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D e v e l o p i n g a E u r o p e a n A g r o e c o l o g y L e a r n i n g a n d
T r a i n i n g N e t w o r k F i n a l V e r s i o n - J a n u a r y 6 , 2 0 1 7
Introduction: Learning, education and knowledgesharing are central process that can support theexpansion of the practical and political aspects ofagroecology, the autonomy of food producers and thepursuitoffoodsovereigntyinEurope.
Inorder toamplify agroecology inEurope,weneed tostrengthen the network of training and learninginitiatives to pool resources and coordinate educationand development strategies within farmers’organizations and society. Agroecology is above all aprocess to change society. The European Coordinationof Via Campesina (ECVC) is working with partnerorganisations and networks to link up agroecologylearning initiatives to develop a EuropeanAgroecologyLearningandTrainingNetwork.
As a first step, we connected with and 20 peopleinvolvedinEuropeanagroecologytrainingandlearning.Among other things, we asked participants how thenetworkcouldhelpwiththeirwork.Ideasincluded:
• Mutualexchangeofexperience• Jointfundingapplicationsandresourcesharing• Organizationalandadministrativesupport• Aforumforsharingresourcesandknowledge• Facilitationoffarmer-to-farmerexchanges• Campaigningtochangepolicy
InitialResearchFindingsAtaglance
Ouractionresearchintendstobetterunderstand the dynamics ofagroecology learning in training indifferent places and to uncover theopportunities and barriers for thefurther development of agroecology.Our main findings, detailed in thisbriefwere that agroecology learning:(seepages7-10forfulldetails):
§ Focusesonhorizontallearningapproaches
§ Amplifiesthedynamiclinksbetweenpoliticalandpracticallearning
§ Shouldconsiderthespecificityofplaceanddifferencesbetweenregionalandnationalcontext
§ Buildslocal,regionalandglobalnetworksformutualsupportandresourcing
Theactionresearchprojectthatformsthebasisofthisbriefisco-producedbytheEuropeanCoordinationofViaCampesina(ECVC)andtheCentreforAgroecology,WaterandResilience(CAWR)atCoventryUniversity.ThisbriefwaswrittenbyChrisMaughanandColinAndersonfromCAWRandMarionVizyfromECVC.SupportandadviceprovidedbyRupertDunn,IvanMammana,JyotiFernandez,JulienReynierandMichelPimbertandmembersofthetransitionalsteeringcommitteefortheEuropeanAgroecologyLearningandTrainingNetwork.Questionsandcommentscanbesentto:[email protected]@coventry.ac.uk
Formoreinformationpleasevisit:www.eurovia.organdwww.peoplesknowledge.org
WorkshopatMonktonWyldCourt,intheUK,locationofagroecologytrainingcentrecalledLandbase.
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Introduction:AgroecologyTrainingandLearning–GlobalMovement–EuropeanArticulation
Agroecologyisatooltomovetowardfoodsovereignty,whichis emerging as the most important agriculture and fooddevelopment paradigm in Europe, promoted by farmerorganisationsandsocialmovementsaroundtheworldworld(see also nyelenieurope.net). Agroecology is being taken uparound the globe as an approach that can addressmany oftheenvironmental,social,politicalandeconomicproblemsofindustrial agricultural systems, and especially to transfercontrol away from corporations and into the hands of foodproducersandcitizens.
“OurdiverseformsofsmallholderfoodproductionbasedonAgroecologygeneratelocalknowledge,promotesocialjustice,nurtureidentityandculture,andstrengthentheeconomicviabilityofruralareas.Assmallholderswedefendourdignitywhenwechoosetoproduceinanagroecologicalway.” -InternationalForumonAgroecology.
Themembers of the European Coordination Via CampesinadefinedAgroecologyfromaEuropeanperspectivein2014:
“Weunderstandagroecologyasaprocessofindividualandcollectivetransformation,aboveandbeyondspecificagroecologicaltechniquesandpractices.”
