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Workshop 1.2 Family Farms as Educational Farms – Possibilities and Perspectives The state of the Art of School Farming in Switzerland – the case of SchuB Hans Wydler and Yvonne Therese Christ Zürich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland Hans.Wydler@zhaw.ch The state of the art of School Farmin in Switzerland was established using an analysis of the literature and interviews with experts. The results show us one large nationwide network, part of the image campaign of the farmers' association and a few smaller but enterprising and independent networks in the agglomerations of the bigger cities. Activities of the main network include 'school on the farm' (1) for primary schoolchildren and 'Agro-Image' (2) and 'Pick-up' (3) (magazine) for students in secondary education. In 2010, 28'300 children and adolescents took part in the eventful teaching programme on participating farms. Importance was placed on practical experience in relevant agricultural fields. (4) In evaluationg the national project 'school on the farm' a series of 15 factors were established to maintain the quality of the programme. Further points will be considered in the planning strategy for 2012-2015 to continuously improve the project. Contemporary developments ad new attitudes within cities and urban spaces are providing opportunities for new ideas in the culture and education of the citiziens. Further examples of informal environmental education from the agglomerations of Zurich, Bern, Basel and other Swiss cities are to be found at the following links. • http://www.agridealindau.ch/fachgebiete/paralandwirtschaft/agrotourismus/schluessel_zur_natur/index.htm • www.ortoloco.ch > link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EI9LwaNTaEw • http://www.stadt-zuerich.ch/ted/de/index/gsz/angebote_u_beratung/gutsbetrieb_juchhof.html • http://www.dunkelhoelzli.ch/mitmachen • http://www.agrotourismus.ch/ • www.schub.ch • www.agro-image.ch • http://www.lid.ch/de/schulen/pick-up/ • http://www.schub.ch/index.html?&page_id=39&node=25&level=0&l=2 26
Workshop 1.3 Understanding agricultural structural changes and their impacts, to support inclusive policy dialogue and formulation Convenors: Marie-Aude Even, Timothy Robinson, Jean-Michel Sourisseau, Pierre Gasselin, Genevieve Nguyen, Jacques Loyat and Pierre-Marie Bosc We organize a workshop gathering contributions world wide to enable comparative analysis, common understanding and collaborations along four pillars: 1) Evolution of typology of farming systems structure 2) Assessment of local agriculture structural transformations, their drivers and integrated impacts, 3) Emergence of local inclusive information and knowledge systems to empower stakeholders to better contribute to policy dialogue on structural transformations, 4) role of policy in structural changes, possible options, possible tools to support decision making. Agricultural structural transformations and contributions to sustainable development Pierre-Marie Bosc, Jean-Francois Belieres, Hubert George and Marie-Aude Even CIRAD, France Pierre-Marie.Bosc@cirad.fr In a given area, different forms of farming (from small-scale family farming to large-scale enterprises) contribute and respond differently to global challenges such as food insecurity, employment, poverty, climate change and biodiversity. Rapid structural changes are happening (for instance land holding size and tenure, use of hired labor, increasing reliance on finance and market integration) but little is known about their impacts. Ongoing agricultural investments have triggered policy debate on the relevance and effects of different business models, and access to knowledge of these is crucial for all stakeholders to be included in policy dialogue. Given the variety and complexity of ongoing transformations, policy debate at national and international levels should be supported by novel approaches for assessing and monitoring this phenomenon. This approach should at least account for the diverse forms of farming systems; the multiple sectors with which they interact at food chain, territorial and global levels; and impacts on ecosystem services spanning environmental, economic and social dimensions. This paper presents a short review of the literature on agricultural structural change and discusses options to characterize different patterns of change, as compared to that which took place in developed countries in the second half of the 20th century. It proposes an analytical framework to monitor and evaluate these changes in order to improve policies through an assessment of the contributions of different types of farm organizations to sustainable development. In a given territory, and in the relatively long term, transformations can be described at least partly, by the changes in farm types. These structural changes are the result from strategies implemented at farm level to adapt to changing economic and environmental contexts. The future of the food system: cases involving the private sector in South Africa Laura M. Pereira Future Agricultures Consortium, South Africa Laura.Pereira@st-hildas.oxon.org The global food system is facing unprecedented pressure from global change processes. These pressures are exacerbated by transformations in the food system through the expansion of agrifood corporations that are consolidating their power in the global food chain: in their control over the technology of production, the distribution of food commodities, their procurement policies and marketing techniques. Although Africa largely missed the Green Revolution and the subsequent wave 27
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