On the 20th of November a Policy workshop took place in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China to discuss on policy proposals that ensure the conservation of agricultural biodiversity. The workshop was a follow up of the one which took place in August. At the workshop participated representative of the Ministry of Agriculture, UNEP, Bioversity International from HQ, [...]
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On the 31st of August a policy meeting took place in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan province in China. The workshop aimed at illustrate the results of a policy survey that took place in June 2010. The survey aimed at identify ways to better protect landraces and traditional varieties using policy tools. Different stakeholders, including gene bank managers, farmers’ [...]
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Welcome to the policy page of the Pest and Disease Project!
The project is working with small-scale farmers in four countries—China, Ecuador, Morocco and Uganda—and aims at helping them to make use of the local diversity of key staple crops to minimize the damage caused by pests and diseases. The project focuses on banana (Musa spp.), [...]
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