Learning, education and knowledge exchange have beencentral to the agroecology framework – reflecting acommitment to horizontal learning, diálogo de saberes(wisdomdialogues or dialogues of knowledges) and populareducation. There aremany exciting approaches andmodelsforthesehorizontal learning institutions intheGlobalSouth,but there is less understanding about what is happening inEuropeanterritoriesandcountriesandaneedtosupportcivilsocietypopulareducation,learningandtraininginitiatives.
How can these grassroots educational initiatives beconnectedupandstrengthenedtoadvanceagroecology,foodsovereigntyandtheautonomyof foodproducers inEurope?What are the most promising education approaches andinitiatives, what are the barriers, where are the gaps, andhowwecanworktogether?Howcanwepositionourselvestomobilizeresourcesthroughmainstreaminstitutionsandfunders(e.g.theE.U.)tosupportagroecology?ECVCandalliesarethusconveningthisnetworktoaddressthesequestionsandtoadvanceagroecologyandfoodsovereigntyinEuropethroughbottom-upformsofeducationandlearning.
AgroecologylearningreflectsthevisionofagroecologyoutlinedintheDeclarationoftheInternationalForumonAgroecology.
“The diverse knowledge and ways ofknowingofour peoples are fundamentaltoAgroecology.Wedevelopourways ofknowing through dialogue among them(diálogo de saberes). Our learningprocesses are horizontal and peer-to-peer, based on popular education. Theytake place in our own training centersand territories (farmers teach farmers,fishers teach fishers, etc.), and are alsointergenerational, with exchange ofknowledge between youth and elders.Agroecology is developed through ourown innovation, research, and crop andlivestockselectionandbreeding.”
Farmer-to-farmerlearninginFrance.InternationalForumforAgroecology,Mali.2015.
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EstablishingtheEuropeanNetwork:PhaseIThe goal of this work is to develop a European AgroecologyLearning and Training network. In the first or ‘transitionalphase’ (July 2016 to July 2017), we implemented aprocess that brings together someof the protagonistsin grassroots agroecology training and learning fromacross Europe todevelopanetwork. This first phaseincluded preliminary outreach and research, an in-persongatheringofapproximately150peopleandatNyéléni Europe (Cluj, Romania 2016), thedevelopmentofthenetworkandaplantoimplementabroadprogramthatwillenable:exchangeofexperience,funding bids and political work to strengthen farmerautonomy, food sovereignty and social movements. Theobjectivesofthistransitionalphasewereto:
§ Gain a better understanding of the common barriers and obstacles as well of the commonopportunitiesacrossEuropetoidentifyopportunitiesforcollectiveresponsesandjointprojectsthroughtheEuropeanAgroecologyLearningandTrainingNetwork.
§ StarttodevelopaEuropeanwidemapanddatabaseofthemostrelevantagroecologytraininginitiativesineachcountry.
§ Establish a formalnetwork andgoverning structure for a EuropeanAgroecology Learning andTraining Network to increase capacity for the exchange of best practices, international skill-sharing,collectivepoliticalactionandlargefundingbids.
§ Applyforfundstosupportthenetworkandthenationalandterritorialtraininginitiatives.§ Make connections between the European Region and the Global Agroecology Learning and
TrainingNetworkstobuildsolidarity
In the transitionalphase, spoke to20different representatives fromagroecology initiatives inEuropeandstartedaninitialmapofgrassrootsagroecologylearninginitiatives(seep.10)Theseinterviewshavebeenanalyzedtopulloutkeylearnings,themesandcommonchallengesandopportunities.Asummaryoftheseare includedattheendofthisbrief(pages7-10).Wearealsocoordinatingaseriesofeventsandprojectsoverthenextyear(seetimelinebelow)andarenowworkingtodevelopthegovernanceofthisemergingnetworkandtoinviteparticipation.
Timeline–Year1
Inibaloutreachandresearch
NyeleniEuropeMeebng(Cluj)
FAOEuropeanMeebng(Budapest)
Europeannetworkmeebng(U.K.)
