4 Editorial
6 Tools for influencing policy
Sonja Vermeulen, Judy Williams and Le Thi Phi
9 Promoting organic agriculture in Uganda
Charles Walaga, Michael Hauser, Robert Delve
and Florence Nagawa
12 From food security to food sovereignty –
Autonomous commmunity level production systems show the way
P V Satheesh
14 Small-scale agriculture and food security policies
Roberval Silva, Paula Almeida, Luciano Silveira and Marilene Melo
16 Arvari Sansad: the farmers’ parliament
Syed Miftahul Hasnat
18 Influencing policy: the experience of RAAA in Peru
Luis Gomero Osorio
20 Policy development in organic movement
Roberto Ugás
22 Influencing policy for revival of Oran lands
Aman Singh
23 Changing animal health policies
William Wolmer and Ian Scoones
26 Practices, platforms and policies – AME’s experience
K V S Prasad and B Vijayalakshmi
28 Farmers diary: Novel method of raising Chow-chow seedlings
S Ramachandrappa
29 The emergence of a faculty of organic agricultural sciences
Holger Mittelstrass
31 The Narayana Reddy Column : Policies and rural realities
32 Sources
34 Networking
35 New books
36 Themes for LEISA India