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Building Food Sovereignty Based on Local Community Food Sources

The Indonesian Biodiversity Foundation, established in 1994,is one of the institutions that provides support for the conservation and preservation of Indonesia's biodiversity. The Foundation provides financial and technical support to civil society organization and local communities who are working on conservation, development and preservation of biodiversity. The Foundation believes that food security can be achieved through conserving and utilizing local biodiversity as a source of income to improve the economy of farming communities, as well as promoting the importance of crop diversification. One of the work they carried out in supporting agricultural development is building food sovereignty based on local community sources. It supported various activities in 2013 to 2019, such as with local communities and other entities.: (1) development and cultivation of sorghum plants on farmers' land, (2) increasing farmer capacity: cultivation-post-harvest-processing-consumption; entrepreneurship, economic balance, food nutrition, (3) promotion, education, advocacy, (4) support for post-harvest and processing tools and (5) synergy and networking with the local and national governments. The Foundation also promotes recognition of people who have contributed to conservation efforts, e.g. Maria Loretha, one of the sorghum conservationists.

Most relevant categories	Approaches to encourage income-generating activities to support farmers’ conservation and sustainable use of PGRFA
Also relevant categories	Approaches to encourage income-generating activities to support farmers’ conservation and sustainable use of PGRFA Catalogues, registries and other forms of documentation of PGRFA and protection of traditional knowledge In-situ/on farm conservation and management of PGRFA, such as social and cultural measures, community biodiversity management and conservation sites Participatory approaches to research on PGRFA, including characterization and evaluation, participatory plant breeding and variety selection Farmers’ participation in decision-making at local, national and sub-regional, regional and international levels Training, capacity development and public awareness creation Legal measures for the implementation of Farmers’ Rights, such as legislative measures related to PGRFA.
Institution/organization	Non Governmental Organization
Provision of Art. 9 addressed	Art. 9.1; Art. 9.2a; Art. 9.2b; Art. 9.3
Types	Technical; Others
Countries	Indonesia
Regions	Asia
Keywords	Capacity development; Food security; PGRFA
Resource link	https://www.fao.org/3/ca7990en/ca7990en.pdf

Most relevant categories

Approaches to encourage income-generating activities to support farmers’ conservation and sustainable use of PGRFA

Also relevant categories

Approaches to encourage income-generating activities to support farmers’ conservation and sustainable use of PGRFA
Catalogues, registries and other forms of documentation of PGRFA and protection of traditional knowledge
In-situ/on farm conservation and management of PGRFA, such as social and cultural measures, community biodiversity management and conservation sites
Participatory approaches to research on PGRFA, including characterization and evaluation, participatory plant breeding and variety selection
Farmers’ participation in decision-making at local, national and sub-regional, regional and international levels
Training, capacity development and public awareness creation
Legal measures for the implementation of Farmers’ Rights, such as legislative measures related to PGRFA.

Institution/organization

Non Governmental Organization

Provision of Art. 9 addressed

Art. 9.1; Art. 9.2a; Art. 9.2b; Art. 9.3

Types

Technical; Others

Countries

Indonesia

Regions

Asia

Keywords

Capacity development; Food security; PGRFA

Resource link

https://www.fao.org/3/ca7990en/ca7990en.pdf

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