LaViaCampesinaMeebngintheBasqueCountry
July-October(2016) October(2016) November(2016) February(2017) July(2017)
• Establishtransitionalsteeringgroup
• Contact20Europeanagroecologyinitiativesandinterviewbyphone
• InviteparticipantstoNyeleni
• Developresearchbrief
• Meetin-personwithagroecologytrainingorganizers
• Discussandplannetwork• Developprojectideas• Determinegovernancestructure
• Presentcaseforgrassrootsandhorizontallearningandtraining.
• Seekfundingopportunities
• Exchangeofexperiences• Potentialgrantwritingandprojectdevelopment
• Curriculumandresourcedevelopment
• Organizeside-eventforregionalAgroecologyTrainingnetworkstoexchangeexperienceandtoshowcaseagroecologylearningthroughvideosandexhibits.
Europeanmeetingonagroecologyandresearch.
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NyeleniEuropeMeeting
WeorganisedameetingattheNyeleniEuropeForumforFoodSovereigntytodevelopthenetworkinCluj-Napoca, Romania in October 2017. Many of the people we interviewed attended the meeting,whichincludedtheinvolvementofapproximately150peopleover3iterativeworkshops.Oneimportantoutcomeof themeetingwas the identificationofworkingareasasamechanismto identifyandcarryforwardactions.Theworkingareasidentifiedwereasfollows:
Workingarea Actions1.Appropriate
technologiesandtechniques
• Applyforfundingfortranslatingexistingresources• Establishawebsite–a‘databaseofdatabases’
2.Politicaltraining • Erasmus+applicationforpoliticaltrainingacrossEurope
3.Research • OrganisemeetingbetweentheNetworkandAgroecologyEurope• Collateallinfo/completemapping
4.Pedagogies(methodologiesandtheoriesforlearning)
• Consolidateresourcesonpedagogiesinagroecology(possiblyforwebsite)• ParticipatoryActionResearchprojecttodocumentandhighlightpedagogiesindifferentpartsofthenetwork
• Participateinerasamus+bids
5.CommunitySupportedAgricultureandprogressiveretailerssystems
• N/A(groupformedafterplanningsession)
6.AgroecologySchools
• MapexistingexamplesofEuropeanAgroecologySchools• Assembleteamofexpertstoassessqualityofeducationbeing
7.Seeds • Anetworkofnetworks.• Putonlineallthenetworksofpeoplewhoworkonseeds• Lobbyagainlegislationthatlimitsrightsofpeasantstoshareandusetheirownseeds
8.Globalnetwork • Completemapping• TwopeopletoconnecttoGlobalLVCnetwork• MeetinginFeb/March–needhelpwithlogistics• 7thLVCgatheringinBasquecountry–July2017• Beginorganisinginternationalexchanges
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PhotosfromNyeleniEuropeMeetinginCluj-Napoca,Romania.October26-30,2016.
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ConnectingtheEuropeanRegiontoLaViaCampesinaGlobalAgroecologyLearningandTrainingNetworkThedevelopmentofaEuropeanAgroecologyLearningandTrainingNetworkisintendedtolinkupwithandsupport the internationalmovementcoordinatedbyLaViaCampesina(LVC) tobuildAgroecologyLearning Institutions and Agroecology Schools in all regions of theworld. LVChas recognized thatagroecological,political andpracticaltraining and learning is a central process in the struggle for foodsovereigntyandshouldbeacentralpriorityofallregions,withafocuson regional leadership, women and youth, and should include LVCstaff. Each region is being encouraged to identify the issues andmethodologies that strengthen their national organizations andregionalprocessesbasedonacriticalassessmentofchallengesintheregionandhowtrainingwillhelptorespondtothem.SomeinitiativesatthegloballevelthroughLVCare:
• Establishing an International Working Collective of LVC on Training Processes that canfacilitate these processes aswell as the connections and exchanges between regions. TheVIILVCConference,heldintheBasqueCountryinJuly2017;
• Createavirtual librarywithprograms,courses,video,methodologicalmaterials,etc. thatcanbeaccessedbymembersacrosstheworld;
• StrengthenourcapacitytoworkinotherlanguagesbesideEnglish,SpanishandFrenchtoallowtheintegrationofmoreleadersintheworkattheregionalandinternationallevels;
• Asmuch as possible, trainings should be held at LVC's Agroecology Institutes (IALAs), to helpstrengthen our growing Articulation of Agroecology Schools. Continental meetings and aninternationalgatheringwilltakeplaceinthecomingyearstostrengthenthisArticulation.
