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6 agroecology and the struggle for food sovereignty workshop sought to underline how local, national, regional, and global forces are interacting, and how small farmers across the Americas are facing similar challenges. Jesús León Santos and Ronaldo Lec at the breakfast session on farmer identity. Photographer: Juan Carlos Espinosa. A Guide to this Report Throughout the workshop, a recurring question was how to build stronger relationships between academics and practitioners, including farmers and NGOs, working at the intersection of food, agricultural, and environmental issues. In that spirit, the organizers have compiled this report, which synthesizes workshop proceedings, expands on insights derived there, and provides concrete recommendations to academics, policy-makers, farmers’ movements themselves, and other audiences. By facilitating the exchange of knowledge, experiences, and resources, academic institutions can promote policies that better reflect lived realities in marginalized rural communities. However, this report does more than list policy options – it situates them in the rich backgrounds and diverse experiences of workshop participants, including interviews and personal reflections alongside more recognizably academic writings. Presentations at the workshop emphasized the critical yet frequently obscured connections between abstract-sounding policies and the daily experiences of real people. The report is structured along similar lines. The first section introduces and expands on key themes of the workshop and the report itself. The introduction by Kathleen McAfee frames the links between critical issues of global agriculture, trade, and the environment. Jonathan Cook and Corrina Steward urge policy-makers to reconsider the critical importance of just access to food production and consumption when developing relevant trade policy. Richard Levins urges an expanded understanding of agricultural products as more than just food. Karl Zimmerer describes emerging conservation challenges related to the increasing recognition of the importance of the environmental services provided by agro-biodiverse farms. And Avery Cohn examines roles for academia to play in furthering many of the causes the other featured articles outline. yale school of forestry & environmental studies
executive summary 7 In the second section, articles by workshop participants explore specific connections among these larger issues in greater depth. Reports on panels and breakout sessions summarize the discussions that took place at the workshop. Case studies grounded in experiences in Mexico, Guatemala, Brazil, Cuba, and the U.S. offer a closer look at food and agriculture challenges in different local and national contexts, and present a number of particularly innovative projects promoting food sovereignty and agroecology. Interviews with workshop participants from across the Americas put a human face on the discussions of policy and practice, portraying leaders who are working to define the food sovereignty and sustainability agenda at the local, national, regional, and international levels. Finally, the report closes with tools for change to promote future work on the issues addressed at the workshop, including a list of resources for further action, and contact information for participants and their organizations. The academy can break down traditionally static boundaries between theory and practice by engaging a broader audience. Our goal is to distribute this report to policy-makers, foundations, academics, and members of social movements and farmers’ organizations alike. We hope this report offers something for everyone. It is being published jointly by the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIEC) and the IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP), and will be available in print and electronic media in both Spanish and English. To access the Yale edition of the report, go to www.yale.edu/environment/publications. There you can download a pdf of the report at no charge or order a bound copy. To access the other editions, go to www.iied.org or www.iucn.org/themes/ceesp. yale school of forestry & environmental studies
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