Date/dates: 01/09/2014 - 30/09/2014
Time: All Day


"A-Z of Agroecology and Organic Food System" at Navdanya


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The A-Z course is one month long annual course offered by Navdanya to cover the food and farming system. A-Z, from seed to table, science to practice from farmer producer to the market.

The course is offered at Navdanya’s Biodiversity conservation farm in Doon Valley. The faculty include top scientists and practitioners in their field.

Week I Food Systems: Agroecology and Just Economies
Faculty : Dr. Vandana Shiva and Navdanya Team, Av Singh, Sandor Katz, Prof. Vir Singh, Jodi Koberinski
Week II Living Seed: Biodiversity Conservation, Seed Saving, Community Seed Banks, Participatory Breeding and Evolutionary breeding for climate resilience; role of pollinators
Faculty : Dr. Vandana Shiva, Navdanya Team (Dr. Vinod Bhatt; Sri Darwan Singh Negi; Smt. Bija Devi) Dr. Salvatore Cecarelli,
Week III Living Soil: Soil rejuvenation, Soil Food web, Soil fertility management; Composting
Faculty : Dr. Sultan Ismail; Navdanya Team, Dr. Av. Singh, Ms. Marilyn, Mr. Chris Kennedy
Week IV Living Food and Living Economies Part I Food Nutrition Health, Mind and Body: 2
Part I Food Nutrition Health, Mind and Body: 2
Faculty: Dr. Mira Shiva; Dr. Anna Powar with Fausta Romano and Paolo Bucci;
Part II The Planetary Transition to Agroecological and Just Food Systems : Experiences from Africa, Latin America, North America, Europe and Asia
Faculty: Dr. Vandana Shiva, Andrew Kimbrell, Ignacio Chapela, Sue Edwards, Fabian and Zavier
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Webpage with more details: http://navdanya.org/news/433-a-z-of-agroecology-and-organic-food-system

Organiser Name: Navdanya
Organiser email: bija@navdanya.net
Organiser Website: http://navdanya.org/home
Organiser Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/vandanashiva.navdanya

Location:

Navdanya – Doon Valley Biodiversity Farm/Bija Vidyapeeth
Shimla Bypass Road - Dehradun
Village Ramgarh / Shishambara - India
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