• Communicationand informationexchange,aswellasexperiencessharing insideof LVC,arecrucial.Making informationmore readily available is an important part of strengthening ourinternaltrainingprocesses;
• Increase our collective capacity to mobilize resources needed for trainings, regionalarticulations,andtostrengthenourstruggles;
The key regional struggles, activities and mobilizations shoulddefine the trainingprocesses ineach region. International issuescanbeaddedasfarasrelevantfortheregion.Thus,theEuropeannetwork will be coordinating in relation to other regions of theworldwhereby:
1) Each region begins its discussion on what activities andinitiatives are needed to strengthen the movement in thatregion.
2) Each region defines its process towards the VII Conference.Thisprocesscanbecombinedwithspecifictrainingactivities;
3) Regions should begin sharing plans/proposals for trainingactivitiestobeimplementedbeforetheVIIConference
4) Eachregionshouldidentifyaminimumoftwomembers–onewoman,oneman–whowillcontributetothebuildingofthenewInternationalCollectiveonTrainingProcesses;
5) Each region identifies needs for technical skills-building orsupport that can strengthen regional capacity andarticulation. This can include, but is not limited to, technicaltrainingandsupport for regional staff inorder tostrengthenfinancialautonomyoftheregions.
TheNyeleniEuropemeeting,October2016inRomania,providedanopportunitytodiscusstheEuropeanRegionalnetworkandhowitconnectstotheglobalmovementforagroecologylearningandtraining.
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HighlightsofResearchFindingsfromPhase1This section represents a preliminary analysis of the twenty interviews we conducted withrepresentatives from agroecology training initiatives across Europe. These interviews generally lastedbetween40and90minutesandweaskedeachperson to:describe the initiative they’re involved in;what were the key dimensions of agroecology training; what actors support or hinder agroecologytraining;what is the role of the government and higher education institutions;what are the currentbarriersandopportunitiesinthecountry;andwhetheraEuropeannetworkwouldbeuseful,andifso,whatitcoulddo.
This research has so far revealed widespread support among the agroecology training initiativesrepresentedbyour interviewees for the ideaofcreatinganetwork thatcould increase thereachandcapacityforagroecologylearningandtraininginEurope. The research revealed a number ofcommon themes and issues which provideimportant considerations that should be takenintoaccountwhendevelopingthenetworkanditsactivities.
§ Theme1:Focusonhorizontallearningapproaches
§ Theme2:Dynamicsbetweenpoliticalandpracticaltrainingandlearning
§ Theme3:Consideringthespecificityofplaceintrainingandlearning
§ Theme4:Buildinglocal,regionalandglobalnetworksformutualsupportandresourcing
Theme1:Focusonhorizontallearningapproaches
Manyparticipantsdescribed their emphasison‘horizontal’ approaches to learning as thepreferred and most appropriate way to shareagroecological knowledges. Many of theinitiatives in fact already operate thisway andthe people we spoke with emphasized theimportanceoffarmer-ledandsocialmovementlearning networks including horizontal farmer-to-farmer learning, demonstration farms,agroecology schools and interculturalexchanges.
Many participants pointed out such anapproach is consistent with the 2015 NyéléniDeclaration (see ‘Background’ section, above).Beyond this, participants also commented onthe appropriateness of engaging small-scalefarmers this way, who have historically beenmarginalised and patronised through forms oftop down knowledge transmission approachesor where farmer knowledge is excluded frommainstream educational institutions (e.g.universities) that focus exclusively onprofessional agronomy,mainstreameconomicsand scientific knowledge. A horizontal
Farmer-to-farmer learningnetworkshavebeen increasinglyrecognized for their capacity to enable the transmission ofknowledge/innovation, mutual support, and sharing ofequipment, resources and facilities. Farmer-derivedinnovations are essential to agroecology and can beamplifiedandsharedthroughtheselearningnetworks.
