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Shea et al.<br />

Photographs: Media staff recording Farmers’ Field School activities in order<br />

to produce audio-visual media for SRI in the Acehnese language.<br />

USING NEW CAPACITY FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT<br />

During the past three and a half years, the capacity of Agriculture<br />

Services in Aceh has increased dramatically. As a result, Aceh is<br />

better placed to meet the challenges of the future – challenges related<br />

to global warming, environmental sustainability, the global food crisis,<br />

and structural poverty in rural areas of Aceh. New sustainable<br />

production technology combined with the rising commodity prices for<br />

most of the key commodities produced in Aceh (rice, soybeans,<br />

cocoa, rubber, oil palm, etc.) provide an opportunity to generate<br />

higher incomes, alleviate poverty, and promote social justice in Aceh.<br />

This will require a commitment on the part of politicians and decisionmakers<br />

to support sustainable agricultural development and gender<br />

equality in Aceh, and the development of a partnership between the<br />

public and private sector (farmers, both women and men, and<br />

business) for sustainable agriculture.<br />

REFERENCES<br />

BRR and International Partners (2005). Aceh and Nias One Year After<br />

the Tsunami: The Recovery Effort and Way Forward. Badan<br />

Rehabilitasi dan Rekonstuksi NAD-Nias, Banda Aceh.<br />

International Workshop on Post Tsunami Soil Management, 1-2 July 2008 in Bogor, Indonesia

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