Platform for Agrobiodiversity Research

Of Food, Culture and Identity

May 2nd, 2013 | Featured, Initiatives

Indigenous food and issues of food sovereignty discussed during food festival organized as part of Western Ghats civil society Conclave at Mahabaleshwar India, provided a context in which tribal people could share wider concerns about environmental sustainability, political sovereignty and preservation of traditional culture, and also interact with other conclave participants from the position of specialists and experts in their own field.

Custodian Farmers of Agricultural Biodiversity

March 22nd, 2013 | Events, Featured, News

Outcomes of the Workshop on Custodian Farmers of Agricultural Biodiversity: Policy support for their roles in use and conservation

What are custodian farmers, Exploring policy support a table on the function of custodian farmers in terms of roles, responsibilities and rights and some recommendations

About “Integrating Farmers’ Seeds System into the Market”

March 11th, 2013 | Featured, News, Publications

21 expert representing 13 organizations from Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin and North America met in Vietnam to discuss about
Integrating Farmers’ Seeds System into the Market:“What do we gain? What do we lose? What do we do?”
The report brings views from CSOs, seed companies and Oxfam Novib

Interview and Public Lecture with Roger Leakey

February 18th, 2013 | Featured, News

In Bonn at the Center for Development Research (ZEF) Professor Roger Leakey gives a lecture on the role of trees for poverty alleviation

The “Idle No More” movement going on in Canada

February 1st, 2013 | Featured, News

First nations people are calling on the government to respect treaty rights with regards to environmental destruction for industrial development
And who is Indigenous?

Agrobiodiversity, Land and People – A New Initiative by PAR

December 18th, 2012 | Featured, News

The ongoing debate over “land sparing” versus “land sharing” is of great importance for agrobiodiversity. Among the scientific community, the question is whether biodiversity can be conserved through agricultural intensification that increases the productivity of existing cropland (land sparing) or through alternative approaches (e.g. agroecology, wildlife-friendly farming) that enable the coexistence of biodiversity and agriculture [...]