Commitment charter for industries

1° Respect the  vision  and values of The HoA movement ;

2° Respect the 13 principles of agroecology ;

• Recycling : preferentially use local renewable resources and close as far as possible resource cycles of nutrients and biomass
• Input reduction : reduce or eliminate dependency on purchased inputs and increase self-sufficiency
  

• Soil health : secure and enhance soil health and functioning for improved plant growth, particularly by managing organic matter and enhancing soil biological activity
  

• Animal health : ensure animal health and welfare
  

• Biodiversity : maintain and enhance diversity of species, functional diversity and genetic resources and thereby maintain overall agroecosystem biodiversity in time and space at field, farm and landscape scales

• Synergy : enhance positive ecological interaction, synergy, integration and complementarity among the elements of agroecosystems (animals, crops, trees, soil and water)
  

• Economic diversification : diversify on-farm incomes by ensuring that small-scale farmers have greater financial independence and value addition opportunities while enabling them to respond to demand from consumers
  

• Co-creation of knowledge : enhance co-creation and horizontal sharing of knowledge including local and scientific innovation, especially through farmer-to-farmer exchange
  

• Social values and diets : build food systems based on the culture, identity, tradition, social and gender equity of local communities that provide healthy, diversified, seasonally and culturally appropriate diets
  

• Fairness : support dignified and robust livelihoods for all actors engaged in food systems, especially small-scale food producers, based on fair trade, fair employment and fair treatment of intellectual property rights
  

• Connectivity : ensure proximity and confidence between producers and consumers through promotion of fair and short distribution networks and by re-embedding food systems into local economies
  

• Land and natural resource governance : strengthen institutional arrangements to improve, including the recognition and support of family farmers, smallholders and peasant food producers as sustainable managers of natural and genetic resources

• Participation : encourage social organization and greater participation in decision-making by food producers and consumers to support decentralized governance and local adaptive management of agricultural and food systems  

 3° Also adopt the following concepts :

• La restauration de la biodiversité agricole, base du fonctionnement des systèmes agroécologiques

• La mise en oeuvre de techniques d’adaptation aux changements climatiques

• La valorisation des services écosystémiques 

• La définition d’un prix juste et un partage équilibré de la valeur ajoutée

• Un partage du risque équilibré au sein de la filière

• La valorisation d’une production locale

• La création et le maintien d'emplois de qualité

• Une approche de coopération transparente entre les parties prenantes 

• Le déploiement des principes de l’économie circulaire

• La valorisation de la diversité des cultures

3° Support the movement and participate in the collective ;

4° Acculturate stakeholders to agroecology ;

5° Supporting the transition and promoting agroecological production ;

6° Supporting the structuring of agroecological sectors ;

7° Establish an annual agroecological report (for continuous improvement) ;

8° Comply with the rules when communicating about your commitments and actions .