This document discusses alternatives to conventional agriculture that are more sustainable and community-focused. It proposes agroecology using multicropping instead of monocropping to preserve biodiversity. Small farmers struggle with the costs of organic certification, so the document suggests trust-based community certification instead. A community/farmer-led approach can identify best agroecological practices and collectively promote local food sovereignty. Strengthening links between producers and consumers through local marketing systems is recommended. Overall it argues for investing in education, identifying best practices, and building connections to strengthen smallholder food producers and diverse rural communities.

1. INVESTMENT IN AGROECOLOGY
Present Situation:
 Monocrop Vs.Mutlicroping
 Loss of Bio Diversty-Water&Soil
Contamination
 Reduction of our Food Basket
&Contaminate our Food
 Alternative - Multicropping for Food
and Income

2. Organic Farming vs. Traditional
Agriculture
 Can afford only big farmers, elite people
 -Certification is expensive for small food
producers/farmers
 -Documentation is very complicated and
less time for farming activities
 Alternative is Traditional Farming: It will
revive the traditional knowledge &
practices
 Use modern facilities to strengthen
Traditional agriculture for the present &

3. Agency Certification vs. Community
Certification
 Organic product need Certification from
Industrial/Corporate agencies to access market
 Expensive for small Farmers
 Documentation is very complicated and thus less
time for farming activities
 Alternative - Trust based community
Certification. It is the responsibility of the
community to monitor the Farming Activities
locally.

4. Relevance and Scope of Community/Farmer
Lead Approach in Agro ecology
 Can identify best Agro ecological Practioners
from local community like SEED SAVERS -
TRADITIONAL LAW COST CROPS MAINTAINING
PRACTIONERS – PEST CONTROLING
TECHNIQUES
 It is a collective effort to protect and promote
agro ecology locally.
 Farm Planning: a tool to strengthen Agro
ecology-Elderly expert farmers can help other
farmers to plan their farm – Historical analysis of
the farm- Profiling of the Farm – SWOT Analysis
and Plan of Action

5. What can be done
 Implement or Practice community Lead
Food Sovereignty Actions
 Local community can take the stock of
Food Production, Animal Husbandry, and
Entrapreunership in Food Processing.
 Based on this data they could initiate a
plan and develop a local Marketing
System

6.  Develop Producer and Consumer Linkages
 Promotion of Local marketing system
 Direct Marketing (Priority for Local, Regional and
National)
 Solidarity Economy (Priority for Local, Regional
and National)
 Fair Trade (Priority for Local, Regional and
National)

7. Recommendations:
 Identify and Consolidate the Best Viable/
PracticalAgro ecological Practioners from Asian
countries with diverse in nature.
 Promote the Linkages with the best Agro
ecological Practioners with Local youth and
Children,Accademic people, decision Makers,
Political & Religious Leaders
 Promote and strengthen Producer = Consumer
relation ships

8. Investment in:
 Formal and non-formal education
 Identification and consolidation of Best
Practices
 Strengthening the small holder fod
producers and diverse rural communities
 Building and strengthening Linages in
between best Practioners and others,
Producer and consumer
 Widening this concept and its practice