What do the people from the Boru community of Flores in Indonesia, from South Palawan in the Philippines and from the Kumaun and Garhwal region, Uttarakhand in the Central Himalaya in India have in common? They all have a desire to use foresight to shape their future.

 

With the support of the Asian Farmers Association and  the Global Forum on Agricultural Research, Don and Gaspar from API, an Indonesia farmer organization,  Nikka, Esther and Jonathan from PAKISAMA, a Philippines farmer organization and Sonali, Sudhir and Manoj from INHERE, a local development NGO in India met in from 2-7 February in Quezon City in the Philippines for a six-day capacity building in implementing participatory grassroots foresight. During their course they learned and practiced how to develop a grassroots foresight reflection engaging all local actors to build scenarios and identify related actions.