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IBI’s Biochar Academy is an immersive in-person, multi-day, hands-on workforce development course designed to equip emerging and future biochar professionals with the knowledge and tools necessary to become effective biochar advocates, educators, and practitioners. 

Link to Event Page:

https://biochar-international.org/event/ibi-biochar-academy-thailand/

PARTICIPANTS WILL:

• Hear from biochar experts to gain insight into the current and future state of biochar research, commercial activity, and opportunities
• Become equipped with essential knowledge for training others in biochar fundamentals
• Make biochar using low-tech methods and identify a wide variety of applications for biochar
• Discuss the relationship between biochar and climate change mitigation
• Recognize the growing number of biochar production technologies, their co-products, scaling potential and more
• Grasp the carbon removal marketplace and opportunities for biochar producers and farmers with a regional focus on Southeast Asia
• Network with other biochar stakeholders working in research, farmer education, carbon removal markets, biochar production and market development

This 1-week course is designed for development workers, missionaries, and volunteers looking to engage their communities with low-cost, high-impact agricultural ideas and techniques. Participants will be introduced to various agricultural practices and technologies through classroom time and hands-on activities on the farm, learning to 'use what you have to make what you need.'

This course is considered an 'introductory survey course' and will present a broad overview of many options suited to smallholder agricultural contexts in Asia. 

Those interested in preparing for short to long-term involvement in international agriculture development are encouraged to participate in this five-day course.  Topics and discussions will focus on improved food security and agricultural livelihoods for small-scale farmers in developing countries.  Participants will be introduced to the complexities related to poverty and community development.  They will also be introduced to principles and practices that contribute toward maintaining healthy and productive soil as well as improved water management and crop production (e.g., annuals and perennials). The vital role of livestock and appropriate technology is also incorporated into the course. During the week, activities will include presentations, farm-based practicums, consultations with ECHO staff, and opportunities for research in the ECHO Resource Library. 

What is offered:

This course covers a broad range of topics relevant to those starting in agricultural development in a tropical environment.  The purpose of this class is to expose you to several different ideas and concepts.  Although a significant amount of time will be spent looking at examples on the ECHO Farm, given the breadth of topics covered, extensive hands-on farm work should not be an expectation of taking this course.

Language: This course is offered in English

หลักสูตรการอบรมนี้ถูกออกแบบขึ้นเพื่อเป็นประโยชน์ต่อ ผู้ที่ทำงานด้านการพัฒนา มิชชั่นนารี และอาสาสมัคร ที่กำลังมองหาแนวทางในการประยุกต์ใช้ทักษะและเทคนิคด้านการทำการเกษตรที่มีประโยชน์และมีต้นทุนต่ำในการทำงานกับชุมชน ผู้เข้าร่วมอบรมจะได้เรียนรู้และฝึกปฏิบัติเทคนิคการทำการเกษตรที่หลากหลายตลอดการอบรม เรียนรู้ที่จะใช้ประโยชน์จากที่มีตัวเองมีอยู่ให้เกิดประโยชน์สูงสุด

หลักสูตรนี้เปรียบเสมือนกับ หลักสูตรการเริ่มต้นสำรวจ ซึ่งผู้เข้าร่วมอบรมจะได้เรียนรู้ภาพรวมของหัวข้อและเทคนิคในการทำการเกษตรต่างๆที่เหมาะสมกับบริบทของเกษตรกรขนาดเล็กในภูมิภาคเอเชีย

Best Practices in Sustainable Agriculture & Appropriate Technologies

We will be sharing best practices promoted by different specialists from across the region. It will be an opportunity to network among those working in East and Southern Africa to alleviate poverty, fight against hunger, and improve food security and the overall livelihood of the people we serve.

Presenters welcome: We seek qualified speakers and we are contacting you to offer yourself, or to suggest to us others to share best practices in their work.  ECHO EA and Canadian Foodgrains Bank seek speakers whose themes have wide relevance for impacting food security. Both morning plenaries and practical afternoon breakout sessions or panels are sought for poster presentations.

Please join us to find good speakers for this event. We encourage potential speakers to submit the attached speaker form so that we can save their place in the schedule. The format requests 3 sentences of biographical data, a photo, a theme title, and a 3 sentence summary of the presentation. 

We hope you will encourage your colleagues and partners in other organizations to attend, and even to offer presentations. Please share with us any contact person(s), name & email & telephone, so that we can welcome them either to present, attend, or send participants. Thank you in advance for your support and contributions. 

We encourage organizations to support participants, especially from Malawi who are working on the frontlines of rural development to combat hunger, poverty, and malnutrition and to raise standards of living. Please refer this opportunity to people you know or send us any contacts or networks whom you think we should invite. We anticipate this to be a very rich event for all involved.

This is a five day, hands-on course that will focus on food forests and garden design. By taking this course you will learn how to design and start a food forest in your own backyard. You will also learn practical ways to design a garden using items such as old tires, milk cartons, and swimming pools to be able to start a garden anywhere.

Attendees should be able to leave the course with knowledge about how to plan and prepare for a food forest or garden and have the tools and ability to start one. This training is also beneficial to missionaries to be able to help individuals in food insecure areas around the world have a foundation to bring nutrition into their lives from their own backyard.

SAVE THE DATE

Plenary speakers, breakout sessions, and workshops will provide opportunities for learning with others devoted to eradicating hunger and improving lives through agriculture, clean water, and community development.  Speakers share their agricultural challenges and successes, personal experiences, and transferrable principles for daily improving the lives of millions facing food insecurity. The highlight is networking with like-minded practitioners, researchers, and educators.    The conference is from November 12-14 in Fort Myers, Florida.  

This 1-week course is designed for development workers, missionaries, and volunteers looking to engage their communities with low-cost, high-impact agricultural ideas and techniques. Participants will be introduced to various agricultural practices and technologies through classroom time and hands-on activities on the farm, learning to 'use what you have to make what you need.'

This course is considered an 'introductory survey course' and will present a broad overview of many options suited to smallholder agricultural contexts in Asia.