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DISCUSSION No. 123 • FSN Forum digest No. 1209
Harnessing the benefits of ecosystem services for effective ecological intensification in agriculture
until 21 December 2015
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Dear Members,
Please find below the latest contributions on Harnessing the benefits of ecosystem services for effective ecological intensification in agriculture<http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/forum/discussions/liberation>, including a comment by Danielle Nierenberg, facilitator of the discussion.
Many of you may have heard about ecological intensification in agriculture; for it to become the promising solution to the growing demand for agricultural products we need policies, incentives, training and communication, among other actions.
We invite you to join this important debate and to link with the Liberation project, which aims to provide the evidence base for ecological intensification and demonstrate the concept in representative agricultural landscape types.
Please feel free to share your thoughts and experiences on the questions proposed in the topic introduction available on the discussion page<http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/forum/discussions/liberation>. As usual, comments are welcome in English<http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/forum/discussions/liberation>, French<http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/fr/forum/discussions/liberation> and Spanish<http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/es/forum/discussions/liberation>.
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Danielle Nierenberg, facilitator of the discussion
I agree with Professor David Kleijn<http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/forum/contributions/re-harnessing-benefits-ecosystem-services-effective-ecological-intensification-6> that for ecological intensification to be successful farmers need to be involved from the beginning of the research and development phase through participatory research practices. A top down approach with recommendations coming from policymakers and researchers in laboratories will simply not be as effective--farmers need to be in the driver's seat at the beginning.
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This will also help farmers see the wide range of benefits--environmental, economic, and social--that ecological intensification practices can provide. And, as a result, this can help these practices spread more widely and quickly.
Thanks again for all of the great comments! Please keep them coming!
CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED
[cid:image003.png@01D1368F.36731530]Lal Manavado, University of Oslo affiliate, Norway
Lal's contribution expands on challenges and opportunities to harness the benefits of ecosystem services to improve agriculture productivity in a sustainable way; his contribution includes suggestions on policies and on incentives to move forward in this direction. [...]
Link to the full contribution<http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/forum/contributions/re-harnessing-benefits-ecosystem-services-effective-ecological-intensificatio-11>
[cid:image003.png@01D1368F.36731530]Subhash Mehta, Devarao Shivaram Trust, India
Subhash shares experiences and resources on agroecology, which proves to be able to increase yields while respecting sustainability principles. [...]
Link to the full contribution<http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/forum/contributions/re-harnessing-benefits-ecosystem-services-effective-ecological-intensificatio-12>
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