L’atelier Paysan is a collective of small-scale farmers,employees and agricultural development organisations,gathered together as a cooperative in Southeast France.Based on the principle that farmers are themselvesinnovators, they have been collaboratively developingmethodsandpracticestoreclaimfarmingskillsandachieveself-sufficiency in relation to the toolsandmachineryusedin organic farming. They promote sharing farm-basedinventions, collectively developing new technologicalsolutions adapted to small-scale farming, and make theseskills and ideas widely available through courses andeducationalmaterials.“Farm Hack” is a farmer-to-farmer network that wasoriginally startedbyTheGreenhornsintheU.S.A., andhasbeen gainingmomentum in the U.K. FarmHack is foundedon theprinciplesofopensourcetechnologyand that toolsandtechniquesarealsosharedfreelyanddevelopedontheonlineforumfarmhack.net.Farmhackeventsbringtogetherfarmers, growers, fabricators, engineers and ITprogrammers to demonstrate and share tools, skills andideas through field demonstrations, practical workshops,seminars, entertainment, and sharing good food, local aleandculturalexchangessuchastompingceilidh.
CaseStudy1:Horizontallearningforthespreadoffarmerledinnovationinappropriate
technologiesL’AtelierPaysan(FR)andFarmHack(UK)
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pedagogicalapproachismoreattentivetothesocial,cultural,andenvironmentalspecificitiesofplace,centraltotheagroecologymovementasawhole.
Furthermore,oftenparticipantswereeagertopointoutthebenefitsofhorizontalformsoflearningformovement-building purposes. Working internationally and between a large range of participantbackgrounds it is importantthatnewentrants feelandother learners feel thattheyarewelcomeandhave something valuable to contribute rather than only acting as recipients of a one-way flow ofinformation.AsRupertDunnputit,
‘Peopleoftendon’twant to join the clubbecause they feel that they’vegot to changesomethingaboutthemselvesinordertodoit’.
Theme2:Dynamicsbetweenpoliticalandpracticaltrainingandlearning
Becauseagroecologyissimultaneouslypractical,scientificandpoliticalitrequirestrainingandlearningthat reflects thesedimensions. Indeed,participants expressed strongly thepotential of linkingup thepractical and political elements of agroecology learning. Joel Holmdahl from the Swedish Farmer’sOrganisationNOrdBrukdescribedthemultipledimensionsofagroecologylearning:
“So it’snot just thepracticeof forestryandagriculture it isalsoputting it intoasocialandpoliticalperspective…ithastobesustainablewaysofproductioninthelocalsettingthathastobeonepartofitandthenabsolutelyithastobeaquestionoforganisation,regardingthemarket…[and]whatpoliticalstrugglesandobstaclesneedtobetackledtoimplementagroecologyonabroadscale.”
Agroecologyoffersaneffectiveframeworkinwhichtocombinepoliticalandpracticaltrainingrelatedtosustainablefoodproduction.Almostallparticipantsdiscussed the urgent need to focus training onpolitical issues and to advance food sovereignty,and how by combining with the practical andtechnical learning, can be much more effective inengaging with a wider diversity of food producerswhomayotherwisebemorehesitant toengage inpolitical learning. Often, for practitioners, practicaltrainings were an excuse to bring communities ofproducers together during which politicaldiscussions can happen naturally. Peter Volz,described how practical training can becomepolitical,forhimthroughtwostrategies,
“Ithasbasicallytwogoals. One istomakepeople aware of things, provide themwiththe insight into the circumstances and thesecond step is tend to enable action on apersonal level, on a collective level butanyhow in the frame that thesepeopleareoperating within so that would be inGermany, I will talk to farmers about theglobalaspects,thepoliticaldimensionofforinstanceseedsandseedregulations.”
