Where it is realized
Summary description of agroecological practice
Farm level:
- Water management and soil erosion control
- Integrated soil fertility management
- Integrated pest, disease and weed management
- Farm animal welfare and nutrition management
- Diversification and integration of sectors in crop-livestock-fish systems
- Farm and household level renewable energy
Landscape and community level
- Participatory land use planning
- Building/strengthening community institutions for natural resource management
- Use of traditional knowledge
- Community and local seed systems
- Community gardens and cultivation (including schools)
- Community forest and woodland management
- Land and water management in farming landscapes
- Community renewable energy
Market level support for agroecology and sustainable food systems and value addition
- Food processing
- Safe storage
- Labelling and community-supported guarantee systems
- Access to differentiated markets
- Innovation organizing supply and demand
- Public procurement of agroecological produce
Type of agroecological practice
soil erosion control
degraded land regeneration
multipurpose agroforestry
fruit tree production & planting,
producer cooperative
organic herb production
IPM
green manures
biofertilizers
kitchen gardening
beekeeping
integtrated livestock health and breed improvement
SRI
Zero/min. tillage
waste water management
smokeless/fuel efficient stoves
diet & nutrition
WASH
food processing (jam/juice/preserves/fermentation etc.)
cold store
Implementing the practice
Agroecology demonstrations
Farmers' training
resource production (seed, seedlings, etc.)
farmers' level particpatory research
partnership with local government
schools' program
Why you use and what you expect from this practice?
reduce external agricultural inputs (including labour, financial costs)
diversify outputs
build soil fertility & water holding capacity
increase income, provide employment
improve individuals' health
increase local biodiversity
increase water sources
increase resilience of ecology & economy
Land size
Substitution of less ecological alternative
Details
free range grazing of fields
burning of pasture/rangeland
use of synthetic chemicals for nutrients and pest control