Food Innovation Global Mission : A novel pedagogic strategy for charting the future of food and agriculture.
We would like to present the Food Innovation Global study mission which as a unique experience where education meets tourism, allowing the participants in this very intense experiential learning to scout, map and identify the latest trends for innovation in the agri-food sector in major cities around the world. The kind of innovation we are promoting is that which responds to major challenges that threaten the sustainability of food security and nutrition.
SOLIMAN Tarek, Italy, Future Food Institute, http://futurefood.network/institute/

Sustainable Tourism Development
This presentation focuses on understanding those stakeholders who can actively influence sustainable tourism development (STD). The context is given through a case study of the Waterberg Biosphere Reserve (WBR) in South Africa.
Biosphere reserve’ is a United Nations designation stipulating that a region should attempt to follow the principles of sustainable development (SD). Using an inductive, qualitative methodology of semi-structured interviews of active stakeholders in STD in the region, this approach generated multiple research themes which were subsequently analysed using critical discourse analysis (CDA) techniques. These themes indicate that seeking SD in biosphere reserves is problematical when there are distinct ideological differences between active stakeholder groups and power relations are unequal. Adopting CDA allows us to make some sense of why this is the case as the technique appreciates not only how tourism development occurs, but also why it occurs in a particular way. This presentation will therefore discuss the importance of understanding these active stakeholders and has implications for stakeholder analysis in tourism specifically and also has wider implications for SD more generally.
LYON Andrew, UK, University of Chester

ECOLOGICAL INSIGHTS THROUGH A JOURNEY TO THE HIMALAYAS
The Himalayas represent a very fragile eco-system that needs to be protected. Many in the plains have very less exposure to the terrain and ecology of the Himalayas. In order to create awareness about eco-sensitive zones, build inner-strength to tackle problems, increasing camaraderie and helping youngsters challenge their mental and physical limitations, Anaadi Foundation organizes a journey to the Himalayas. Since June 2016 more than 110 young people have been part of this. The journey exposes youth to the various forms of Ganges right from its source at Gangothri Glacier to its free flowing waters in the lower Himalayas. They are also sensitized to the Industrial pollution that happens when Ganges flow through the cities in the plains. Landslides are common in the Himalayas. Passing through the villages gives youngsters an exposure to the diversity of life in the mountains. It also gives a picture of how people cope up with limited availability of electricity through solar installations.Youngsters get to walk 60 kms in 5 days and this leaves them completely transformed. The immersive journey has helped youth connect with nature, cope up with uncertainities and reflect on some really concerning ecological issues.
KOTERA POOVIAH Prajna Cauvery, India, http://anaadifoundation.org/

Peace and Development index of the communities under the Sulong Kapayapaan program of Sarangani province, Mindanao
Peace and Development is one of the main thrusts of the Provincial Government of Sarangani. Incepted in 2007 by Executive Order No. 16, the program aims to sustain the gains of peace and development in the Peace and Development Communities of the province. This study aimed to determine the peace and development index of the forty one (41) Peace and Development Communities. Following the descriptive-quantitative method, six hundred fifteen (615) stakeholders were surveyed using the modified version of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) assessment tool. Analysis of the data revealed that majority of the Peace and Development Communities belong to the adapting stage of development. The people in this communities based on the qualitative interpretation can assert their rights, and adopt systems and practices that promote peace while addressing human security needs while no barangay belongs to the early stage and emerging stage . The data also show that the social cohes ion, human rights protection and conflict management interplay a vital role in the development of communities. Thus, this study recommends for the use of other sources of primary information and a review on the road map to peace building efforts in Sarangani province so as to design incentive and intervention programs for the PDCs.
Keywords : Peace and Development Index, Sulong Kapayapaan Program, Sarangani Province, Mindanao
Mr Jovar Pantao, Esmaida Andang, and Jennifer Kamid, Mindanao State University-General Santos City, Philippines

