Agroecology and Advocacy: Innovations in Asia

The Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Development and the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy have produced a new report documenting successful approaches in three countries: Cambodia, Philippines, Indonesia. The three case studies presented in this report represent successful approaches, both in terms of the techniques they have applied, and because of the active involvement of farmers’ organizations in changing the policies needed to ensure their success.

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Highlights on Scaling Up of the IBS Program in DRC

The Integrated Bioeconomy System (IBS) as developed and practiced by Bioeconomy Africa is a process of farmer training based on sound ecological principles which, through minimal external inputs, results in dramatically increased farm yields. It was initiated in Ethiopia. Currently over forty thousand model farmers from various parts of Africa have been trained.

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