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There areas of divergence during the Dialogue was noted in during the discussion of 'sustainable value chains in food systems' which are as follows: Exploring income avenues apart from rural tourism: The village of Mawlynnong, being Asia’s Cleanest Village is a great tourist attraction of the region. The COVID-19 pandemic affected revenue from the tourism sector in the Mawlynnong village and people of the village who excessively depend on tourism have shifted their occupation to growing cash crops like broom, betel nut and leaves and bay leaves. - Bee-keeping intervention: Bee-keeping (or ap... Read moreiculture) is a source of employment for some of the village youths of Mawlynnong. Some participants engaged in bee-keeping shared the need for a marketing framework in support of bee culture. This would encourage more village residents to take up bee-keeping as a source of income and thereby promote the honey product of the village. - Mushroom cultivation intervention: Mushroom cultivation was attempted by some village youths after undertaking training at a government training centre, it was found that the mushrooms did not grow well in the village soil perhaps due to the soil type or the climatic conditions. Some of the dialogue participants who attempted mushroom cultivation shared the requirement of soil testing and expert advice to find suitable interventions for mushroom cultivation in the village soil. - Confectionery intervention: The village of Mawlynnong, being Asia’s Cleanest Village has a big tourist footfall, in view of this the youth of the village have collectively decided to capture the business and develop a confectionery with local baked items. This would serve a means of income and employment for the residents of the village. Read less

Major Focus of the dialogue were: "Sustainable value chains in food systems" - Inquiring and understanding the rural economic activities with food and cultivation - Exploring pathways to improve the cultivation scenario in the rural area, - Exploring allied farming options like piggery, poultry, bee-keeping, etc. "Rural entrepreneurship" - Discussed the connection between rural entrepreneurship and food systems in the rural context. - Self-employment through rural entrepreneurship. - Local products promotion "Biodiversity conservation" - Underlying the importance of biodiversity conservation -... Read more Stressing the need for community development while keeping in mind biodiversity conservation Read less

"Overall findings" - Absence of technical know-how and guidance on the available new technology and assistance provided by various governmental agencies in the form of schemes, projects, assistance etc. - There is huge potential within this region for agrarian and allied activities and if promoted can pay dividends towards bringing stability in the communities livelihood and sustainable diversified food system. - The area had some cash crops (like broom plantation, betel nut and leaves, bay leaves, pepper and pineapple) which if promoted can also be a geographical indication to that particular... Read more region which will in turn promote the products and the local farmers can get a good value for their produce. "Subjective findings" - Mr Henry Kharrymba, a member of the youth in Mawlynnong village has expressed his interest and experience in developing bio-compost and solid waste management in the village by enabling collection, transport and proper dumping. - Mushroom cultivation has already been initiated by Ms Trinity Kshiar, Ms. Alice Larisakhonglam and Ms. Crosbina Khongthiem in the village however further interventions and support systems for soil testing and preservation of the produce needs to be addressed. - Bee-keeping has been one of the primary occupations of the villagers. To further promote the business, Ms. Dapshisha Dkhar sought to develop a marketing framework in support of this bee culture. - A food garden with all the locally cultivable crops and fruits and a mini-digital library was discussed to be developed possibly with CSR funding. - Mawlynnong, being regarded as the Cleanest Village in Asia, has one of the highest footfalls in tourism and entertainment. In view of this, the youth of the village have collectively decided to capture the business and develop a confectionery with local baked items. Read less

