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VISION
GREEN Foundation works toward a well-preserved, diverse ecosystem that will sustain the rural livelihoods of the present generation without eroding the resource base of the future.
MISSION
GREEN Foundation aims to:
• Conserve local seed diversity, promote an increased reliance on biodiversity-based ecological agriculture, and use these as foundations for endogenous growth and development of rural communities.
• Create a gender-sensitive environment that enhances women's leadership skills.
• Contribute to livelihoods by creatively marketing "value-added" cultivated and wild agricultural biodiversity.
• Connect the natural elements—soil, water, air, sunlight, and seed—to ensure an abundance of nutritious food and other basic community needs.
• Continue to nurture community participation and assist in building robust community institutions.
Over the past decade, GREEN Foundation's interventions have touched upon different dimensions of sustainable agriculture that have helped farmers secure seed, food, and better livelihoods.
The foundation, working closely with the farming community, has succeeded in reviving the genetic resource base essential for the survival of small and marginal farmers by bringing together the socioeconomic, ecological, cultural, and gender-specific aspects of biodiversity conservation.
The foundation's initiatives relating to on-farm conservation and sustainable agriculture have led to multi-stakeholder partnerships among farmers, scientists, and consumers in deploying traditional forms of biodiversity conservation, sustainable agricultural practices, and consumption patterns that are constantly validated and improved through scientific research.
In 2004, the foundation was one of seven community initiatives, drawn from a pool of more than 340 nominations worldwide, to be awarded the U.N.-backed Equator Prize. The prize is awarded biennially by the Equator Initiative—a global partnership led by the United Nations Development Programme—to recognize outstanding community efforts to reduce poverty through the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. |
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