WEAVING FOR A THRIVING PLANET 37 System Change By implementing innovative regenerative agriculture models, AG creates a new blueprint for humanhuman and human-nature relations that can fosters sustainable and productive rural agriculture communities. Frame Change: Mindset Shift Focus AG’s activities stand by the belief that human capacity goes far beyond “not doing any harm” for the ecosystem. Through collaboration between the communities and other stakeholders, AG intends to show that humans have a crucial role to play in nature’s regeneration. Community-based Approach Anatolian Grasslands believes in the strength of enabling people to collaborate. For this to happen, it tries to create solid, well-defined, context-based and antifragile collaboration structures from a holistic approach. In its programs and models, AG’s strategy is based on diversity, efficiency and sustainability of community-driven solutions. Examples of projects are SafiMera Food Ecosystem, OTAG (Network of Regenerative Agriculture Academies), Rural Academy (in progress) and Rural Initiative to enable urban communities to co-own & co-manage the farms. Scaling & Replication Scaling & Replication Strategy: AG’s replication strategy enables the widespread adoption of initiatives based on 3 complementary pillars: 1. Spreading regenerative farming techniques. 2. Cultivating new farming communities. 3. Working to create more demand for regenerative products, primarily in urban centers As of yet, international scaling is aimed at “setting up the environment” and resource base for local hubs to emerge. One can define this as an “replication-to-enable” strategy. Scaling & Replication History: AG has previously replicated its activities in Turkey. It is currently expanding in Sweden and Asia. Thanks to AG’s work, 1.000 hectares of land are under Holistic Management and RegAg influence (soon to be 50.000 ha). Scaling Interest: AG has a scaling interest in communities where young people (urban dwellers) want to become land managers. Scaling & Replication Needs: To scale up, AG needs funds. Challenges AG faces 3 main challenges: 1. To have a long-lasting impact on land management. 2. The difficulty to hire qualified institutional and human capacity. AG needs to look for its workforce itself as there is no school preparing people to work with AG. 3. AG’s struggle to focus on only 1 or 2 projects/services. AG feels the need to change the whole system, but it lacks the financial and non-financial resources to do so.
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