Theme3:Consideringthespecificityofplaceintrainingandlearning
Itiswidelyrecognizedthatagroecologyisa‘situated’practiceandanyapproachtoagroecologytrainingmust acknowledge and harness the specificities of place. Indeed, learning approaches must remain
EcoRuraliswasfoundedin2009inCluj-Napoca.Itisa grassroots association made up of small-scalefarmers who practice organic and traditionalfarming based on environmentally-consciousprinciples. Ramona, a farmer-activist fromRomania,described their intention to link politicalandpracticalelementsofagroecology.‘So training on how to do agriculture is not anecessary thing this is happening naturally in therural communities.Butwhat ismissing,and this iswhatishappening inagroecology,ismorepoliticaltrainingonhowtoarticulateourpoliticaldemandsandhowtoactonachievingpoliticalaims.’
CaseStudy2:LinkingPoliticalandPracticalLearningEcoruralis,Romania
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attentivetothehighlylocalizedcultural,socialandenvironmentalspecificitiesoffood,agricultureandsociety in different parts of Europe and indeed around the world. In this way, techniques and ‘bestpractices’thatworkwellinoneplacecannotbescaleduptoreplicatedeverywherebutratherneedtobetranslatedandadaptedaccordingly.
Forexample,Ramona fromEcoruralisdiscussedhow thehistorical context inmanyeasternEuropeancountriescreatechallengesaroundcollectiveapproachestolearningandpoliticalmobilisationamongstfarmersthataremuchdifferentthaninmanywesternEuropeancountries.
“Cooperationandcollectiveworkhas tobeverycarefullydefinedbecauseRomaniahadasuper terrible experience with collectivisation and cooperation during the communistdictatorshipregimesowehavetoreinventalloftheseconceptsanddiscusstheminawayembracethehistorythatexistshere.”
Usinganotherexample, in somecountries likeRomaniaandHungarywherea largeproportionof thepopulation are still peasant and traditional farmers, agroecological skills are abundant andstrengthening agroecology was described as a process to resists industrialisation and resist“depeasantisation”ofthecountryside.Inothercountries,suchastheUKandNorway,wheretherearefewfarmers(e.g.NorwayandtheU.K.)agroecologytraining is still about rejecting the industrialmodelof food, but rather emphasizes a process of re-peasantisationtodrawmorepeopleintoandtore-skill society in terms of small scale agricultureproduction. These are very different learning andtraining contexts, but each likely can providedifferentopportunitiesformutuallearning.
Theme4:Buildinglocal,regionalandglobalnetworksformutualsupportandresourcing
Participantswereallveryinterestedinopportunitiestobuildnetworksatdifferentscalestodevelopagroecologylearningopportunitiesandtofurtherpoliticaleffortstoadvancefoodsovereignty.RupertDunn,afarmerfromWaleswhoalsoparticipatesinmultipleEuropeanandinternationalsocialmovementprocessdescribed:
‘…theDeclarationhasbeenwrittenbutit’sgoingtobehardwork,andthesocialmovementisbyitsverynameamovementsoweneedtobekeptintouchwiththatmovement[…]thenetworkisreallyimportanttokeepusasproducersandpeoplerunninglocalprojectsintouchwithwhat’shappening’–RupertDunn.
Many anticipated that new opportunities could becreated by connecting up at local, national andinternational levels to exchange experiences, bestpracticesandtobuildsolidarityandpoliticalagency.
More immediately, there was a sense that aEuropean Network could help to enable the
CaseStudy3:BuildingnetworksErasamus+Projects
In 2015 a successful fundingbidwasmade to theEU Erasmus+ funding programme to ‘respond tothenewprofessionaltrainingneedsimpliedbytheagro-ecological transition’ and foster a ‘greatercoherence among the various European countriesin their efforts to enhance agro-ecologicalcompetencesfor studentsand farmers’.Clickhereformoreinfo.
Theprojecthasattractedalotofpositiveattention– one outcome of this research has been theidentificationofanumberofindividualsinterestedin developing another bid specifically aimed atpoliticaltrainingacrossthenetwork.
