Sustainable Gardeners and Farmers

Sharing knowledge to sustain our food systems and communities

This group will create an open, global forum where growers can share practical knowledge with each other, pose questions and find answers. It is open to experts, amateurs and to beginners who look to enrich their lives by learning to grow food. It will also provide a space to share concerns about current food systems as well as sustainable approaches. I form ...learn more

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Created: Dec 24, 2007

Updated: Nov 26, 2009

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Created: Feb 04, 2008
Updated: Sep 11, 2009
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Lars T. Soeftestad

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Email: lsoeftestad [at] supras.biz
 
Address: PO Box 1600
Kristiansand NO-4688
Norway
 
Phone: +47 380 44 655
 
I Speak: English, German, French, Norwegian
 
I Am: Administrator, Advocate, Community Organizer, Networker, Researcher, Scientist, Social Entrepreneur, Writer
 
Member Since: February 04, 2008
 
Local Time: Thu Nov 26 22:42:56
 
My Groups: CBNRM  |  World Wide Water Commons

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Areas of Focus 

Agricultural Water Conservation and Management (1200 people)  |  Livestock in Developing Nations (352 people)  |  Rural Farming Communities (1547 people)  |  Biocultural Diversity (1750 people)  |  Biodiversity Conservation (3181 people)  |  Microcredit (1291 people)  |  Child Labor (865 people)  |  Communication Training (1735 people)  |  Organizational Governance (1045 people)  |  Social Entrepreneurship (3675 people)  |  Coastal and Marine Human Impacts (1019 people)  |  Coastal and Marine Law and Policy (422 people)  |  Community Participation (3635 people)  |  Community Resources (1766 people)  |  Community Training (1722 people)  |  Dialogue, Deliberation and Consensus-Building (1939 people)  |  Conservation and the Commons (890 people)  |  Conservation Policy (746 people)  |  Cultural Diversity (2551 people)  |  Culture and Sustainability (2704 people)  |  Language Revitalization (658 people)  |  Traditional Culture (1640 people)  |  Democratic Participation (1436 people)  |  Sustainability Education (4207 people)  |  Aquaculture (553 people)  |  Sustainable Fishing (980 people)  |  World Marine Fisheries (386 people)  |  Local Food Systems (2859 people)  |  Global Governance (1138 people)  |  Good Governance (1196 people)  |  Indigenous Lands (1199 people)  |  Indigenous Peoples and Cultures (2794 people)  |  Indigenous Rights (1681 people)  |  Land Reform (415 people)  |  Land Tenure (282 people)  |  Property Rights (421 people)  |  Conflict Resolution (1849 people)  |  Demographics (640 people)  |  Rural Development (1494 people)  |  Social Development (1977 people)  |  Information and Communication Technology (1770 people)  |  Sustainability and Technology (2126 people)  |  Water Rights (906 people)  |  Informal Economy (759 people)  

About

Trained as an anthropologist, I work on social and institutional analysis, social and institutional development, and capacity building - specifically in natural resource management, including in agriculture, coastal zone management, fisheries, and pastoralism/rangeland. I have a focus on strategic communication, knowledge mgmt., information and communication technology and development (ICT4D), participation, and poverty/social impact analysis. I have 25 years of experience in operations and policy work for, inter alia, Dutch Aid, IFAD, IFC, Norad, Sida, UNDP, UNOPS, and World Bank, in a number of countries in South Asia, Southeast Asia, Middle East, and Africa (for details, see my CV/resume available above).

I manage a consultancy firm, Supras Consult (www.supras.biz), registered in Norway, that work on these issues. I am also the Coordinator for the Community-Based Natural Resource Management Network (CBNRM Net, www.cbnrm.net), a global community of practice (COP) for several hundred persons, institutions, and organizations that work on CBNRM and related approaches, as practitioners, managers, funders and researchers.

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