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Damage, Diversity and Genetic Vulnerability
Tried and tested: learning from farmers on adaptation...
In 2002, a team of international and national partners from China, Ecuador, Morocco and Uganda, Bioversity International, FAO and faculty from Universities in the USA, Australia, and Europe came together to discuss ideas on how traditional and... More »
June 14th, 2013 | Featured
A film by Jason Tyler on Dr Debal Deb, a pioneering ecologist committed to working with traditional farmers in eastern India to conserve indigenous seed diversity
More »June 12th, 2013 | Events
The parallel forces of urbanization and globalization are transforming our planet. They are bringing unprecedented changes to food production and distribution, livelihoods, communities, and the environment. While the pace of this transformation presents significant challenges to the creation of just and sustainable food systems, it may also create powerful opportunities: to support ecological stewardship, promote [...]
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June 11th, 2013 | Featured, Initiatives
Conservation Agriculture (CA) is an approach to managing agro-ecosystems for improved and sustained productivity, increased profits and food security while preserving and enhancing the resource base and the environment.
There is an active community of practice working on the topic …
May 27th, 2013 | Featured, News, Publications
A new series of books that aims to review the current state of knowledge on agricultural biodiversity, identify gaps, synthesize lessons learned and propose future research and development actions.
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May 27th, 2013 | Featured, News, Publications
This book addresses how the collective pooling and management of shared plant genetic resources for food and agriculture can be supported through laws regulating access to genetic resources and the sharing of benefits arising from their use.
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May 24th, 2013 | Events
With the shift towards Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) to replace the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) after 2015, approaches that serve multiple purposes and provide cross-cutting benefits will be required. Achieving food security is unmanageable without adaptation to climate change measures and practices that not only support farmers in producing enough food to meet people’s nutritional [...]
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