Ethno- tourism and community tourism, a way to impact La Guajira Colombia
My name is Paola Andrea Forero Barrera, I am a historian with more than 14 years of experience in education and academy. I have worked in Bogota as a history teacher in English, at schools such as Gimnasio Britanico, Iragua, Portales and Hontanar. I was also a professor at Universidad de La Sabana, where I was able to accomplish my master’s degree on education. I arrived almost five years ago to the Guajira Peninsula to work as a teacher at Colegio Albania inside the Cerrejon mining complex. Ever since I met this region in depth, I dedicated myself to make ethnographies and developt experiences with three main approaches discovered during the process of dialogue and interaction with all the involved social members of the region. These approaches are : 1st, the sky, understanding the cosmogony of indigenous communities such as Wayuu, Arhuacos, Koguis, Wiwas and Kankuamos. 2nd, the soil, - starting with coal, gas, salt and "pancoger" products of the region(agriculture and wild fruits, veggies and such ). 3rd, the people, their rituals, customs and uses. On April 2014, after ending my contract with Cerrejon, I put on practice all I had learned, summing it into a social entrepreneurship the has the name of History Travelers SAS.
Mrs Paola FORERO, History Travelers SAS, Colombia, www.historytravelers.com

Rural tourism development
We are going to performance how the rural communities transform their economy base on agriculture to a rural tourism economy diversifying their incomes to introducing the community to new offers for people from all over the world and a new alternative and contact with nature at first hand creating new product as honey and innovative tourist services as walking through paths, horse-riding and milking cows , vegetable cultivation which combines the social responsibility with a relaxing experience and tourism.
An true experience that we are going to take is the topic LA CHOTA, located in the department of Carazo in the southwest of the capital of Nicaragua.
Fausto Guillermo LÓPEZ CARVAJAL, Nicaragua, Instituto Técnico José Dolores Estrada http://www.intecjo.com

Testimonial of Counseling for tour association in the municipality of MUY MUY, Matagalpa, Nicaragua.
Analyze the tourist offer of the MIPYME (Small and Mid-sized companies) under the approach of the market system under the model frame PUEBLO MAGICO (Magic Town) and identifying the systematic causes the avoid the tourism growth of these MIPYDEs having as a result more sources of jobs for the people of the communities.
Provide necessary tools for customer service and identify the opportunities which allow to get better the conditions to take care of the environment.
Kathya Corsina ALVARADO JARQUIN, Nicaragua, Instituto Técnico José Dolores Estrada, http://www.intecjo.com

Unity for Peace that how to possible
Here in the world peace is very necessary we need to know and learn from each other that how to spread the peace among humanity so I have done much work for the peace that how to gain the prosperity in the communities so it will be a great chance for me as I will be share my experience among the people of God.
Changing lives, Changing Communities, Changing Nations
Mr Yaqoob Gill, The Carol of God Ministry (CGM), Pakistan

Malama Makua
Mākua Valley represents in the Hawaiian mythology one of the most sacred places on the island, a place of procreation and rebirth. In 1941, during the II World War a large part of the west coast of O’ahu Island, including Mākua, was seized by the military. The families residing there had been evacuated with the promise of a return six months after the cessation of hostilities. Today the army holds a lease on the valley and had been using it for fire live training for several years, until a law suit anda following agreement stopped the live fire training. Local population through re-indigeniety practices is searching for a renewed relationship with the valley and its history. Mākua Valley also has a great interest for archaeologists with more than 110 archaeological sites, the earliest settlements on the island and botanists hosting over 50 endangered species. My research work focuses on the documentation and survey of the maps that the different actors (Indigenous mo’olelo, the US Army, archeologist) produce in the valley and in their comparison, different interests, different prospective, different understanding of the same place. Participating in cultural access in the valley and documenting the rebirth of forms of communication and interaction between the native population and the environment, through the rebuilding of altars for offerings, and the collective observation and interpretation of "signs" which occur visiting the valley. The reappearance of communication with the valley often leads to a re-appropriation of one’s personal history. The innovative aspect of research is to shed light on how the natural environment, in this case the Mākua valley, keeps these lost ties and how the various actors act to reconnect with this knowledge. My greatest desire is to tell the story of Mākua from the three valleys point of view, to tell the stories of changing relationship between the different actors.
BORGNINO Emanuela, Italy, UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA, https://www.unimib.it/unimib-international