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Proceedings of the 1st African Forum on Synecoculture
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2016-01
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Synecoculture is an alternative for agriculture that respects the
preservation of the environment and the reconstruction of biodiversity. It is a
synthesis between humans and nature, which also converges to the ultimate
challenge of organic farming and conservation agriculture. Synecoculture
suppresses tillage and does not use fertilizers or pesticides. In a context of
reduced arable land, desert growth, climate change and growing population
pressure, this method of production in the Sahel countries is a strong expectation
as a panacea for sustainable development.
AFIDRA with the support of the Japanese researcher Masatoshi
Funabashi, the financial support of Sony CSL and the online technical and
software support of UniTwin UNESCO CS-DC, held the first African forum on
synecoculture in the city of Fada N' Gourma, Burkina Faso, for the dissemination
of this new cropping method for experimentation at the African scale. The
meeting was held under the theme: "Synecoculture for sustainable, economic
and ecological agriculture". This meeting brought together participants from
Cameroon, Benin, Togo, Sierra Leone, Niger, Mali, Tunisia, Belgium, France,
Japan, the United States and several regions of Burkina Faso, which allowed
interactive exchanges of their experiences, and to propose the right strategy to
popularize this technology.
The objective of the organization of this first African forum was to
raise awareness and responsibility for our way of production, aiming to create a
framework of exchanges around the synecoculture. That is why AFIDRA devoted
three days of reflection and exchange around this new technology as an NGO
with particular focus on self-managed rural development. The motivation was
to sensitize public and private actors of civil society, and strengthen institutional
coordinations between local and regional authorities at the African level on the
importance of the practice of agriculture that reconstructs ecosystems, while
at the same time giving a critical analysis on the current cultural practices in
the countries of the Sahel. This meeting of Fada N'Gourma made it possible to
identify the major challenges and the prospects for the integration of syecoculture
in the situations of African agriculture. The presentations made by the Japanese
expert and the field trip on the site of the new farm of synecoculture near
Fada N’Gourma called for the foundation of the African Center of Research
and Training in Synecoculture (CARFS), which will elaborate the bases of
the theoretical concepts and practices necessary for the development of
synecoculture in Africa. For the part of the presentations on current agricultural
practices (the limitations, constraints, perspectives and recommendations for the
integration and practice of synecoculture), the work took place in plenary and
the lectures have been ensured by agricultural experts in Burkina Faso with high
level of practice and research.
The meeting resulted in a declaration with a commitment to defend the
right of biodiversity, which was widely accepted by the participants.
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- Aichi-T1. Awareness of biodiversity values
- Aichi-T2. Integration of biodiversity values
- Aichi-T4. Use of natural resources
- Aichi-T7. Areas under sustainable management
- Aichi-T10. Vulnerable ecosystems
- Aichi-T13. Agricultural biodiversity
- Aichi-T14. Essential ecosystem services
- Aichi-T15. Ecosystem resilience
- Aichi-T16. Nagoya Protocol on ABS
- Aichi-T18. Traditional knowledge
- Aichi-T19. Biodiversity knowledge
- Aichi-T20. Resource mobilization
- GBF-T16. Sustainable consumption choices are enabled, and food waste reduced by half
- GBF-T15. Businesses assess and disclose biodiversity dependencies, impacts and risks, and reduce negative impacts
- GBF-T10. Areas under agriculture, aquaculture, fisheries and forestry are managed sustainably
- GBF-T07. Pollution reduced, halving nutrient loss and pesticide risk
- GBF-T08. Minimize impacts of climate change and ocean acidification including through nature-based solutions and/or ecosystem-based approaches
- GBF-T04. Threatened species are recovering, genetic diversity is being maintained and human-wildlife conflict is being managed
- GBF-T11. Nature’s contributions to people are restored, maintained and enhanced
- GBF-T12. Urban green and blue spaces enhanced for human well-being
- GBF-T23. Implementation follows a gender-responsive approach
- GBF-T02. 30% of degraded areas are under effective restoration
- GBF-T13. Fair and equitable sharing of benefits from genetic resources, digital sequence information and associated traditional knowledge
- GBF-T21. Data, information and knowledge for decision-making is available
- GBF-T19. Financial resources increased to $200 billion per year, including $ 30 billion through international finance
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