mainstreaming agricultural biodiversity for food security satellite event at tenth regular session...
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MAINSTREAMING AGRICULTURAL BIODIVERSITY FOR FOOD
SECURITY
Satellite Event at Tenth Regular Session of theCommission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
Integrated agro-ecological approaches and community-based adaptive management:
Integrated Pest Management
Rice Food Webs and Regional Pools of Species
Farmers’ Field Schools
Policy Reform and Impact
Rice Food Webs
Aquatic food webs support biocontrol
Decomposing organic matter feeds the food web from bottom up
Regional species pools supply rice fields with natural enemies
Irrigated Rice Food Web
PROTOZOA
ROTIFERS
TUBIFICID WORMS
MICROCRUSTACEA
ORGANIC MATTER
PHYTOPLANKTON
CHIRONOMIDS & MOSQUITOES
ARTHROPOD PREDATORS
BACTERIA
DETRITIVORES
HERBIVORES
PARASITOIDS
Hyper Parasitoids
RICE PLANT
CO2
P2O5
NH4
OTHER
NO3
AQUATIC
Adding Organic Matter to a Rice Field Boosts populations of Detritus-Feeders, Plankton Feeders & Predatory Insects
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Organic Matter Inputs
Regional Species Pool
Landscape-Level“Filters”
Community Assembly
SpeciationCoevolutionary History
Extinction
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• Synchrony• Landscape Grain• Non-crop Vegetation• Corridors• Fallow patterns• Regional Pesticide Use
Regional Species Pool
Landscape-Level“Filters”
Community Assembly
SpeciationCoevolutionary History
Extinction
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Farmers’ Field Schools
From Central Java to Central Mali: Constructing Ecosystems in Groups
Agro-ecosystem analysisAgro-ecosystem analysis
Agro-ecosystem analysisMaking field
observations
Discussing field observations
Policy Reforms
Indonesia 1986: Planning Minister and Junior Minister Agriculture go to field, meet farmers, 3 weeks later, National IPM Policy announced by President
Indonesia 1990: New Junior Minister Agriculture and Cabinet Sect. go to field, meet farmers, reject repeal of pesticide restrictions and reinforce IPM
INDONESIA Rice Production and Pesticide Consumption
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Farmers Demonstrate their their Constructed Ecosystems in Public: West Africa
Literacy NOT Required
Farmer Scientist
Ms. Elizabeth Ms. Elizabeth BaratsaBaratsa
of Bungoma, Western Kenya Explains HER concept of Vector Transmission of Maize Streak Virus between plants of a recommended variety to a national researcher from Uganda
Farmers Mobilizing for Local Policy Reform in Selingue, Mali
Iranian Farmer Field Schools: Biodiversity Management by Local Communities
Thank You !
National IPM Programmes
Sub Regional Clusters:
● Reinforce each other with expertise, experience, example
● Field Exchanges
● Natural Trade Partners: Harmonize to reduce costs
● Common Threats from Invasive Pests
Sub-Regional Clusters of National IPM Programmes