MAINSTREAMING AGRICULTURAL BIODIVERSITY FOR FOOD SECURITY Satellite Event at Tenth Regular Session of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

Integrated agro-ecological approaches and community-based adaptive management: Integrated Pest Management Rice Food Webs and Regional Pools of Species Farmers’ Field Schools Policy Reform and Impact

Rice Food Webs Aquatic food webs support biocontrol Decomposing organic matter feeds the food web from bottom up Regional species pools supply rice fields with natural enemies

Irrigated Rice Food Web PROTOZOA ROTIFERS TUBIFICID WORMS MICROCRUSTACEA ORGANIC MATTER PHYTOPLANKTON CHIRONOMIDS & MOSQUITOES ARTHROPOD PREDATORS BACTERIA DETRITIVORES HERBIVORES PARASITOIDS Hyper Parasitoids RICE PLANT CO 2 P2O5P2O5 NH 4 OTHER NO 3 AQUATIC

Adding Organic Matter to a Rice Field Boosts populations of Detritus-Feeders, Plankton Feeders & Predatory Insects LowHighLowHigh Below water Water surface and Plant Canopy Mean insects per square meter Neutrals Predators 1.5 Ha ; 12 replications Organic Matter Inputs

Regional Species Pool Landscape-Level “Filters” Community Assembly Speciation Coevolutionary History Extinction Spatial & Temporal Scale Large Small Synchrony Landscape Grain Non - crop Vegetation Corridors Fallow patterns Regional Pesticide Use Regional Species Pool Landscape-Level “Filters” Community Assembly Speciation Coevolutionary History Extinction Spatial & Temporal Scale Large Small Spatial & Temporal Scale Large Small -

Farmers’ Field Schools

From Central Java to Central Mali: Constructing Ecosystems in Groups

Agro-ecosystem analysis

Making field observations Discussing field observations

Policy Reforms

Indonesia 1986: Planning Minister and Junior Minister Agriculture go to field, meet farmers, 3 weeks later, National IPM Policy announced by President Indonesia 1990: New Junior Minister Agriculture and Cabinet Sect. go to field, meet farmers, reject repeal of pesticide restrictions and reinforce IPM

Farmers Demonstrate their their Constructed Ecosystems in Public: West Africa Literacy NOT Required

Farmers Mobilizing for Local Policy Reform in Selingue, Mali

Iranian Farmer Field Schools: Biodiversity Management by Local Communities

Thank You !

National IPM Programmes Sub Regional Clusters: ●Reinforce each other with expertise, experience, example ●Field Exchanges ●Natural Trade Partners: Harmonize to reduce costs ●Common Threats from Invasive Pests

Sub-Regional Clusters of National IPM Programmes