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TRAVELLING FROM AGRI TO CULTURE THE SECRETS OF MYKO ON INNOVATION
Vancouver, COABC Conference Febreruary 24, 2012
Foto: Eduardo Calves
THE SECRETS OF MYKO ON INNOVATION Foto: Eduardo Calves Vancouver, - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
THE SECRETS OF MYKO ON INNOVATION Foto: Eduardo Calves Vancouver, - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
TRAVELLING FROM AGRI TO CULTURE THE SECRETS OF MYKO ON INNOVATION Foto: Eduardo Calves Vancouver, COABC Conference Febreruary 24, 2012 Chapter 1: Incubation Let me introduce Myko in Canada: Myko is one of the 11 million of cuban living in
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How was Myko educated?
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Intensive use of machinary in 1970’s and 1980’s in Cuba
Funes (2010)
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Homogenous landscape
Funes (2010)
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Myko at the University learnt to transform forest into savanna to produce food
Funes (2010)
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The levels of knowledge delivery…
RESEACHERS
VERY INTELLIGENT
Farmers
BRUTO
Extension workers
LESS INTELLIGENT
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Consumers?
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¿CONSUMIDORES/AS?
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Local knowledge
Ríos 2006
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MARGINADO
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CRISIS IN CUBA
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FOOD GOT SCARCE
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Myko Salary drop down UP TO 3 USA Dollar a month
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Myko had to play in the bars to get some tips to cover family and PhD
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In the middle of the crisis:
The mission
LA MISION
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To breed pumpkins to mitigate lack of Vitamine A in Cuba
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Miky as a Scientist Went to Experimental Station.
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No chemical fertiliser No pesticides No tractors No oil
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Then…
Myko the researcher and lecturer of the university had to move small farmers to work with them
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Working with farmers?
Foto: Michel Po
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To work with Local Consumers?
Foto: Eduardo Calves
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MYKO AND HIS PARENTS WERE FUSTRATED!
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CHAPTER 2: THE DISIDENTS
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MYKO AND HIS TEAM OF SCIENTISTS LEFT BEHIND ALL FRUSTATION AND DECIDED TO LEARN FROM LOCAL INNOVATORS….
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Myko realized that small farmers were facing the crisis differently
Foto: Michel Pou
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What Miky said to me during yesterday telephone call….
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Four key points
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Facilitated Access to Plant Genetic Resources, biofertilisers, biological control by Diversity Fairs
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PLEASE RISE HAND UP WHO IT HAS BEEN FALLING LOVE AT LEAST ONE TIME IN THE WHOLE LIFE….
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Farmers Experimentation
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Action Learning
Curriculum
Eduardo Calves
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Innovation Festival
Eduardo Calves
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Chapter 3: Results of Local Innovation
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Technological diversity increased 5-20 times
Eduardo Calves
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Local Seed Bank Became Fashionable
Michel Pou
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Yield increased as well
Michel Pou
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Income increased significatively
Eduardo Calves
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Changes in the official universities curriculum towards more “Dynamic Educaction” to learn from the farmers
Eduardo Calves
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Chapter 4: Myko Traveled and Met the Art!
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Myko discussed with Mohamed, a syrian farmer: why does he mantain 200 different types of barley every year?
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Miky visited Chinese farmers who improve corn varieties
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Scientists become co-improvers of corn varieties
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Brasil
Conventional Hybrid Variety improved by farmers
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After the socialist Central Asia collapse, ex-Soviet countries enhanced diversity and art to overcome difficulties
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Myko discovered agricultural Innovation and production increase was trans-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary. His approach was to link them through Art!
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Performance: Tangible product of the Fusion de of Painting, Music, Theater…
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Felo Variety: Tangible product of farmers and scientists knowledge
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What do we find behind these products?
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Discovering
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Social Recognition
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Profits
Foto: Maikel Márquez
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Actions to Enhance Natural Resources in Agriculture
Michel Pou
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So Local Innovation pass by human being feelings sensitivity…. Local Innovation is made by normal people no by robots…..
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Chapter 5: Organic Agriculture and Global Warming
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- What is the Contribution
- f Organic Farming to
Global warming?
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Lo malo, lo que contamina.
The bad things, Greenhouse Gas
CO2 NO2 NH4
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La Energía The Energy
Energía que Entra (input) Energía que Sale (output) Finca Farm
Balance
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“Organic Farmers Contribution to Global Warming”
Emisiones promedio (tonCO2- e/ha/año)
Energía producida (Mcal/ha) Eficiencia energética*
Output/Input
ORGANICAS 0,09
1391,8 4,4
EN TRANSICION
0,19 4032,8 1,6
NO ORGANICAS
0,54 3749,0 1,8
Pollution Food Efficiency
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Cuba in the 80´s Livestock Sector energetic balance was: 6 units of energy invested to produce 1 Balance of : 0,17!
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Myko Introduced me to Fernandito and his farm in Cayo Piedra, Matanzas
Coco Plátano Remolacha Malanga Col Frijol Zanahoria Boniato Maíz Tomate Papa Pimiento Papaya Cebolla Porcino
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Área (ha) Feeding persons
(Pers/ha/year)
40 21
Energy balance
- utput/input
11.2
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Myko introduced me to the Casimiro Family
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Casimiro Farm, Taguasco, Sancti Spíritus
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Área (ha) Feeding Persons
(Pers/ha/año)
10 34
Energy Balance
- utput/inputs
30
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Chapter 6: Myko learned some lessons
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More than 50.000 farmers, and 12 organisation working with.
Landscape in 2000
25 farmers 7 individuals de 3
- rganisation
Landscape of 2010
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Miky experience along the time
Incubation Entry point Catalisor started catalisis Participatory seed improvement New themes and organisations participating Recognition and begining of governance
Twenty Years Long
1990- 2000
2000- 2003 2003- 2006 2006- 2010
Year
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Innovation in agriculture is not only for scientists… Institution, organisation who break linkage with informal knowledge got sick very soon… Iliterate persons can be geniuses..
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Learning Groups-Cohorts
Researchers Technicians Policy makers International Organisations Youth Innovation Zones (building up evidences) Farmers KHP
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LOCAL INNOVATION WORKS TO SMALL MEDIUM LARGE BUT…….
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Be patient, almost finishing……. Only two slides
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LOCAL INNOVATION IS BASED ON CONTINUAL CHANGES OF ATTITUDES BY INTENSIVE INTERACTION, SO ARTISTIC EXPRESSION PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE!
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Myko stated:
“When rural citizens became owner of the innovation,the individuals, families, communities moved from talk to investing time, labour and resources to protect the environment”. “They realised that environment is not another empty word, enviroment is a great treasure!”
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