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| How farmers organise - Editorial | 4-5
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| ILEIA editorial team |
The vast majority of articles published in the LEISA Magazines describe situations where communities working together formally or
informally are a key part of the experience. The benefit of str... |  |
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| Collective action for biodiversity and livelihoods | 6-8
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| Menno Keizer, Froukje Kruijssen, Alessandra Giuliani |
| The role of well-functioning markets for development is now widely recognised, but the challenge to make these markets benefit the poor and the environment remains. Increasing attention is being given... | |
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| Keeping people on the land | 9
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| Annette Aurelie Desmarais |
| La Vía Campesina is an international peasant movement that brings together 149 organisations of peasants, rural women, indigenous agrarian communities, small and medium-scale farmers and farm workers ... | |
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| The Lagos State Fish Farmers' Association | 10-11
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| Y.O Basorun, Olakulehin John Oladapo |
| With more and more fish being brought into the state of Lagos to satisfy consumer demand, the Lagos State Agricultural Development Authority realised that fish farming could offer the possibility of i... | |
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| Development dilemmas and farmers' organisations | 12-14
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| Jeyanth K Newport, Godfrey G. P. Jawahar |
| In the early 1990s, the Palli and Pattapu communities of Prakasam and Nellore in Andhra Pradesh (India) were facing a difficult situation for various reasons. The increasing presence of large-scale fi... | |
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| Learning together for organic farming | 15-17
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| Hans Peter Reinders |
| In the 1980s, Dutch farmers started cultivating new land in an area that formerly had been at the bottom of the sea. Although there was a growing interest from consumers in organically grown products,... | |
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| Building FFS networks in East Africa | 18-19
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| Arnoud R. Braun - Director, James Robert Okoth, Habakkuk Gilbert Khaamala, Godrick Simiyu Khisa |
| Even though the FFS approach is not intended for creating long-term organisations, it has become apparent that after the season-long FFS process, most of the groups continue working together to addres... | |
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| From local comittees to a district association | 20-21
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| Cesar Gonzales Alfaro |
| Faced with decreasing productivity and an increasing population, farmers in the district of San Luis in Peru decided to participate in the Ministry of Agriculture’s National Soil Conservation programm... | |
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| Traditional farmers' groups supporting sustainable farming | 22-24
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| Mihin Dollo |
| The traditional farmers’ groups of the Apatani people, in the Arunachal Himalayas, India, have been successfully managing their natural resources for many years. However, in recent times, many of thei... | |
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| The Malabing Valley Multipurpose Co-operative | 25
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| Cristina Reyes Salvosa |
| The Malabing valley is found in the northeastern part of the Sierra Madre Corridor, in Nueva Vizcaya, the Philippines. Although maize and rice are still its major crops, citrus production has intensif... | |
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| Farmer organisation and market access | 26-27
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| Jon Hellin, Dagoberto Flores Valazquez, Mark Lundy, Madelon Meijer |
| Farmer organisation has been identified as a key factor in enhancing farmers’ access to markets. In response, policy makers and development practitioners have focused on supporting small scale produce... | |
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| Organised for preserving local seed | 28
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| Malamba Clement Mwangosi |
| Farmers in Bwipa, a remote village in the district of Ileje, in the southern Mbeya region of Tanzania, regularly grow maize, bananas, potatoes and upland rice. The maize seed most often planted in thi... | |
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| A new vision for south east Marlborough, New Zealand | 29-31
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| Doug Avery |
| The continuous drought affecting the northern part of New Zealand's South Island made all farmers in the area struggle in order to maintain their farming businesses. Many farming people had to find jo... | |
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| Sources | 32-33
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| Networking | 34
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| New Books | 35
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| Request your back copies of the LEISA Magazine! | 36
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| If your organisation or library is missing any previous issues of the magazine, or would like extra copies of a particular issue, you can request them from ILEIA free of charge. We have limited number... | |
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