Here are some of their answers:

 

“We learnt a lot from the exchange of information among various countries and from meeting with people coming from different traditions.” - Algerian participants

 

“The most important things I have learnt from the conference is that some problems are global (drought, cost increases..) and the solutions are local. Government policies tend to simplify while farmers need to diversify. Self-reliance can require short-term sacrifice in order to make long term investments.”- a French participant

 

“One suggestion is to ask the participating farmers to organize similar (if more informal) conference where they live.” - French participant

 

“We learnt that agriculture is an important sector so if we use it in the right way we will change our life and achieve food security.” - Eritrean participants

 

“One suggestion for improvement of the conference is to invite more NARS representatives in order to facilitate the institutionalization of PPB and make them more aware of the importance of farmers’ knowledge.”- Italian participant

 

“We learnt that farmers’ participation has an important role in decision making. We learnt that the use of local varieties (landraces) in different conditions -such as drought or extreme cold- is very important. We also learnt that the use of local knowledge is important when combined with useful and appropriate modern technologies.”- Iranian participants