The objective of the conference was to encourage farmers to freely share their knowledge with farmers from other countries and with scientists alike.

 

We were interested to hear farmers' stories about various aspects of agriculture including but not limited to: past and present practices, changes in market opportunities, change of varieties, change in living standards over time, loss of varieties or any other similar issues and, also, changes related to their participation in the PPB programme.

 

Storytelling served, both, as the overarching frameworks as well as the tool to share Farmers’ Knowledge. By documenting the stories  and making them available through this Website, Print Publications and Cell Phone Videos for viral distribution, we are hoping to aid the spread of the knowledge contained in the stories.

 

Finally we would be pleased if this first, small conference would serve as inspiration to others and will be replicated elsewhere.