Field Visit Option 1
  • Site 1: Agro-ecological model village, Arba, Pokhara Metropolitan City -13, Kaski
  • Site 2: Bhumipujne Tisdhunga Community Forest and Bhumipujne Agriculture Co-operative limited.
  • Facilitators: Parbat Gautam, FECOFUN and Indra Paudel
Field Visit Option 2
  • Site 1: Maramche Agro-ecological Village and Annapurna Community Seed Banks
  • Site 2: Furketari Community Forest User Group and Furketari Aquafers
  • Facilitators: Rita Gurung and Bishnu Bhusal, LI-BIRD
Field Visit Option 3
  • Site 1: Agroforestry based forage production system integrating livestock in abandoned agriculture land Initiative in Kayerbari, Pokhara-23, Kaski
  • Site 2: Shree Machhapuchhre Uttam Coffee Cooperation Society Limited, Dhukurpokhari-1, Kaski
  • Site 3: Bhakarjun community Forest User Group
  • Facilitators: Racchya Shah, FAO and Kali Subedi, FECOFUN
Field Visit Option 4
  • Site 1: Biodiversity Conservation Information Center, Sundari Danda
  • Site 2: Maina Thapa - Agro-entrepreneur, and Jay B Thapa, NTFP Entrepreneur; Chaur, Begnas, Pokhara Metropolitan City
  • Site 3: The Rupa Lake Restoration and Fisheries Cooperative
  • Facilitators: Santosh Shrestha and Sambat Ranabhat, LI-BIRD
Objectives:
  • Acquire field-based insights on innovative examples of agrobiodiversity management.
  • Gather success stories and lessons applicable in many FFPOs’ contexts and can initiate post-conference discussions and proposals for upscaling of useful actions among the global network of FFPOs facilitated by FFF.
  • Details of site visit options are attached with the introductory agenda documents.
“To bring people together to share innovative traditional and scientific knowledge on how FFPOs and IPLC organizations can advance agroecological practices, agrobiodiverse planting materials and climate smart business and finance models that enrich nature and nutrition”

Frequently Asked Questions

Agrobiodiversity (agricultural biodiversity) is ‘the subset of biodiversity found within agroecosystems (agricultural ecosystems), including the variety and variability of animals, plants, micro-organisms and wild foods at the genetic, species, and ecosystem levels, which are necessary to sustain key functions of those agroecosystem’. It is a key component of agroecology and has multiple benefits including: food security and livelihood resilience, nutritional and health benefits, the provision of biomass energy and household materials, preservation of biocultural heritage, and the maintenance of ecosystem services including climate change mitigation.

Agroecology is the ‘the application of ecological approaches to agriculture’. It aims to employ management practices that use nature’s own cost-efficient processes to benefit production, ecological integrity of farms, and climate change adaptation. The practices are embedded in traditional knowledge and ever evolving local innovations that use renewable resources (nutrients, biomass, water) efficiently, thus decreasing the need for external resources such as agrochemicals.  In addition, agroecology promotes diversification of production and products, minimizing harm to nature and improving nature’s functionality in the benefit of production.

It is from 9-12 April, 2024

The conference is happening at Hotel Grande, Pokhara.

ORGANIZERS AND PARTNERS

The Forest and Farm Facility (FFF) is a partnership between FAO, IIED, IUCN, and AgriCord, strengthening Forest and Farm Producer Organizations for improved livelihoods and climate-resilient landscape