Topic 2: Food losses and wastes The Session of Food Losses and Waste was jointly developed by Dr. Jia Xiangping from CAAS and Dr. Felicitas Schneider from Thünen Institute, Germany. At the Session, Dr. Rosa Rolle (FAO), Dr. Felicitas Schneider (Thünen Institute) and Dr. Cheng Shengkui (CAS) delivered keynote speech regarding food loss and waste monitoring from Global, Germany, and Chinese perspectives respectively. Ms. Jia Yan, Project Policy Officer, WFP China Office moderated the session. At the global level, FAO has developed a food loss and waste analysis methodology, which can be applie... Read mored across different regions of the globe. The objectives of the methodology is to identify and assess the main causes of food losses and to identify the solutions to reduce food losses with respect to the technical and economic visibility, but also looking at food quality and safety requirements, social acceptability, as well as the impact on the potential of impacting and the environmental sustainability. Essentially, the methodology includes six series of four major activities as the screening process, which involves desk work and a number of fields investigations. FAO has done applied this methodology across different regions of the globe in more than 88 different supply chains. A majority of these have been also focused in in the African context. Dr. Felicitas Schneider, who coordinates the Global Initiative Food Loss and Food Waste, presented the political, legislative and structural framework for monitoring food loss and food waste in Germany. As a member country of the United Nations and the European Union, Germany is obliged to collect and regularly report on its food loss and food waste. Voluntary cooperation with companies along the value chain is intended to create a better database for this purpose. The influence of concrete reduction measures on social, monetary and ecological aspects must be observed, emphasized Dr. Schneider, in order to obtain a basis for evidence-based policy recommendations. Dr. Shengkui Cheng shared the lasted estimates of Food Loss and Waste in China. The estimation shows annually a total of 349±4 Mt food produced for human consumption (27%) was lost or wasted in China. The largest amount of FLW in China is found at the postharvest handling and storage stage both for the total (159±3 Mt, 45%). The consumption stage also contributes substantially to the total FLW (17%, 59±1 Mt). Out-of-home food waste accounts for 13% of the total FLW, far exceeding household food waste (4%). He emphasized that food losses mainly caused by poor infrastructures and technology, while food wastes mainly due to people’s awareness and behavior. China has implemented a series of actions to reduce food losses and wastes. First, legislation. Anti-food Waste Law of the People’s Republic of China was enacted on April 29, 2021. The Law mainly regulate the responsibilities of catering service providers, catering takeaway platforms, tour operators, supermarkets and shopping malls, education administrative authorities and news media. Second, local & nongovernmental actions such as “empty plate” campaign, “N-1, N-2” ordering and Green Food Bank. Third, consumer education and advocacy by schools and media. Fourth, Science and technology actions such as building storage infrastructures for smallholders. In the following panel discussions, Jiaqi Huang (CAAS) identified the complex interrelationships in quantity measurement as well as the current gaps and methodological weaknesses in the Chinese data situation and advocated further international research cooperation in this direction. Ms. Tian Xiyan, the General Manager of Cooperation and Development from Alibaba Local Services Company, reported on the possibilities and the willingness of her company to motivate consumers and companies in the out-of-home sector to implement avoidance measures and thus contribute to a significant reduction of food waste. Mr. Bian Jiang, the Vice Chairman of China Cuisine Association highlighted the cultural impacts on food wastes in catering industry, and called for more actions in catering service and in public education. Read less

Topic 3: Digital innovation for agriculture, rural areas, and farmers In the Session of digital innovation for agriculture, rural areas, and farmers, Mr. Wang Xiaobing, Director of Information Center, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Areas, Dr. Chai Xiujuan, Professor of Agricultural Information Institute, CAAS, and Mr. Zhang Xiaoqiang, General Manager of Strategy & Development Department of MAP & Digital Division, Syngenta Group China delivered keynote speeches. The topics of speeches covered experience of China’s digital agriculture in developing agriculture, rural areas and farme... Read morers, Innovation and application of Digital Agricultural Technology driven by AI, and Digital driving the future and reconstructing China's agricultural industry chain, respectively. Dr. Nie Fengying, Deputy Director General of Agricultural Information Institute and Center for International Agricultural Research, CAAS, and Member of the Advisory Committee of the United Nations Food System Summit moderated the session. Ms. Fu Rong, Project Officer of FAO, Dr. Yin Changbin, Chief Scientist of the Team of Agricultural Resource Utilization and Regional Planning, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, CAAS, Mr. Mao Feng, Chief Brand Officer of MAP, General manager of China Green Food Corporation, CEO of Panda Guide, and Mr. Jiang Feng, Founder and Director of Longmijia contributed in the Panel discussion. The participants agreed that China has invested a lot in promoting agricultural digital transformation and has made great achievement. The main practices include: 1) Implementing the “Broadband Village” project. Benefited by the project, the basic support capacity of rural network has been significantly enhanced. By June 2021, the Internet penetration rate in rural areas had reached 59.2%, and the gap between urban and rural areas had been narrowed. 2) Promoting e-commerce in rural areas. A comprehensive demonstration of e-commerce in rural areas was implemented in 1258 counties across the country. At present, the e-commerce service stations have covered over 75% administrative villages in China. E-commerce, as a leader way and key in the development of e-agriculture, has become an important channel for the sales of agricultural products. 3) Setting smart agriculture experimental areas. The e-agriculture pilot project had been launched since 2017, focusing on field planting, protected horticulture, livestock and poultry breeding, aquaculture and big data construction along the whole industry chain of 15 key agricultural products. 4) Upgrading rural information service. Information service stations building in administrative villages provide farmers with public beneficial services such as law, policy, market and technology, as well as socialized services such as agricultural product sales and financial loans. At present, 454,000 village level information service stations have been built in China, covering more than 80% of the administrative villages. The participants also proposed some recommendations for digital development in rural areas in the future. First, fully apply the policy creation and planning guidance, such as national cyber development strategy, intelligent strategy and society national big data strategy. Second, improve internet infrastructure construction. It is crucial to continue to support for universal telecommunications services so that farmers can afford and take fully advantage of information services. Third, improving e-commerce development. Actions such as investing in the construction of cold chain and e-commerce industrial center, supporting entrepreneurs return to the countryside need to be incentivized. Fourth, promote innovation and application of big data. The government and enterprises should actively explore the application scenarios of smart agriculture and digital village, timely released and promoted new technologies, new products and new models of digital agriculture. Last, pilot demonstration and training is essential for the improvement of farmers’ digital literacy. Read less

