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  • From: Lawrence London <lfljvenaura@gmail.com>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [permaculture] Fwd: [SANET-MG] Fwd: [COMFOOD: ] New PAN book on agroecology
  • Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2015 22:51:46 -0400

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From: Hugh Joseph <Hugh.Joseph@tufts.edu>
Date: Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 10:25 PM
Subject: [SANET-MG] Fwd: [COMFOOD: ] New PAN book on agroecology
To: SANET-MG@lists.ifas.ufl.edu



Dear Comfood-ers,

My colleagues at Pesticide Action Network (PAN) are in Geneva this week,
and this morning (evening there) released a new book documenting
agroecology success stories around the world.

Below is our joint press release & some sample tweets - pls help promote if
you can!

Thanks, Paul
======

Success stories of agroecology around the world: Impt new book frm PAN
http://bit.ly/1JzJMk3 <http://t.co/ZbtLqjJaXO> @pesticideaction
@PANAsiaPacific<https://twitter.com/PANAsiaPacific>

More evidence that #agroecology works, around the world. New book frm PAN
http://bit.ly/1JzJMk3 <http://t.co/ZbtLqjJaXO> @pesticideaction
@PANAsiaPacific<https://twitter.com/PANAsiaPacific>


http://panna.org/press-release/pesticide-action-network-releases-agroecology-book
For immediate release

September 29th 2015
Media Contacts:
Sarojeni Rengam, PAN Asia Pacific - sarojeni.rengam@panap.net<mailto:
sarojeni.rengam@panap.net>, +6 04 657 0271
Linda Wells, Pesticide Action Network - (563)
940-1242<tel:%28563%29%20940-1242>,
linda@panna.org<mailto:linda@panna.org>


Phasing out highly hazardous pesticides with agroecology: Pesticide Action
Network releases book at ICCM4

Agroecological practices can increase farm productivity and food security,
improve rural livelihoods and adaption to climate change, and reduce the
environmental impacts of agriculture.

Today, at the 4th International Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM4)
in Geneva, Pesticide Action Network (PAN) International is releasing
Replacing Chemicals with Biology: Phasing out highly hazardous pesticides
with agroecology.

The new PAN book was written to address the concerns of policy makers
around the world who are faced with the need to replace the use of highly
hazardous pesticides (HHPs) with safer and sustainable alternatives.

As FAO Director-General, José Graziano da Silva, said in Paris in February
this year, “The model of agricultural production that predominates today is
not suitable for the new food security challenges of the 21st century…
Since food production is not a sufficient condition for food security, it
means that the way we are producing is no longer acceptable.”

“Modern agroecological approaches to food production, together with many of
the ecological practices that have evolved with farmers working alongside
nature through hundreds of years, are proving to be sustainable,
economically advantageous and good for food security,” adds Dr Meriel Watts
from PAN Asia Pacific, main author of the book.

Successful cases of agroecological farming in Asia, Africa, Latin America,
Europe and USA, presented in the book, substantiating the long-standing
claim that ecological principles applied to agriculture are effective tools
in the management of pests, including weeds, and provide sustainable
livelihoods to farmers and rural communities.

“There is world recognition that agricultural production cannot continue
business as usual, says Sarojeni Rengam, executive director of PAN Asia
Pacific. “Agroecology offers a viable strategy to increase agricultural
productivity, build farmers’ resilience, and protect the environment.”

“The experiences in this book show how farmers using agroecological
practices benefit from savings on agrochemical inputs and from improving
their overall farm productivity. Getting better prices or market options
for safer food helps farming households too" says book co-author Dr
Stephanie Williamson of PAN UK.

The case studies show that agroecological farming can improve food security
and strengthen food sovereignty, while providing better adaptation to
climate change and reducing harmful environmental impacts.

“Advancing equitable and sustainable development goals in agriculture
requires grounding agrifood systems in agroecology as the central
strategy,” says Dr. Marcia Ishii-Eiteman, Senior Scientist at PAN North
America, and a contributing author. "By integrating state-of-the-art
science with local and traditional knowledge, agroecology offers a powerful
solution to today's mounting social, economic and environmental stresses of
climate change, water scarcity, land degradation and rural poverty.”

The book also presents national and international policy recommendations
designed to assist policy makers to implement the changes necessary to
support widespread adoption of agroecology. It is available online at
http://pan-international.org/resources<
http://pan-international.org/resources/>.

*******

Available for Interviews:


• Dr. Meriel Watts, PAN Asia Pacific, merielwatts@xtra.co.nz<mailto:
merielwatts@xtra.co.nz>, + 61-21-1807830


• Sarojeni Rengam, Executive director PAN Asia Pacific,
sarojeni.rengam@panap.net<mailto:sarojeni.rengam@panap.net>, +6 04 657 0271
<tel:%2B6%2004%20657%200271>


• Dr. Stephanie Williamson, PAN UK, , stephaniewilliamson@pan-uk.org
<mailto:stephaniewilliamson@pan-uk.org>, +44 (0)7890 413204
<tel:%2B44%20%280%297890%20413204>


• Dr. Marcia Ishii-Eiteman, PAN North America, mie@panna.org<mailto:
mie@panna.org>, 510 684 6860<tel:510%20684%206860>



Notes for Editors:

At the ICCM4 meeting in Geneva, Sep 28- October 2, 2015, delegates can
decide to take action on a request by the Africa region to formally
establish a Global Alliance to Phase-out HHPs. PAN is co-organizing a side
event with the global NGO network, IPEN, entitled “Closing the Gap on
Highly Hazardous Pesticides (HHPs): Agroecology & the Global Alliance to
Phase-out HHPs.” The book, Replacing Chemicals with Biology, will be
released at this event, as it provides concrete guidance to government
delegates which also support the Africa region’s proposal for action.

Numerous high level studies, including those by the International
Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for
Development (IAASTD) and the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food
have concluded that the greatest scope for improving food production and
food security lies in small-scale, ecologically-based diversified
production systems, especially in developing countries.

Replacing Chemicals with Biology: Phasing out highly hazardous pesticides
with agroecology will be launched at 6 pm tonight at the Side Event on
Phasing out HHPs, at the Centre International de Conférences Genève (CICG),
17 rue de Varembé.

For more about PAN International and over 300 organizations that have
joined the global call to ban highly hazardous pesticides and replace them
with agroecological alternatives, visit http://pan-international.org/.

Pesticide Action Network (PAN) is a network of over 600 participating
nongovernmental organizations, institutions and individuals in over 90
countries working to replace the use of hazardous pesticides with
ecologically sound and socially just alternatives.




--
Paul Towers
Organizing & Media Director
Pesticide Action Network North America
"Reclaiming the future of food and farming"

909 12th Street | Suite 200 | Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone :: 916.588.3100 | Cell :: 916.216.1082
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http://www.whatsonmyfood.org/> | http://www.panna.org/blogs/paul-towers<
http://www.panna.org/blog>

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