01/12/2015
por Maria Vittoria Moretti
Para descargar el boletín:
http://media.wix.com/ugd/688985_8be043481c01466aa75061a15c59ec5c.pdf
Visite http://www.serraniagua.org/
2015/12/01
La Chagra: un espacio socio-agrícola para las comunidades indígenas de la Amazonía colmbiana @serraniagua
Para descargar el boletín:
http://media.wix.com/ugd/688985_8be043481c01466aa75061a15c59ec5c.pdf
2015/02/02
2015/01/31
INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF SOILS (IYS 2015)
2015 INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF SOILS
"The IYS 2015 aims to increase awareness and understanding of the importance of soil for food security and essential ecosystem functions critical for life (World Soil Day FAO, Dec 2014)."
Soils contribute to the maintenance of a number of environmental services in addition to perform several vital functions, some of which are shown in the above picture.
Soils are exploited everyday by human activities, some of which are not controlled or efficiently regulated by law.
Due to globalization and the increasing food demand, intensive farming, introduction of exotic species cultivation, cultivation of GMOs monocultures, are among the main causes of soil fertility and soil biodiversity loss.
These losses imply an alteration of the underground ecosystem equilibrium.
So, given these issues and considering the importance of soils, the deepening of our knowledge and understanding of all soil structure and dynamics is of vital importance.
FOR MORE INFO ON IYS 20015 SEE THE LINK:
http://www.fao.org/soils-2015/en/
Posted by: Maria Vittoria Moretti - Trésorière Association l'Agroécole
2015/01/23
THE CHAGRA SYSTEM
Soon available as downloadable PDF file the new article about the Chagra tradition of the indigenous communities of Amazonian Colombia, by Associaion l'Agroécole
TITLE:
The ‘Chagra’: a socio-agricultural space for the Amazonian indigenous
La 'Chagra': un espacio socio-agrícola para las comunidades indígenas de la Amazonia colombiana
2014/10/03
2014/06/25
Project Summary
Implementation of a demonstrative model to achieve food sovereignty in Cochabamba, Bolivia
The current agro-industrial model hides high risks for both population's and environmental health. Its ease of food access arouse dangerous dependencies for farmers and consumers. Moreover, the oligopoly of food production and marketing is leading to the empowerment of only a small part of the society. Another important threat of this model is the reduction of the agro-biodiversity due to the intensive monoculture of species. As a consequence, a worldwide reduction of many food varieties has been registered. The food sovereignty is at stake in most parts of the world.
The Association l'Agroécole is aimed to educate people on the themes of food sovereignty and eco-friendly food production practices through an “Education and Ecological Centre” settled in the municipality of Santibañez (Bolivia).
The project hereby proposed aims to sensitize target people towards the themes of food sovereignty and organic agriculture, providing support to local farmers against the intensive agribusiness industry and reducing the dependency of local consumers towards big supermarkets. This objective implies the development and implementation of a demonstrative and participative model to achieve food sovereignty in the town of Santibañez, Cochabamba (Bolivia). To reach this aim, the project will include a technical component which refers to the agricultural practices (design and application of the agro-ecological model) and a social component which involves the active participation of the target groups during the different project phases.
An time-length of 3 years is expected to fulfill the objective, after which the project is intended to be extended to other municipalities of the department of Cochabamba in the long term. The successful achievement of these objectives will provide great benefits to both people and environment.
MEMBERS & CONTACTS
MsC Environmental Science at Wageningen University (NL).
Currently working as Visitor Researcher at CIAT Center for Tropical Agriculture in Colombia.
Contact: erwansachet@gmx.com
Martha Vanegas - Vice-présidente Msc Forest and Nature Conservation at Wageningen University (NL). Currently working at (CIAT) Center for Tropical Agriculture in Colombia.
Contact: marthavanegas84@hotmail.com
Maria Vittoria Moretti - TrésorièreMsc in Environmental System Analysis at Wageningen University (NL).
Currently Olive Grove Restauration Project Manager at Az. Agricola "Podere la Saletta" (Florence, Italy).
http://maria-vittoria.wix.com/about-earth
Contact: maria.vittoria.moretti@gmail.com
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