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 - 09 April 2021

Exchanges, brainstorming and conviviality for the PROTEGE agroecology demonstration farm network in French Polynesia

The seven Polynesian demonstration farms meet for the first time in two days of workshops.

Tehei, Anna, Moïse, Mathieu, Françoise, Moetini, Leïla and Geoffrey... The winners of the call for applications launched by the French Polynesian French Polynesia Agriculture Department for agroecological demonstration farms met for the first time on 24 and 25 March 2021 in Papara.

These farmers are all motivated by the desire to work together for the agro-ecological transition of their country and are representative of the diversity of Polynesian farms committed to sustainable production methods.

The programme of these days included various workshops that allowed everyone to get to know each other, to share their practices and then to brainstorm in order to set the objectives, the priorities for action and the operating methods of the network.

Field visits were also organised in two farms in Papara and Mataeia, followed by awareness raising on the use of intercropping plants and discussions on organic certification.

The French Polynesia Agriculture Department and SPC PROTEGE are pleased with this first workshop which sets the tone for the network. The farmers are proud and strong of their environmentally friendly approaches; the management team is all the more motivated to support them.

A document presenting the network, describing its objectives and the actions implemented, as well as a summary of these two days of workshops, will be given to Vice-President Tearii ALPHA. The work carried out on the farms will support the dissemination of agroecology in French Polynesia in accordance with the guidelines of the recently adopted "Agriculture" Master Plan.

More information on the PROTEGE network of agroecological demonstration farms:

The PROTEGE network of agroecology demonstration farms spread over New Caledonia, French Polynesia and Wallis and Futuna is being set up since 2019. The aim of this network is to support all agricultural systems (plants and animals) towards agroecology and organic farming for greater autonomy with regards to imported inputs, greater cultivated and functional biodiversity, better management of resources (water, soil, etc.), greater resilience to climate change and greater food security.

The network must thus demonstrate the technical, economic and social viability of agroecological systems adapted to the realities of diverse and varied stakeholders such as family farmers, professionals, agricultural trainees and community decision makers.

 

PROTEGE demonstration farms in French Polynesia
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