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Thursday 16 June 2016

More from Dr Paul Olivier in Vietnam

Transforming Biodegradable Waste, Integrating Plant and Animal Systems, Deindustrializing Agriculture, Reducing Carbon Emissions, Sequestering Carbon, Decommodifying Food and Restoring Biodiversity


By Dr. Paul Olivier, Dr. Nguyen Van Ket and Todd Hyman 
                  June 7, 2016                                       


This essay has seven major themes, as its title indicates. Small farmers transform biodegradable waste at the highest possible level, they closely integrate plant and animal systems, and they deindustrialize the production of food. These three strategies allow them to play a major role in reducing carbon emissions and in sequestering carbon. Furthermore, small farmers participate in co-ops that share and integrate waste resources and waste technologies. These co-ops also provide education and training, and they take care of all aspects of selling to consumers. With all of these elements in place, small farmers are then able to de-commodify the sale of food. Food is not just another commodity to be traded in the global marketplace. The market value of food should never be allowed to override broader issues relating to food safety, food security, the health of the environment and the biodiversity of our planet.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/22013094/Paper/Summaries/Summary.pdf

Biochar is a frequent subject throughout this report.

100 Projects for the Climate

This French initiative is helping support a number of biochar related projects. Three projects in the SEA region are revealed from a search on 'biochar' (nine in total)...
http://www.100projetspourleclimat.gouv.fr/en/#filters

Philippines: cook stoves
http://www.100projetspourleclimat.gouv.fr/en/projects/543-biocharintegratedsystem

Vietnam: gasifier technology
http://www.100projetspourleclimat.gouv.fr/en/projects/461-cu-khoi-guava-gasifier

Philippines: Project Eden
http://www.100projetspourleclimat.gouv.fr/en/projects/36-project-eden

They can all benefit from your votes...