Global Seed Grant Activity Board

[Towards Organic Asia] Young Organic Farmers: Organic Agriculture Management

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Narumon Paiboonsittikun
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2021-07-23 19:00
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Towards Organic Asia Team envisions to achieve community spirit, economy sustainability, and care for nature through the organic agriculture and agroecology. We are focusing and working on 4 areas, 1) Training and Education 2) Technology and Innovation 3) Awareness and Advocacy, and 4) Next Generation and Youth. We found a critical situation in farming such as a number of farmers are decreasing, and in Thailand the average age of farmers has increased from 35 to 55 years within 25 years. Therefore, we would like to support a new generation of young pioneering leader to be equipped with technical, skill, knowledge, and value to sustain organic agriculture and agroecology and served as active guardians of the earth.

We provide a collaborative platform of individual and organization to work together at national and regional level to strengthen organic agriculture / agroecology in Asia. Focusing on organic agriculture/ agroecology as the heart of global transformation.

This year we are working on Young Organic Farmers: Organic Agriculture Management Online Training, and our aims are.
1. To facilitate an online learning and exchange on organic agriculture management, including climate change issue and agrarian policy for young farmers in Mekong region and Bhutan.
2. To provide learning materials on organic farming and support young organic farmers network in the region.
3. To initiate an exchange platform and collaboration among young farmers to promote and strengthen food safety and food sovereignty in the region, particularly after COVID-19 pandemic.

What we have done so far.

Planning for online training, we reviewed the feedbacks and comments from last year online training. Then we decided to have practical work and experience sharing for this year online training.

In order to develop the training program, we have joined in many zoom meetings and discussed with various group, such as young farmers in Thailand and Bhutan, Student Club, and professors from Maejo University.







By the end of June, we got the training program (topic, sub-topic, and key learning), and the date for this year training, the details are below.

Organic Agriculture Management:Practical Work Experience from Maetha Community
Online Training, Between 21-27 August 2021 (13:30 – 16:00 Bangkok Time)

Date

Topic Sub-Topic / Discussion / Key Learning
21 Aug 2021
13.30-14.30
Introduction Participants Presentation/ Background
-  Getting to know each other
-  Drawing expectation
14.30-14.45 Break
14.45-16.00 Young Farmers Group and Network in Thailand - Capacity Building and Empowerment
- How to support young farmers
22 Aug 2021
13.30-16.00
Sombath’s Public Lecture
Permaculture: Practical Experience Practical Experience for Community Development and Food Movement
-  Sombath’s Works and Life
-  Permaculture Principle
-  Practical Permaculture Experience
23 Aug 2021
13.30-14.30
Global Issues on Organic Agriculture Climate Actions
14.30-14.45 Break
14.45-16.00 Climate Adaptation and Seeds Law Local Issue and Practices
24 Aug 2021
13.30-14.30
Organic Seeds Local Seeds / Organic Seeds Production
14.30-14.45 Break
14.45-16.00 Soil Fertility and Soil Management:
Feed the soil and soil will feed the plant
Natural Compost, Earthworm Compost / Food Waste Compost
25 Aug 2021
13.30-16.00
Water Management Dripping System / Sprinkle System
26 Aug 2021
13.30-16.00
Markets and OrganicCertification -  Maetha Organic / Maetha Cooperative
-  Community Support Agriculture (CSA)
-  Maetha Online Product
27 Aug 2021
13.30-14.30
Media and Publication* - Story Telling*
14.30-14.45 Break
14.45-16.00 - Personal Planning
- Evaluation and Follow up Plan

- Reflection
- Certificate

Preparing Learning and Training Materials, we worked on the poster and online application form, in parallel with training program development. The poster and the application were launched on the website and social media by 5 July.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeFrbcNyjceRt0HZ0gXO1hTuI2XOirXr1k_qInFmr9FFdsW7w/viewform



The application is now closed, we have got 184 applicants from 15 countries (Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brazil, Cambodia, Egypt, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippine, Sri-Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam). In term of gender, there are male (53.3%), female (46.2%), and others (0.5%). And 81.5% of the 184 applicants have shown the interest to participate the whole program.







What we will do next.

The online training will be held in August. We already have a plan for the coming online training as follows.Finalize the participant list
  • Finalize the participant list
  • Re-confirm the resource person
  • Produce training handbook and other learning material.
  • Organize the online training 21-21 August 2021
After the training, we also have a plan to produce learning materials using the key learning, highlight, and conclusion of the training, to share with young farmers and others who cannot join this online training. Our tentative plan* for the learning materials, we would like to share about the technical skills, local wisdoms, new paradigm, and right livelihood.

Photo (Technical Skills) by NEED Myanmar






Photo (Right Livelihood) by NEED Myanmar