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This Going to scale Workshop held April 10-14, 2000 at the IIRR Campus in Silang, Cavite, Philippines was a follow through to the discussions of the CGIAR NGO Committee last October 22-23, 1999 at the World Bank, Washington,
D.C., USA. In both workshops, sustainable agriculture (SA) and natural resource
management (NRM) served as the general backdrop to the discussions. However,
for the Philippine Workshop, experiences on health and social development, microcredit
and agrarian reform were deliberately featured.

This draft document is one attempt to capture the highlights of the Going to Scale Workshop in the Philippines including part of the Washington Workshop document Scale Up!. In both workshops, sustainable agriculture (SA) and natural resource management (NRM) served as the general backdrop to the discussions. However, for the Philippine Workshop, experiences on health and social development, micro-credit and agrarian reform were deliberately featured.

It is argued here that agroecology - a science that provides
ecological principles for the design and management of sustainable and
resource-conserving agricultural systems - offers several advantages over
the conventional agronomic or agroindustrial approach. First, agroecology
relies on indigenous farming knowledge and selected modern technologies to
manage diversity, incorporate biological principles and resources into
farming systems, and intensify agricultural production. Second, it offers

On October 22-23, 1998, the CGIAR NGO Committee (NGOC) convened a consultation on
Natural Resources Management (NRM) involving 45 participants from NGOs, TAC, IARCs,
Universities and NARIs. The consultation came as a response to the newly-recognized
importance that the CGIAR within its renewed mission has given to NRM, calling it ¿one of the fundamental research pillars of the CGIAR¿. The goal of the consultation was to initiate a

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