Dear all,
In the past 72 hours, over 150 new participants have joined, so welcome to all!
We have people joining in from across the globe, all interested in our discussion topics: academics, researchers, farmers, extension agents, policy makers, teachers and educators, people from the private sector, policy makers, or agripreneurs,.. Participants
range from PhD’s to on-the-ground practitioners. That makes it a really interesting and diverse mix, so we are really looking forward to your input.
How can you prepare to participate?
Our team has prepared an elaborate background document explaining the SALSA project, the history and output of the previous e-conference in 2016 and even more importantly: the purpose and all practical details for our e-conference starting next Monday, all
which you can find here:
http://bit.ly/SALSA-background-doc
I strongly encourage you to read through this background document, as it contains all details why/how we run this e-conference, and how you can
participate.
So.. how can you start engaging into our e-conference discussion, as of Monday?
When you read through the background document, please note the most important part, chapter 5, which outlines the six main discussion topics
Topic #1: Cooperation among small farms
Topic #2: Small farms’ contribution to resilience of the food system
Topic #3: Strategies used by small farms to overcome challenges – a view of the past
Topic #4: How small farms address future challenges?
Topic #5: The importance of food businesses to small farms
Topic #6: How can policies affect small farm activities and their resilience?
Each of these topics has a set of specific questions (from 1.1 to 6.3).
We kindly ask to share your opinion/input/experiences/examples for any of these topics, one topic by email. So send your input, by email to [log in to unmask], and from here, we will combine all inputs, per topic, and re-distribute
it to every participant in this e-conference.
As the discussion progresses over the next 3 weeks, you are encouraged to comment or reply to any of the past input, with your opinion or experience, or send new input.
All of your input should be emailed to "
[log in to unmask]". We will screen it, aggregate your input per discussion topic, and re-distribute it to the group.
So,.. get ready.. We are open for your input as of Monday March 19th, and hope we get a practical/pragmatic/constructive discussion going.
But… all of this will be based on YOUR input. So, don’t be shy. Please do share your input, as this will really make the discussion “rich”. Share your “from-the-ground experiences”, as this is what we really want to hear.
So, get ready!
Best,
The SALSA/FAO e-conference team