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Workshop on Sustainable Farming Practices Past and Present

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The AHRC-funded Changing Farmers’ Lives Past and Present research project held its first event in Bangalore, India on 21-22 February 2018, co-organised by the Open University and the Karnataka based NGO Green Foundation.

A variety of presentations by academic researchers and development practitioners explored the potential, first, of Arts and Humanities approaches, in particular aspects of oral history, stories, drama, and film, to document and support small farmer creativity in developing resilience to livelihood challenges in relation to food, biodiversity, and climate issues; and second, of participatory methods aimed at local community conservation of agricultural biodiversity and revival and control of indigenous seeds. Each session was followed by lively discussions. See workshop programme.