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SHARING KNOWLEDGE FOR A STRONGER AGROECOLOGY MOVEMENT IN EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA
RECORDINGS & RESOURCES / ЗАПИСИ И РЕСУРСЫ
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COORDINATION & FACILITATION: Joanna Bojczewska joanbo@posteo.net
CO-FACILITATION: Caroline Ledant caroline.ledant@scholacampesina.org
INTERPRETING: Russian – Maria Anisimova maria.anisimova@scholacampesina.org, Romanian – Ilie Banar iliebanar@gmail.com
NOVEMBER 2022
DIALOGUE #1 Thursday 13th Nov 2022 (recording internal to BILIM) – ECA AGROECOLOGY SCHOOLS TOOLKIT FOR ORGANISATIONS AND FACILITATORS with Joanna Bojczewska, AgroPermaLab, Poland
RESOURCES:
AGROECOLOGY GUIDEBOOK – BRIDGING GENERATIONS THROUGH KNOWLEDGE SHARING pdf
PEASANT AGROECOLOGY SCHOOLS AND THE PEASANT-TO-PEASANT METHOD OF HORIZONTAL LEARNING toolkit
DEMOCRATIZING KNOWLEDGE AND WAYS OF KNOWING FOR FOOD SOVERIEGNTY, AGROECOLOGY, AND BIOCULTURAL DIVERSITY book chapter
JANUARY 2023
DIALOGUE #2 Thursday 12th Jan 2023 – HOW AGROECOLOGY SCHOOLS STRENGTHEN FARMING COMMUNITIES AND ECONOMIES IN INDIA with Chukki Nanjundaswamy – Amrita Bhoomi, India
RESOURCES:
CHUKKI NANJUNDASWAMY – AGRICULTURAL HERO article
AMRITA BHOOMI ORGANISATION website
AMRITA BHOOMI case study PDF
AMRITA BHOOMI video
DIALOGUE #3 Thursday 19th Jan 2023 – SCHOOLS WITHOUT WALLS: AGROECOLOGY SCHOOLS AND FARMS FOR COMMUNITY LEARNING, DIALOGUE AND RESEARCH with Joanna Bojczewska, AgroPermaLab, Poland
RESOURCES:
PILOTING AGROECOLOGY TRAINING IN POLAND website
AGROPERMALAB – EU RURALISATION CASE STUDY article
AGROECOLOGY DECLARATION FOR POLAND statement
NATIONAL NETWORK OF EDUCATIONAL FARMS map PERMACULTURE HOLDINGS map
GARDEN IN YOUR HANDS interactive web-doc
DIALOGUE #4 Thursday 26th Jan 2023 – RURAL WOMEN’S AND YOUTH’S ROLE IN AGROECOLOGY with Elizabeth Mpofu – former General Coordinator of La Via Campesina, small-scale organic farmer, Zimbabwe
RESOURCES:
AFRICAN WOMEN’S COLLABORATIVE FOR HEALTHY FOOD SYSTEM video website
VOICES FOR CHANGE: ELIZABETH MPOFU, LA VIA CAMPESINA video
ZIMBABWE SMALLHOLDER ORGANIC FARMERS FORUM website facebook
FARMING MATTERS ARTICLES ON WOMEN: women pastoralists; women farm; agroecology & gender equality;
WE ARE ORGANISED AND WE KNOW WHAT WE WANT article
FAO INTERNATIONAL AMBASSADOR FOR THE YEAR OF PULSES (2016) website
FEBRUARY 2023
DIALOGUE #5 Thursday 9th February 2023 – MAPPING AGROECOLOGICAL TERRITORIES: BUILDING COLLABORATION BETWEEN ACADEMIA AND FARMERS with Lili Balogh, Hungarian Agroecology Network
RESOURCES:
MAPPING AGROECOLOGY IN HUNGARY study
MAPPING THE DEVELOPMENT OF AGROECOLOGY IN EUROPE pdf
BIOEAST STUDY AGROECOLOGY pdf
MAPPING AGROECOLOGY INITIATIVES IN EU report
AGROCOLOGY GROWS IN HUNGARY article
EIT Food Regeneratív Mezőgazdaság Forradalma képzés 2022 video
DIALOGUE #6 Thursday 16th February 2023 – UNLEARNING OPPRESSION & POWER HIERARCHIES IN ORGANISATIONS WITH THEATRE AND COLLECTIVE REFLECTION with Ruth Cross / La Bolina, Spain
RESOURCES
DISCONNECT, BY LA BOLINA video
LA BOLINA – ON ESSENTIAL VEHICLE FOR PERSONAL AND SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION pdf
THE AESTHETICS OF THE OPPRESSED pdf
ALL ON THE GROUND, BY LA BOLINA video
DIALOGUE #7 Thursday 23th February 2023 – FARMER TRAININGS, FARM CONSULTATIONS, FIELD EXPERIMENTS AND AGROECOLOGY EDUCATION with Mariam Jorjadze – Biological Farming Association Elkana, Georgia
