Coalition.

  • Nepal: Ms Sabnam Shivakoti (see picture), Joint Secretary of the Food Security, and Food Technology Division, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development (virtual)
  • Pacific Commission (SPC): Ms Alisi Tuqa, Food Systems Programme Lead, Land Resources Division, SPC (KIWA initiative)
  • India: Mr Muralidhar Ganduri, Co-lead, Andhra Pradesh Community-managed Natural Farming (APCNF), Rythu Sadhikara Samstha (RySS) (virtual)

Agroecology Coalition Member organizations

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