My hope is that the participants realize that their investment continues to give dividends compounded. Linking Biodiversity and Agriculture Globalization is guided by global market integration of every farmer and every consumer for every agricultural product. This is pushing the majority of small farmers out of production and pushing people out of consumption. The myth that has supported globalization is that it will lead to growth. But what is never specified is growth of what and for whom.
Trade liberalization does lead to growth of profits for global agribusiness corporations.
But it is also leading to a decline in food production and food security, economic security for farmers and erosion of ecological security. Globalization of agriculture can neither provide food security nor sustain ability. On the other hand, internal intensification is based on biodiversity intensification which provides internal inputs for agriculture and real food security for the household and the community. Providing internal inputs and food security frees the country of external dependence for purchase of seeds, agrochemical and foods. It therefore builds the processes which allow local markets and domestic markets to prosper and grow and for exports to grow without destroying domestic consumption.