Consultation on Ecological Agriculture
in the context of Food Security in Orissa –
29th November – 1st December, 2007
Naba Krushna Choudhry Centre for Development Studies,
Bhubaneswar
A small workshop being held
by Living Farms with some of their
partners in Orissa on the above topic.
PROPOSED PROGRAMME
Day One - 29th
December
9:00 ~ 9.15 am - Welcome. & the purpose of
this consultation – Debjeet – Living Farms
9.15 ~ 9.45 am - Introductions by participants
(name, organization, one of the very important problems of their
respective areas related to
farming)
9.45 ~ 11.15 am– Soil health & Water management of
paddy & home garden ecosystems in dry land and coastal farming
systems.-
Dr.Nammalvar –Tamilnadu Organic
Agriculturists Movement .
11.15 ~ 11.30am – Tea Break
11.30 ~ 1.00 pm - The present policy scenario, its impact
on soil health & water management and tried out alternatives.
1.00 ~ 2.00 pm – Lunch
2.00 ~ 3.30 pm - NPM -An approach to disease
& pest management – Dr.Ramanjaneyulu, Centre for Sustainable
Agriculture, Hyderabad
3.30 ~ 3.45 pm – Tea Break
3.45 ~ 5.15 pm - The present policy scenario
in Agriculture and CSAs’ experiment on evolving a farmer centered
agriculture policy-
Dr.Ramanjaneyulu
5.15 ~ 6.30 pm – Discussion & Clarification
Day Two - 30th November
9:00 ~ 10.30 am, - Community based conservation of
Seeds – Mr. Chandra Sekhar - Centre for Sustainable Agriculture,
Hyderabad
10.30 ~ 10.45 am - Tea Break
10.45 ~ 12.15 pm – Integrated Farming –an approach to
improve productivity of small scale farming, Mr. Ardhendu .S.
Chatterjee – DRCSC,
Kolkata
12.15 ~ 1.00 am – Discussion &Clarification
1.00 ~ 2.00 pm – Lunch Break
2.00 ~ 3.00 pm – Strategies to improve community
based farming – Mr. Ardhendu .S.Chatterjee
3.00 ~ 3.30 pm – Discussions & clarifications
3.30 ~ 3.45 pm – Tea Break
3.45 ~ 5.15 pm - Genetic Engineering & the
threats to food security and the strategies to address them – Kavitha
Kuruganthi, Centre for
Sustainable Agriculture
5.15 ~ 6 pm – Discussion
& Clarification
Third Day – 1st December
9.00 ~ 9.45 am -Identification & Prioritization of
area specific problems based on the sessions of the first two days and
the initiatives taken so
far to address the problems and the results (sub group discussion )
9.45 ~ 11.00 am–Sharing of the findings of the group
discussion
11.00 ~ 11.15 am – Tea Break
11.15 ~ 12.15 pm – Envisioning specific changes at the end of
five years.
12.15 ~ 1.15 pm – Sharing of the findings of the group
discussion
1.15 ~ 2.00 – Lunch break
2.00 ~ 3.00 pm – Inputs by resource persons based on the
sharing
3.00 ~ 4.30 pm – Sub group planning for next one year
4.30 ~ 6.00 pm – Sharing of plans made and sharpening