RESOURCES:
ELKANA website, Fb, YT channel, Fb Consultancy, Fb Hazelnut Farmers
BREAD FESTIVAL GEORGIA www
GEORGAPHICAL IDENICATION TO PROMOTE UNIQUE TASTES IN GEORGIA article
MAKING WINE IN QVEVRI – A UNIQUE GEORGIAN TRADITION pdf
RESTORING PEASANTS’ DIGNITY article
CONTRIBUTION OF ORGANIC FARMING TO GEORGIA’S AGROBIODIVERSITY article
ELKANA PUBLICATIONS AND REPORTS www
MARCH 2023
DIALOGUE #8 Thursday 9th March 2023 – FARMERS’ SEED EDUCATION AND NETWORK BUILDING STRATEGIES with Mariana Seremet – Gradina Molodovei, Fb Moldova and Ayida Jamangulova – ADI Dyikan Muras, Kyrgyzstan
RESOURCES:
FARMERS’ SHOP IN KYRGYZSTAN CAPITAL TO SOLVE THE ISSUE OF ACCESS TO MARKET, article
THE DYIKAN MURAS SEED-SAVERS NETWORK IN KYRGYZSTAN article
KYRGYZ WOMEN FARMERS TRAINED IN PGS ORGANIC CERTIFICATION, article
SEEDING THE FUTURE: HOW TO INVEST IN EFFECTIVE AGROECOLOGICAL PRACTICES, article
MOLDOVAN SEEDS OF CHANGE, article
GRADINA MOLODOVEI: UNITED BY SEEDS AND CZECH-MOLDOVAN SEED LIBRARIES article
DIALOGUE #9 Thursday 16th March 2023 – RIGHTS TO KNOWLEDGE & UNDROP* – POLITICAL EDUCATION IN FARMERS’ & AGROECOLOGICAL ORGANISATIONS with Ramona Duminicioiu, Attila Szocs, Eco Ruralis, Romania
RESOURCES:
PEASANTS’ RIGHTS INTRODUCTION, slides
UNDROP TRAINING AGENDA, doc
VOLUNTARY GUIDELINES ON THE RESPONSIBLE GOVERNANCE OF TENURE OF LAND, FISHERIES AND FORESTS IN THE CONTEXT OF NATIONAL FOOD SECURITY pdf
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS 2030 website
UN DECADE FOR FAMILY FARMING 2019-2028 website
*Webinar supported by FAO project: Enhancing policy-making on rural development and smallholder support through the UN Decade of Family Farming 2019-2028 (TCP/RER/3804).
DIALOGUE #10 Thursday 23th March 2023 – DIGITALISATION FOR AGRICULTURE: PROTECTING FARMERS’ KNOWLEDGE AND THE GLOBAL GOVERNANCE OF FOOD SYSTEM with Andrea Ferrante, Schola Campesina; Paola Fava, Davide Montenovi, Jengalab, Italy
RESOURCES:
FOOD SYSTEMS AND DIGITALIZATION FROM A FOOD SOVEREIGNTY APPROACH, pdf
BILIM PLATORM FOR INTER-REGIONAL MULTI-LINGUAL EXCHANGE IN ECA, website
THE DIGITAL REVOLUTION IN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE. EXCITING PROMISES, MIXED RESULTS AND RISKY BET, article
FARM HACK, website
IT FOR CHANGE, website
APRIL 2023 Bridging Generations in Agroecology (BAG) With the support of the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union
DIALOGUE #11 Thursday 6th April 2023 KNOWLEDGE SHARING FOR FARMERS’ AUTONOMY AND COLLABORATION with
InterAfocg, farmers’ network, France: COLLECTIVE TRAINING ON FARM MANAGEMENT
Toekomstboeren, Farmers’ Organisation, Netherlands: BOERENVUUR: TRANSFORMATIVE LEARNING WITH PEASANT-TO-PEASANT IN THE NETHERLANDS
Schola Campesina, International Agroecology School, Italy: AGROECOLOGY SCHOOLS TO BUILD NETWORKS
RESOURCES:
AFOCG DOCUMENTARY film
VIDEO: TOEKOMSTBOEREN – WHO WE ARE film
HANDBOOK: CREATE YOUR OWN COMMONS FARM (IN DUTCH) pdf
AGROECOLOGY SCHOOLS DOCUMENT: DEFINITION & ELEMENTS pdf
BAG Farm Lifestyle Documentary film
DIALOGUE #12 Thursday 27th April 2023 EDUCATION FOR AGROECOLOGY TRANSFORMATION with
HNEE – University for Sustainable Development in Eberswalde, Germany – MAKING A DIFFERENCE TOGETHER – NETWORKS BETWEEN SCIENCE AND PRACTICE
ZIARNO Ecological-Cultural Association, Poland – ECOLOGICAL FOLK HIGH SCHOOL – TEACHING AGROECOLOGY IN GRUNDTVIGIAN STYLE