There were relatively few areas of divergence between participants in this Dialogue. In many instances, these resolved themselves as participants evolved their opinions over the course of the discussion.

Under the theme of “Innovative Partnerships and Value Co-creation”, this Dialogue aims to bring together the best ideas and practices from the public and private sectors to cooperatively contribute to food systems transformation. Further, the Dialogue aims to promote a national narrative that highlights the importance of food systems in climate, nutrition, human, and other development priorities. This Dialogue is expected to share the spirits of the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit at a global level, and to encourage the participates to build excitement for making commitments, especially from i... Read morennovation partnerships, to transform our food systems for people, planet and prosperity. The Dialogue focused on the following three topics and the links between them:  Food system transformation  Food losses and wastes  Digital innovation for agriculture, rural areas, and farmers Dr. Nie Fengying, the Member of the United Nations Food Systems Summit Advisory Committee, acted as the convenor of the Independent Dialogue. Dr. Sun Tan, Vice President of CAAS, Dr. Agnes Kalibata, Special Envoy of the United Nations Food System Summit, and Mr. Erik Fyrwald, CEO of Syngenta Group, delivered speeches at the opening ceremony. Dr. Zhang Yahui, Director General of the International Cooperation Department of CAAS presided over the opening ceremony. Participants heard from speakers in the opening ceremony who highlighted their respective efforts to help achieve food systems transformation in China and in the world. • Dr. Sun Tan stated that China’s economy has entered a stage of high-quality development, but the food system transformation still faces challenges such as resource and environmental constraints, smallholder farmers’ access to large markets, frequent extreme weather, and food loss and waste. Strengthened capacity of food production towards low-carbon, healthy and green systems is inseparable from the support of science and technology. CAAS has officially launched the CAASTIP (CAAS International Science and Technology Innovation Programme). CAASTIP will gather international and domestic partners for collaborative innovation in agricultural science and technology, jointly promote the development of global agricultural science and technology, and help the transformation of the food systems and the development of green agriculture. • Dr. Agnes Kalibata highly appreciated China’s effort in organizing this Dialogue as well as other contribution to the Summit. She emphasized the focus on the partnership is very much in line with the focus of the summit being the people's summit, and also being a solution summit. She stressed that national pathways that are coming out of these dialogues, offers an opportunity for us to build stronger partnerships with government departments, but also with constituencies, producers, officials, and private sectors. She also encouraged people to make their commitments online for the summit and to take that decision to make changes. • Mr. Erik Fyrwald mentioned Syngenta group plans to improve soil health and improve carbon sequestration on at least 2 million hectares of farmland in China by 2023 – about 2 percent of the country's farmland. Syngenta group currently invests up to $2 billion a year across its business units for research to help farmers not only adapt to climate change, but become part of the solution to climate change. Through its Modern Agriculture Platform, Syngenta Group China has guided and supported farmers via modernizing their farms, connecting them to premium buyers, offering education and training and facilitating access to machinery and end markets. Apart from developing products that lower the chemicals needed to control weeds and insects, the company is also finding ways for organic farms, which create far less CO2 per acre than land cultivated by traditional methods, to both greatly lower their emissions and produce healthy foods. Read less

