Agroecology for resilient and sustainable livelihoods of natural disaster affected communities in Myanmar. Lessons from the STRONG project approach to farmer field schools (FFS) in Chin State and Sagaing Region.
Rapport, 2018
natural disaster risks. But climate change and transitions from traditional to industrial modes
of farming have changed the vulnerabilities of these people and their communities. Farm
reliant households, in Myanmar and across the region, are increasingly exposed to market
forces and disruptive impacts of extreme weather events. New approaches to rural
development, which enable communities to build resilient and sustainable livelihoods are
therefore needed.
The STRONG project’s approach to farmer
field schools (FFS), promoting agroecological
practices for poor, rural households in western
Myanmar, is an example of such approaches.
In 2016, Ar Yone Oo – Social Development
Association and Welthungerhilfe partnered to
initiate the STRONG project – in response to
severe landslide and flooding events that
devastated rural communities in Myanmar
during the 2015 Monsoon season. The project
supports disaster affected households to
recover their livelihoods and build long-term
resilience, through a portfolio of
complementary disaster risk reduction and
rural development interventions.
This brief (i) provides an introduction to the
STRONG project approach to adult learning in
FFS, (ii) documents agroecological practices
that the initiative promotes in target
communities and (iii) presents key insight from
the STRONG project for inter-organisational
learning and knowledge exchange. The
presentation builds on results of a collaboration
between Ar Yone Oo (Myanmar) and Chalmers
University of Technology (Sweden), formed to
document lessons from the STRONG project
implementation process, and assess project
beneficiaries’ experiences with promoted
agroecological practices.
rural development
agroecology
sustainable livelihoods
climate change
Författare
Laura Kmoch
Chalmers, Rymd-, geo- och miljövetenskap, Fysisk resursteori, Fysisk resursteori 2
Förändrad markanvändning och utmaningar & möjligheter för småbönder i Myanmar
Chalmers, 2015-08-01 -- .
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