A Global Capacity Building Workshop every year – since 2012 – is being held at the Navdanya Biodiversity Conservation farm for citizens’ organizations and movements from across the world with eminent scientists and environmentalists, an opportunity to learn from nature and farmers as teachers, as well as from the cutting edge ecological research combined with practical experience and participation in community activities. This year’s course was focussed on the analysis of two food systems. One is an industrial system based on globalised corporate control, chemicals and poisons, GMOs, patent monopolies & fossil fuels which is contributing to 75% of the planets ecological destruction, wiping out the livelihoods of small farmers and family farms, and creating an epidemic of food style diseases. The second food system is based on strong vibrant local economies, ecological processes that rejuvenate our soil, biodiversity, water. It is based on the sun’s energy – not fossil fuels – from the growing to the cooking & processing of food. Organic chemical free & fossil fuels free food systems hold the promise of generating meaningful work while rejuvenating the Earth and addressing problems of health and climate chaos.
Celebrating Biodiversity with Navdanya
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Congratulations to all the Bijaks for completing a one month Course on Biodiversity, Agroecology and Organic Food System.
We wish you all the very best and very sustainable life ahead. May we never give up on the movement that has bought us together. @drvandanashiva @JanakPalta pic.twitter.com/hgfI1aEDxs— Navdanya (@NavdanyaBija) September 30, 2018
AZ course @NavdanyaBija
Session with @drvandanashiva on #diversity as an organizing principle for Nature, knowledge, economy & democracy.
Regenerating the earth, rural economy health & democracy.
@SwarajAnna @NavdanyaInt @occupytheseed pic.twitter.com/KnNfIeLW6F— Navdanya (@NavdanyaBija) September 29, 2018
"Just living is not enough, one should have seed & sunshine in their lives”
Az course @NavdanyaBija with @drvandanashiva @JanakPalta #livingfood #solarcooker #solar-dryer #cleanenergy @vinodkbhatt1 @NavdanyaInt @occupytheseed pic.twitter.com/83jfGBqSSb— Navdanya (@NavdanyaBija) September 28, 2018
A-Z course @NavdanyaBija
Session with Dr R S Rawat on diverse ways of improving soil fertility & working with soil
Making Heap compost and garbage enzyme@drvandanashiva @NavdanyaInt @vinodkbhatt1 @occupytheseed pic.twitter.com/RGAEk0VyIn— Navdanya (@NavdanyaBija) September 20, 2018
A-Z course @NavdanyaBija
The soil is the great connector of lives
Session with Chris & Marilyn @THProj #livingsoil #soilfoodweb #soilmicrobs @drvandanashiva @NavdanyaInt @occupytheseed pic.twitter.com/JtPFRz0IVR— Navdanya (@NavdanyaBija) September 20, 2018
A-Z course @NavdanyaBija
Session on diverse ways of improving soil fertility & working with soil
Ecological weed management, green manure, different types of solid and liquid compost @drvandanashiva @NavdanyaInt @vinodkbhatt1 @occupytheseed pic.twitter.com/6IAERAKULn— Navdanya (@NavdanyaBija) September 19, 2018
A-Z course with Chris & Marilyn
Living Soil – intro to the soil food web #livingsoil #soilfoodweb @THProj @drvandanashiva @vinodkbhatt1 @occupytheseed pic.twitter.com/frCyuHWLrV— Navdanya (@NavdanyaBija) September 18, 2018
A-Z course
Session with Dr R S Rawat on Biodiversity for pest control: making your own natural pest control agent with biodiversity #biodiversity #agroecology #livingseed @drvandanashiva @SwarajAnna @NavdanyaInt pic.twitter.com/3eGXgcVrTj— Navdanya (@NavdanyaBija) September 17, 2018
Dr Ceccarelli @NavdanyaBija for the A-Z course
Sharing the importance of participator breeding & Evolutionary breeding #Livingseed #breeding @drvandanashiva @NavdanyaInt @occupytheseed pic.twitter.com/kBeFFwHxtV— Navdanya (@NavdanyaBija) September 15, 2018
AZ course @NavdanyaBija
By contributing to participatory and evolutionary breeding Dr. Ceccarelli empowering farmers to make their own seed & showing the way to evolve climate resilience & adaptable seed#livingseed @drvandanashiva @SwarajAnna @NavdanyaInt @ pic.twitter.com/2BJyhwy9JL— Navdanya (@NavdanyaBija) September 14, 2018
Dr Ceccarelli @NavdanyaBija for the A-Z course
Session on produce you own seed participator breeding & Evolutionary breeding
Growing biodiversity #Livingseed #breeding @drvandanashiva @NavdanyaInt @occupytheseed pic.twitter.com/5P2TKibcDX— Navdanya (@NavdanyaBija) September 14, 2018
Living Seed at A-Z of Biodiversity Agroecoloy, and organic food system course with D.S Negi walking around the Navdanya Biodiversity Conservation Farm for seed selection and later learning about the indigenous technique of seed treatment and seed conservation. @drvandanashiva pic.twitter.com/JJaCBEhK34
— Navdanya (@NavdanyaBija) September 11, 2018
A-Z of Agroecoloy, Biodiversity and organic food system course, entering the Seed Week with DS Negi
participants got an experience of hands on seed, where they learned about Particapatory breeding, seed selection , Revolutionary breeding.#livingseed @drvandanashiva pic.twitter.com/lfktTUulyK— Navdanya (@NavdanyaBija) September 10, 2018
A-z of Biodiversity Agroecology & Organic Food Systems
Narasnna Koppula
Session on web of life that is the very foundation of understanding ecology and biodiversity based organic farming @drvandanashiva @SwarajAnna @NavdanyaInt @vinodkbhatt1 @occupytheseed pic.twitter.com/L79ES9iMtV— Navdanya (@NavdanyaBija) September 8, 2018
A-Z of Biodiversity Agroecology & Organic Food Systems
Dr Av Singh
Food & Farming by numbers
Farming with system in mind
Principles of Agronomy & plant signals @NavdanyaBija ongoing course @drvandanashiva @vinodkbhatt1 @occupytheseed @NavdanyaInt pic.twitter.com/NKWCnPZdGl— Navdanya (@NavdanyaBija) September 6, 2018
An inauguration of the A-Z of biodiversity, agroecology and organic food system course at Navdanya Biodiversity Conservation Farm, Dehradun. Participants from all across the world have joined Navdanya Family to learn and to experience from the grassroot people. @drvandanashiva pic.twitter.com/6cM4xLZBA7
— Navdanya (@NavdanyaBija) September 1, 2018