Responding to the nature of “Solution Summit” of the UN Food Systems Summit 2021, the main findings of the Dialogue is summarized as the major ideas and recommendations that recurred in most of the three topic sessions in this Dialogue. The participants identified the main challenges of China’s food systems: 1) Agricultural productivity growth has slowed down, but smallholder farming is still prevalent. 2) The triple burden of malnutrition (hunger, micronutrient deficiency, overweight and obesity). 3) Shortage of resources, degradation, and pressure from climate change. 4) Urban and rura... Read morel inequality remains severe. 5) Food imports increase, increasing uncertainty in the global market. 6) Food losses and wastes increase. Main recommendations for food systems transformation include: 1) Technological innovation. Adjust the direction of agricultural technology research and give priority to the development of a multi-win technological innovation system. 2) Subsidy reform. Reform agricultural subsidy policies and innovate financial support methods. 3) ICT investment. Increase investment in rural information and communication infrastructure to comply with the trend of industrial digitization. 4) Institutional Innovation. Increase institutional innovation and build an efficient and inclusive food value chain. 5) Respect nature. Respect nature and protect the habitat of wild animals and plants. 6) Unimpeded trade. Maintain unimpeded trade and enhance resilience in the process of agriculture and food transformation. 7) Change behavior. Guide residents to change their behaviors to achieve a win-win situation between human health and the health of the earth. With respect to food losses and wastes, participants proposed the following measures 1) Technology and infrastructures of the food supply chains needs to be improved to prevent food loss. 2) Concrete actions should be taken to step up legislation, improve law enforcement and strengthen guidance on public opinion. 3) Consistent and systematic food loss and waste measurement, monitoring, and reporting mechanism needed to be established and implemented for evidence-based research. In a word, efforts should be launched on the supply chain to reduce loss and waste, so as to increase supply, better ensure food security and consumer health, and improve resource sustainability. As for digital innovation for agriculture, rural areas, and farmers, at present, the innovation of digital technology and biotechnology is the most active field, which has brought great opportunities for the modernization of China's smallholder agriculture. Digitization, networking and intellectualization will become the main directions and strategic focuses of China's agricultural modernization. In the next five or even 15 years, it will drive into the fast lane and achieve great development. It can be predicted that the rapid digital transformation of China’s agriculture will not only provide a broad market space for the world's digital technology and related enterprises, but also contribute to global food security, especially the “one country, one product” action launched by FAO. Global cooperation and public-private partnerships are critical to building more inclusive and resilient global food systems, ensuring the safety and stability of global supply chains, boosting agricultural productivity, and reducing global food loss and waste through financial and technical support, institutional reforms, technological advances and awareness building. Read less

