TAF Project (Tropical AgroForestry)
TAF Project (Tropical AgroForestry)
Who are we?
Thibault Martino (21), Justin Rousset (21), and Léa Pouget (22) are three students in their final year of a Bio-Eco Bachelor's degree at Fds. All three of us are aiming to pursue a Master's degree in tropical plant ecology and/or agricultural systems, which will enable us to acquire new skills for our respective professional projects.
=> Thibault plans to build his future on working with local populations to develop sustainable agriculture based on agroforestry and agroecology techniques.
=> Justin is interested in the management and conservation of tropical natural areas, which are a source of biodiversity essential to understanding ecosystems.
=> Léa would like to be involved in applied research, working to promote a balance between biodiversity and community use of forests.
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A description of our project
Despite this pandemic, the world keeps moving forward and our problems won't solve themselves: our consumption patterns, especially our relationship with food and its production, are an ecological and humanitarian disaster. They have a significant impact on biodiversity through pollution, disrupt the climate, and even affect our own health (UN 2017,Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food).This is a global issue, but it affects developing countries, and tropical countries in particular, even more.Indeed, in these latitudes, the effects of our overproduction are felt more strongly, which has a major impact on populations that are already economically vulnerable.
However, solutions do exist:
Agroecology and agroforestryare two agricultural methods thatallow for the coexistence ofpreserving life(and even using the services it provides us) andfood production, whileenabling farmers to diversify and secure their production. Combined witha fair economy, thisgreatly improves farmers' living conditions.
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That iswhy we, three EBO students, have decided to immerse ourselves in real-life conditions next year to understand the real ecosystem and socio-economic issues at stake. We will do this by contributing our acquired knowledge and, of course, our "muscle power" to the implementation of environmental and solidarity projects, with a view to promoting the exchange of sustainable technical and cultural knowledge between here and there.
The project will therefore run throughout the year with four different NGOs, all working to improve local living conditions and resolve environmental issues (setting up and managing experimental plots, biodiversity inventories, etc.). It will be carried out in India, Madagascar, Togo, and Colombia in order to explore the three different tropical regions and the different technical and cultural approaches associated with each location.
The project will be carried out in collaboration with theUniverlacité programat the University of Montpellier to facilitate exchanges between young people from the countries visited and young people from Montpellier.
Upon the project's return, several conferences will be organized, as well as photographic exhibitions of the journey.
If you would like to find out more (and perhaps support us?), pleasevisit our Facebook pageand our Instagram page à@projet.taf.Pour.For more detailed information, please contact us atprojet.taf@outlook.fr.