AnotherErasamus+project,DARE,broughtfarmersandresearcherstogetherfromFrance,theUK,Italyand Switzerland to build capacity and exchangearound the notion of “Democratising AgricultureResearchinEurope”–seeagroecologynow.com.
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mobilisation of institutional resources through collective funding applications. Most participantshighlightedahostilefundingenvironmentasakeybarriertothedevelopmentofagroecologylearningintheircountryaswellastheEuropeanregionmoregenerally.
Jointfundingapproachescanstrengthenfundingbidsbutalsohelptoincreaseaccessfororganisationsand farmers in less affluent areas of Europe. Ramona described for example the extremely difficultsituationinRomania,which,asanEUmemberis‘noteligibleforfoundationsthatfundEasternEurope’,butthatissimultaneously‘toopoortohaveourownfoundations’.
Some participants mentioned past European projects, for example through the Erasamus+ program,thathelpedtobuildnetworksaroundagroecologytraining,howeverthesewereallprojectbasedandthereisalackofadurableEuropeannetwork.
MapofprojectscontactedandinterviewedBasedonthisinitialresearch,wehavedrawnupapreliminarymapofactiveprojectsandinstitutions.Alinktoaninteractiveversionofthiscanbefoundhere:tinyurl.com/nsfblst.Theintentionistoupdatethismapasthenetworkdevelops.Ifyouhaveaprojectyou’dliketoberepresentedherepleasesenddetailstochris.maughan@coventry.ac.uk.
DetailsofprojectsmappedandinterviewedOrganisation Email Country Address Website Interview? Österreichische Bergbauernvereinigung (ÖBV-Via Campesina Austria)
Austria Schwarzspanierstrasse, Austria
www.viacampesina.at/cm3
Fédération unie des groupements des éleveurs et agriculteurs (FUGEA)
[email protected] Belgium 2b Place de la Station, Namur, Belgium
www.fugea.be
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Organisation Email Country Address Website Interview? Mouvement Action Paysanne (MAP)
Belgium 299 rue de Bomerée, Montigny le Tilleul, Belgium
lemap.be Yes
Mouvement International de Jeunesse Agricole Catholique (MIJARC-Europe)
[email protected], Belgium 53, Rue J. Coosemans, Brussels, Belgium
mijarc.net/en/node/63
Frie Bøender [email protected] Denmark Store Valbyvej 85 4000 Roskilde
levende-land.dk
Etelä-Suomen Luonnonmukaisen Viljelyn Yhdistys (Esvy-ry)
Finland Borgåvägen 788, Myrskylä-Mörskom, Finland
www.esvy.fi
Confédération nationale des syndicats des exploitants familiaux (MODEF)
France 14 boulevard d’Aquitaine ANGOULEME
www.modef.fr
Confédération Paysanne
France 104 Rue Robespierre, 93170 Bagnolet
www.confederationpaysanne.fr
La ligne d'horizon [email protected], France 4, rue des Arênes 75005 Paris
www.lalignedhorizon.net Yes
L'Atelier Paysan France Zone Artisanale Des Papeteries - 38140 Renage
www.latelierpaysan.org Yes
Reseau Semance Paysanne
France 3 avenue de la Gare 47190 AIGUILLON
www.semencespaysannes.org
Biological Farming Association Elkana, Georgia
[email protected], Georgia 16 Gazapkhuli str. Tbilisi, Georgia,
www.elkana.org.ge
Arbeitgemeinschaft bäuerliche Landwirtschaft (AbL)
[email protected], Germany 31 Bahnhofstraße, Hamm
www.abl-ev.de
Nea Aгpotikh Kinhεh (NEAK) – New Agricultural Movement of Greece
Greece Athens, Greece
Butterfly Development (Pro- Cserehat Association)
Hungary 23 Maros street 23, budapest, hungary
www.bffd.hu Yes
