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The 1st Mekong Delta Forum on Developing Partnerships Between Australia and Vietnam for Organic Agriculture Movement Promoting household-based organic vegetable gardens in improving nutrition and food security for Khmer ethnic minority children

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The 1st Mekong Delta Forum on Developing Partnerships Between Australia and Vietnam for Organic Agriculture Movement Promoting household based organic vegetable gardens in improving nutrition and food[.]

Organic Farming in the Mekong Region Participatory Action Research for an Agroecological transition: Real stories of implementing community-based organic vegetable garden at O Lam village, Tri Ton district, An Giang province, Vietnam The course is sponsored by the University of Barcelona (Spain) and the service provider of Mekong Organics (Australia) Speaker: Mr Thai Van Nguyen (MSc) Lecturer of An Giang University Research Associate of Mekong Organics August 17, 2021 What to expect? Session: Participatory Action Research for an Agroecological transition Objectives of this session • Getting to know the basics of agroecological transion • Understand the Participatory Action Research • Have fun! Content of this session What is agroecology & agroecology transition? What is Participatory Action Research? How to apply for small grants? What is agroecology? (10m) Sudents required to do: Let’s go to the link https://padlet.com/nvthai6rd/54uqdngwihapz5tm Note: click on the (+) item at the bottom of your laptop screen and type your answer on the ticky notes Concept of agroecology • 1983: Agro-ecology as the application of ecological principles to agriculture (Altieri, 1983) • 1987: Agroecology is an approach that helps us to better understand the ecology of traditional farming systems (Altieri, 1987) • 1990: Ecological concepts and principles to the design of sustainable agricultural systems” (Gliessman 1990) • 1999: Agroecology concept should be understood in the sociocultural contexts (Guzmán-Casado et al, 1999) • 2009: Academic publications and initiatives related to agroecology agroecology means either a scientific discipline, agricultural practice, or political or social movement Agro-ecology has become a concept of action that includes all these three dimensions (Wezel et al 2009) • 2014: International Symposium on Agroecology for Food Security and Nutrition in September (hosted by FAO) Concept of agroecology transition (AT) The ecological– agricultural dimension The socioeconomic and cultural dimension Three dimensions of agroecology Sevilla Guzmán (2006) The sociopolitical dimension Source: Sevilla Guzmán (2006) Common challenges facing the agroecological transition by scale and dimession Dimension  Scale ➔ Ecological – agricultural Farm - Significant degradation of natural resources (soil, water, and biodiversity) Local community - Risk of diffuse contamination (pesticides, GMOs) - Prevalence of monoculture - Lack of knowledge of appropriate techniques Society - Climate change - High dependence on flows of imported energy and materials - Degradation of agricultural infrastructure (irrigation channels, and paths) Source: Méndez, V E., Bacon, C M., Cohen, R., & Gliessman, S R (2016) Common challenges facing the agroecological transition by scale and dimession Dimension  Scale ➔ Farm Socioeconomic - Low investment capacity and cultural - Need for investment (machinery, facilities, etc.) during the transition - High cost of third-party certification for small-scale producers Local community Society - Weak local food networks/social - No payment for network environmental services provided by organic - Marginalization of agricultural agriculture activity (invisibility) - Difficulty to access - Significant erosion of traditional loans and insurance for agricultural knowledge the agroecological transition - Erosion of traditional agricultural knowledge Source: Méndez, V E., Bacon, C M., Cohen, R., & Gliessman, S R (2016) - Little commitment to generate sustainable Food networks 10 ... partnerships between Australia and Vietnam for organic agriculture movement: training and workshop in two countries” funded by the Australian Alumni Grants Fund (2018-2019) • Project location: O Lam... of action that includes all these three dimensions (Wezel et al 2009) • 2014: International Symposium on Agroecology for Food Security and Nutrition in September (hosted by FAO) Concept of agroecology... transition by scale and dimession Dimension  Scale ➔ Farm Socioeconomic - Low investment capacity and cultural - Need for investment (machinery, facilities, etc.) during the transition - High cost

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