Topic 1: Food system transformation Dr. Fan Shenggen, Chair Professor of College of Economics and Management, China Agricultural University, Mr. Daniel Vennard, Chief Sustainability Officer, Syngenta Group, and Dr. Xu Yinlong, Professor of Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture, CAAS, delivered keynote speeches at the Session of Food System Transformation. Mr. Jiang Yekui, Chief Sustainability Officer of Syngenta Group China moderated the session. Mr. Matteo Marchisio, IFAD China Representative, Mr. Wang Quanhui, Director of International Cooperation Department of ... Read moreAgricultural Ecology and Resource Protection General Station, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, and Mr. Fatih Ermis, Director of Agricultural Service Department, Nestle China contributed in the Panel discussion. Generally, the participants agreed that China has started transforming and upgrading its food and agriculture sector, and have had great achievements. These mainly include: 1) Stable food supply for all residents. Having the 9% of the world’s arable land and 6.4% of the world’s freshwater resources to feed 20% of the world’s population. China’s annual grain production is above 650 million tons for 6 consecutive years. The supply of main agricultural products such as vegetables, fruits, meat, eggs and milk is sufficient, which contributes a lot to fight against the epidemic of COVID-19 since last year. 2) Poverty reduction. All the targets of poverty elimination in China have been accomplished. Specifically, 832 impoverished counties and 98.99 million rural poor populations have been lifted out of poverty. In July 1st this year, President Xi Jinping solemnly declared that China had built a well-off society in an all-round way and solved the problem of absolute poverty historically. China achieved the poverty alleviation goal of the United Nations 2030 agenda of sustainable development. 3) Pollution has been controlled and the ecological environment has been significantly improved. 4) Emergency response capabilities have been improved, for example, the response mechanism and measures for the COVID-19. 5) The level of opening up to the world continues to increase, for example, the Belt and Road Initiative. However, more actions need to be considered for implementation to address the potential challenges for the food systems. First, the government should consider establishing a new leadership group to coordinate policies and investments in the food system at the national and local levels. Second, the productivity of the entire food system need to be improved through more innovative science and technology which further requires more public and private investment and cooperation. Third, increase investment in restoring natural resources (such as land and water), in sustainable use of agriculture and food infrastructure (such as irrigation, transportation, etc.), and in reducing costs related to transportation, marketing, and food consumption. Fourth, promote institutional reforms to promote land improvement, help small farms upgrade or exit, expand machinery customization services, and develop more effective farmer cooperatives. Fifth, establish a modern agricultural product circulation system, "from farm to table", improve inclusiveness, efficiency, nutrition and food safety. Sixth, promote the transformation and sustainable development of the green food system, balance agricultural growth goals and sustainable development. Seventh, improve the social safety nets. Last, strengthen international cooperation to improve food security in China and the world. Read less

a) the relation bwtween food system transformation and SDGs b) the relationship among healthy diet, public awareness, food market and small-scale food prooducer and agriculture

1) food system is not only the process, it is a system that would affect all people despite its gender, nation or social status. 2) by improving public awareness of healthy diet and its strong relevance to sustainable agriculture, we can promoting the consumers' preference of food choice, thus the food market can drive small-scale food producer to turn to sustainable agriculture to improve their income. In that case, we also need government policy to support this small-scale food producers and give them enough subsidy.

a) opportunities and challenges within small-sacle food producer in achieving sustainable agriculture, b) detailed and effective method of how to improve public awareness, c) successful examples of sustainable agriculture practice within small-scale food producers to follow, d) stakeholders whose interests should be prioritized.

It could be (i) a comprehensive exploration of food systems, especially the relation between food system transformation and SDGs (ii) an exploration of boosting the small and sustainable agriculture, (iii) examination of links between one or more of the Action Tracks and levers of change, (iv) give the plan of how to tackle the issues of small-scale food prooducer in achieving sustainable agriculture.

Some participants thought it was too ambitious and impractical to envision Sustainable food systems by 2030 and thought their needs to be an overhaul in Governance for this to work while others thought that the change would begin from citizens themselves and therefore its workable. Some participants still believe breastfeeding is not as important as feeding children food. They believe it's not enough. Nutrition needs alot of mitigating in Kenya and it's a bigger problem than highlighted while others felt it is under control.

Providing proper nutrition for young mothers and infants. -Local health centres should be equipped with information to educate young mothers on proper nutrition for free. The local Government should work with development partners to see the actualisation of this and this can be assessed through unplanned visits to the centres by other delegated groups/persons of interest to see if they are implementing. Poor coordination,corruption( asking people to pay for a free service),lack of enough personnel were foreseen as the possible challenges that will arise during implementation.

Coping with Urban Hunger. - Adopting smart gardens. Since food is costly,young mothers decided they will adopt smart gardens that use very little space to grow vegetables to boost their diets. They will receive training and orientation on the best practices to ensure they get produce that will be sustainable in the long run. They will form small groups that will be accountable for this process. Theft,lack of motivation are the challenges anticipated.

The Dialogue focused on Nutrition of young mothers and their infants. The main focus was on how to improve nutrition for both mother and child,Malnutrition Awareness,Coping and managing Urban hunger. The dialogue highlighted issues related to breastfeeding, feeding children during/after sickness, feeding HIV/AIDS children under improving nutrition. Malnutrition awareness was also highlighted to share information about the status of Malnutrition, causes ,as well as come up with solutions on how to deal with and bridge the existing gaps that hinder prevention of Malnutrition, particularly on chi... Read moreldren under 5 years who are the most affected. Urban Hunger is a big contributor to lack of good nutrition of mothers and infants and therefore the dialogue highlighted how young mothers can cope with this as they provide nutritious diets for their children and them. Read less

There is need for different stakeholders to empower small-scale productions that will increase production to low-income areas in urban settings. This will in turn help in reducing the prices of food and creating accessibility for all. There is need to broaden the advocacy of right to food to ensure equitable systems for all.