Urgenci [email protected] International 5 rue J.J. Rousseau 13400 Aubagne
urgenci.net Yes
Associazione Italiana per l’Agricoltura Biologica (AIAB)
[email protected] Italy VIA PIO Molajoni ROME
www.aiab.it
Associazione Rurale Italiana (ARI)
[email protected], Italy Lazise, italy wordpress.assorurale.it
Nederlandse Akkerbouw Vakbond (NAV)
[email protected] Netherland Pastoor van Kessellaan 1 Zevenbergen The Netherlands
www.nav.nl
Ileia [email protected] Netherlands Lawickse Allee 11 6701 AN Wageningen
www.ileia.org Yes
Voedsel Anders (Food Otherwise)
Netherlands Wageningen, The Netherlands
www.voedselanders.nl/towards-fair-and-sustainable-food-systems/
Yes
Toekomstboeren (Future Farmers)
[email protected] Netherlands Wageningen, The Netherlands
www.toekomstboeren.nl Yes
Norske bonde-og Smabrukarlag (NBS)
Norway Akersgata 41 Oslo
www.smabrukarlaget.no Yes
Confederacao National da Agricultura (CNA)
[email protected] Portugal Rua do Brasil, Coimbra, Portugal
www.cna.pt
Ecoruralis [email protected] Romania Str. David Ferenc Cluj-Napoca, Romania
www.ecoruralis.ro Yes
Coordinadora de Organizaciones de Agricultores y Ganaderos (COAG)
Spain 17 Agustin de Bethancourt, MADRID, spain
www.coag.org Yes
Sindicato Labrego Galego (SLG) - Galicia
Spain Rúa Ofelia Nieto 13-23, Santiago de Compostela, spain
www.sindicatolabrego.com
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Organisation Email Country Address Website Interview? Sindicatos de Obreros del Campo (SOC)- Andalucía
Spain 1 bajo, Almería, spain socalmeria.wordpress.com/category/sindicato-obreros-del-campo
EHNE Bizkaia [email protected] Spain 14 Simon Bolivar Square, Vitoria, Spain
www.ehne.eus Yes
Instituto de Sociología y Estudios Campesinos - ISEC (Universidad de Córdoba)
Spain Plaza de Puerta Nueva, s/n, 14002 Córdoba, Spain
universidadesdelatierra.org/entidades-formadoras/isec-osala
Yes
Nordbruk [email protected] Sweden Stockholm, sweden www.viacampesina.se Yes
L’autre syndicat [email protected] Switzerland 5 Chemin du Ruttet 1196 Gland, Switzerland
www.lautresyndicat.ch
Uniterre [email protected], Switzerland Av. Du Grammont 9, Lausanne, Switzerland
www.uniterre.ch
çiftçi Sendikalari Konfederasyonu/Confederation of Farmers’ Unions (ÇIFÇTI-SEN)
[email protected] Turkey Izmir, Turkey www.karasaban.net
Scottish Crofting Federation
[email protected] UK Kyle Industrial Estate Kyle of Lochalsh IV40 8AX
www.crofting.org
Land worker’s alliance [email protected]
UK Trill Farm, Musbury, Axminster, EX13 8TU
landworkersalliance.org.uk Yes
Torth y Tir UK Caerfarchell Solva Pembrokeshire SA62 6XG
torthytir.co.uk Yes
Land Base [email protected] UK Monkton Wyld Court Bridport Dorset DT6 6DQ
www.landbase.org.uk Yes
Ripess Europe - Solidarity Economy Europe
[email protected] International http://www.ripess.eu/tag/agroecology
Yes
SelectResourcesonAgroecologyLearningandTrainingResourcesonPeasanttoPeasantAgroecologicalMovement(PTPAM)inCuba:http://agroecologia.espora.org/
Arunninglistofliteratureonadulteducationinfoodmovementsisavailablehere:http://www.peoplesknowledge.org/projects/criticalpedagogy/
Thefinalreportontheinternationalforumforagroecologyisavailablehere:http://www.foodsovereignty.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/NYELENI-2015-ENGLISH-FINAL-WEB.pdf
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