علم وخبر٨٣٢١ / ودب ٢٠٢٢
The Agricultural Movement in Lebanon
Filed at Ministry of Interior in Lebanon under the number: 8321 / wdb 2022
Agrimovement envisions a sustainable just future, where communities thrive through resilient social practices, equitable access to food, and empowered people.
Agrimovement strives to promote food sovereignty, advocates peoples’ right to food, environmental stewardship, and economic growth by fostering innovation, knowledge-sharing, and collaborative partnerships in socio-economic development
Agrimovement supports research pertaining to seed preservation, environmental conservation, and best practices in ecological farming.
Seed in a box is an initiative started as a small project to preserve the natural, heirloom, and organic seeds in two ways, by growing them and/or storing them. We work with farmers to preserve and exchange seeds, to reach a nationwide network of natural, heirloom organic seed exchange.
Our interventions over the years have shown that we can build a sustainable future by following nature’s time machines—seeds. Seeds carry generations of knowledge and adaptation, mitigating challenges and serving as incubators and growth accelerators.
- We planned to create agricultural service centers all over Lebanon and/or work with the actual ones. This was one of the main recommendations of SEAC 1 & SEAC 2 Conferences on Agriculture and Food Sovereignty in Lebanon www.seaction.org.
- In this, we launched with other partners programs in Beddawi, Nahr El Bared, Northern Lebanon, Saida, and Southern Lebanon and Mount Lebanon. Where people (farmers and non-farmers) are being trained on sustainable agriculture practices and introduced to food sovereignty principles.
- Our aim is to encourage cooperative work, cooperative food production, creating new value chains in agriculture and food. Encouraging circular economy models.
- Living Seed Banks formed by farmers to farmers, are one solution which creates a cascading effect towards food sovereignty and communities independence. All that is needed is the will, then the resources will be gathered by themselves. Sustainability in seed production will lead to abundance in food production, which leads to food processing and preservation, nature preservation, and more nutritious crops lead to better human health.
- Additionally, we prioritize the integration of independent scientific research into our initiatives.