During the Talks, the speakers shared experiences and knowledge of contributions to the food systems and detailed challenges. A second group, participants in the breakout rooms, discussed and considered actions within defined pathways in line with the UN Action Tracks. There were four primary focus areas for this dialogue that was divided in themes: Theme #1 – Tourism, Global Knowledge Transfer, Community Building, Cultural Heritage We need to rethink and redesign sustainable food experiences and culture in our cities, in order to raise the engagement level of the whole society. In 2022, we ... Read morehave three European Capitals of Culture cities (Esch2022, Kaunas2022 and NoviSad2022). How can these cities collaborate, and be the catalysts for upcoming Capitals of Cultures, through a participatory Edible School Garden project? Theme #2 - Education, Curriculum Design, Sovereignty While we can start food education at an early stage the food choices are generally made by the parents that might be counterproductive. What are the key components of community-centered and cross-generational edible school garden projects? Theme #3 - Inclusivity, Participation, Technology In order to make things happen, different stakeholders need to collaborate. Given the nature of edible school gardens, they are part of the infrastructure of educational institutions. How can we make sure that the entire ecosystem is inclusive and represents the same values? What are the key roles for successful community engagement? Theme #4 - Policymaking, (Food) Diplomacy, Measurements, Democracy Food diplomacy is the use of food as an instrument to create cross-cultural understanding in the hopes of improving interactions and cooperation. How do we raise the question of food education through educative edible gardens and make it a priority on a city's strategy/agenda? How can regulatory design be an enabler of edible school garden projects and achieve sustainable change. Read less

City-adjusted farms are more successful than non-city-adjusted ones. More work is needed to identify the most impactful ways forward and the European Capitals of Culture have a valuable opportunity to contribute to developing smarter and more liveable cities; to start a new era of sustainable tourism and share best practises with other European markets and future European Capitals of Culture. Community-oriented urban gardening is an important part of many cultures and the creation of community and engagement spaces within city limits. Sustainable design, construction, and urban planning are al... Read moreso huge priorities for many regions, with an emphasis on using natural resources responsibly, efficiently, and renewably. The conversation around urban food systems is sophisticated and shows a deep awareness of the value of urban agriculture for both social wellness and food system sustainability. Some of the main findings were: • Food has become an uninteresting topic in the educational sector due to the public procurements of food. • It requires coheres act from the government level to implement edible gardens in every school with a concise framework. • Inequities need to be fixed before thinking of the concept of edible school gardens on how it can have a rich and robust community experience around food. • Centering joy in conversations about the design and policy making process • Run social enterprise within the school itself. A model that can be implemented is a social semi-commercial socially driven urban farm to produce food to the community and for the school community. • Build gardens with a purpose. Meaning going beyond the food production to give the garden an extension and a wider objective. • Students and teachers generally do not know the possibility that it is possible to grow food at school. They need to be informed and motivated. • Inspiring entrepreneurs, organisations, individuals, visitors and municipalities through call-to-action initiatives that help create more Urban Agrarian communities. • If we want specific people to be engaged, then they need to be part of the co-creating of the process. Engage the communities that will be using the resource in the design of the space in order for it to meet their needs. • To overcome the barrier of unwillingness to participate from the community, it’s fundamental to give them a voice and accessibility to the space. • It is necessary to use this potential of food cultivation to turn schools into cultural centres of local communities. • Should the gardens be at schools or just places of learning within communities? That allows for the resource to potentially be more accessible outside of school hours and maintained by entities outside of the schools. Learning can take place anywhere! • Engaging children and youth in life skills through edible gardens. • Introducing technology literacy, concepts of open source & data sensing by using sensors (light, humidity, sound) in the garden. • Include and rethink the role of the tourist in ways that it's no longer a visiting guest but someone that wants to be part of the community and participate actively. A participant and co-creator more than a traditional tourist. Read less