Swiss School of Biodynamic Agriculture, Switzerland -HOW THE BIODYNAMIC FARMERS CREATED ONE OF THE MOST INNOVATIVE FARMERS SCHOOLS IN SWITZERLAND
RESOURCES:
WELCOME TO THE INNOVATION FORUM FOR ORGANIC FARMING IN BRANDENBURG website
TP ORGANICS – EUROPEAN TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM pdf (p. 23-25)
THE KAROLINENHOF FARM SHORT DOCUMENTARY film
ZIARNO PUBLICATIONS LIBRARY website YOUTUBE channel
ECOLOGICAL FOLK HIGHSCHOOL website
SWISS SCHOOLS OF BIODYNAMIC AGRICULTURE website
DIALOGUE #13 Thursday 25th May (confirmed) – CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY AND AGROECOLOGY: PARTICIPATION OF CIVIL SOCIETY FOR IMPLEMENTATION, Polina Shulbaeva – Aborigen Forum, Russia
RESOURCES:
CENTRE FOR SUPPORT OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE NORTH website
CULTURAL SURVIVAL website
CULTURAL SURVIVAL’S STATEMENT REGARDING COP15 DECISIONS statement
INTERNATIONAL INDIGENOUS FORUM ON BIODIVERSITY webiste
CBD DECISION 15/28. BIODIVERSITY AND AGRICULTURE pdf
NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY STRATEGIES AND ACTION PLANS (NBSAPS) library
DECISION OF THE COP15 / CP-MOP10 / NP-MOP4 UNITED NATIONS BIODIVERSITY CONFERENCE, 7-19 DECEMBER 2022 pdf
SEARCH YOUR COUNTRY’S WORK ON CBD website
SECOND REGIONAL DIALOGUE ON BIODIVERSITY MAINSTREAMING ACROSS AGRICULTURAL SECTORS IN EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA: ACCELERATING NATIONAL ACTION event
AGROECOLOGY SCHOOLS’ TOOLKIT: THURSDAY DIALOGUES IN 2023. This knowledge-sharing series is a part of the project Sharing knowledge for a stronger agroecology movement in Europe and Central Asia (ECA), supported by Agroecology Fund. It is hosted for and by the ECA Community of Practice on Agroecology BILIM and presents tools and experiences for organising and facilitating agroecology schools. Built on 11 Pillars of the Nyéléni Declaration on Agroecology (2015), the network promotes strengthening of existing agroecology initiatives, facilitates the emergence of new Agroecology Schools and coordinates advocacy work for small-scale producers’ rights based on UNDROP (United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas).
AGROECOLOGY SCHOOLS have become strategic spaces of social movements for scaling up agroecology, strengthening the work for food sovereignty and engaging people, especially youth, in agroecology. An Agroecology School is a self-organised safe space where farmers share knowledge and wisdom on a peer-to-peer principle. The School’s methodology is rooted in years of experience of the work done by La via Campesina in the methodology campesino-a-campesino. Being autonomous of governments or formal adult education institutions, Agroecology Schools bridge the gap between practical and theoretical knowledge, as well as technical and political skills and provide a platform to unite learning and knowledge-sharing with action research and civic engagement. They are holistic and empowering, including two-way learning processes between policy makers, researchers and farmers to build strategic networks and prioritising peasant knowledge at the heart of food system transformation.
The series is a part of the inter-regional project “Sharing knowledge fro stronger Agroecology Movement in ECA” co-funded by Agroecology Fund: Collaboratives and RITA: Co-Financing. Contact & facilitation: Joanna Bojczewska joanna@agropermalab.org