July 3rd, 2012 | Middle, News, Websites
The Genetic Resources Policy blog, initiated in February 2012, features a new project supporting implementation of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture in a number of countries. The blog focuses mainly on issues related to the multilateral system of access and benefit-sharing in the project countries, and makes links to [...]
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July 3rd, 2012 | Featured, Middle, News, Publications
By Rachel Wynberg, Jaci van Niekerk, Rose Williams and Lawrence Mkhaliphi Focusing on small-scale farmers, their indigenous agricultural knowledge and practices, and the traditional varieties that they grow, this Biowatch Policy Brief reviews farmers’ rights in South Africa and the extent to which policies, laws and practices support seed sovereignty and the conservation of [...]
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June 19th, 2012 | Announcements, Featured, Middle, News, Websites
Source: Platform for African – European Partnership in Agricultural Research for Development (PAEPARD) 27 April 2012. guardian.co.uk. New international land deals database reveals rush to buy up Africa. World’s largest public database lifts lid on the extent and secretive nature of the global demand for land. Almost 5% of Africa‘s agricultural land has been bought or [...]
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Diversifying Choices and Securing Livelihoods From LI-BIRD’s web site LI-BIRD is pleased to release the summary document of its new Research & Development Strategy 2012-16. LI-BIRD is a non-profit making organization based in Pokhara, Nepal committed to capitalizing on local initiatives for sustainable management of natural resources and agricultural biodiversity in order to improve the [...]
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June 5th, 2012 | Initiatives, Middle, News
Good Practices :: Tropical fruit (methodologies and adaptive practices) GPD are Good Practices for Diversity – not to be confused with Good Agricultural Practices. Tropical fruits are important part of culture in Asia besides their food and nutritional values. Traditionally these tropical fruits are managed in a variety of production systems such as in natural [...]
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June 1st, 2012 | Middle, News, Websites
Philippe Baret, Professor at the University of Louvain (Belgium), set up Philagri web site with a section dedicated to transition in agriculture that brings together a number of interesting papers on agroecology and the importance of adopting more sustainable agricultural practices using agrobiodiversity. These include papers that develop a diagnosis of the state of agriculture in [...]
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