http://asiadhrra.org/wordpress/2009/02/24/workshop-summary-ensuring-food-security-in-asean-community/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=workshop-summary-ensuring-food-security-in-asean-community Building partnerships to develop leaders and communities in rural Asia Mon, 23 Jan 2012 02:40:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://asiadhrra.org/wordpress/2009/02/24/workshop-summary-ensuring-food-security-in-asean-community/comment-page-1/#comment-2152 Jacqueline Haessig Alleje Wed, 04 Mar 2009 05:46:11 +0000 http://asiadhrra.org/wordpress/?p=750#comment-2152 Regarding workshop summary "Ensuring Food Security in ASEAN community: 1. Sustainable forms of agricultural production May I suggest that we have a closer look at the benefits, potentials, and opportunities of organic farming in its diverse application. While organic farming advocates in its infant stage didn't have much of empirical data to make the benefits "measurable" to researchers and governments, there are many studies, experiential learnings, networks of producers around the globe that form the global organic community and therefore successfully show that organic is indeed a way to go. We might want to organize a specific workshop on this topic to evaluate on how we can use organic agriculture specifically to empower the small scale producers and to improve rural development in a sustainable way. A second concern that comes to my mind is the application of the principle of fairness from organic farming to our development strategies. Given the socio economic structure and economic dynamics of the non-agricultural sector in our communities, it might be high time to ask those industries to support agricultural initiatives as a long term goal towards sustainability and of course food security. It might be important to start a roundtable discussion around this topic. Regarding workshop summary “Ensuring Food Security in ASEAN community:
1. Sustainable forms of agricultural production
May I suggest that we have a closer look at the benefits, potentials, and opportunities of organic farming in its diverse application. While organic farming advocates in its infant stage didn’t have much of empirical data to make the benefits “measurable” to researchers and governments, there are many studies, experiential learnings, networks of producers around the globe that form the global organic community and therefore successfully show that organic is indeed a way to go. We might want to organize a specific workshop on this topic to evaluate on how we can use organic agriculture specifically to empower the small scale producers and to improve rural development in a sustainable way.
A second concern that comes to my mind is the application of the principle of fairness from organic farming to our development strategies. Given the socio economic structure and economic dynamics of the non-agricultural sector in our communities, it might be high time to ask those industries to support agricultural initiatives as a long term goal towards sustainability and of course food security. It might be important to start a roundtable discussion around this topic.

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