• Of Food, Culture and Identity

    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.

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  • Swiss to Extend Agro-Biodiversity Initiative in Laos

    Swiss to Extend Agro-Biodiversity Initiative in Laos

    July 4th, 2012 | Announcements, Featured, Initiatives, News

    By Khamphone Syvongxay, Vientiane Times The Swiss Agency for Development Cooperation (SDC) will provide Laos US$6.3 million to continue the work of the Agro-Biodiversity Initiative (Tabi) project. Phase I was undertaken within 13 development village groups totalling 104 villages in the Phoukoud district, the Xieng Khuang province, the Phonxay district, and the Luang Prabang province.  [...]

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  • Good Practices :: Tropical fruit (methodologies and adaptive practices)

    Good Practices :: Tropical fruit (methodologies and adaptive practices)

    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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  • Rotational Farming and Underutilized Species

    Rotational Farming and Underutilized Species

    June 4th, 2012 | Featured, News

    How does rotational farming contribute to the promotion of underutilized species? And what is its link with the protection of agrobiodiversity? These and other relevant issues are the object of a paper on “The Role of Rotational Farming in Promoting Underutilized Species” which has been authored by Dr Prasert Trakansuphakon, phd and Executive Director of IKAP, [...]

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  • Kolkata Seed Festival calls for stressing on collective heritage of agro-biodiversity

    Kolkata Seed Festival calls for stressing on collective heritage of agro-biodiversity

    May 21st, 2012 | Featured, News

    The Kolkata Seed Festival, the first of its kind in eastern India, was hosted by this city from April 27 to 29. Its focus was on celebrating and conserving India’s rich heritage of crop diversity.

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  • Chepang Food Culture: Contribution of Wild Edible and Neglected Plant Species

    Chepang Food Culture: Contribution of Wild Edible and Neglected Plant Species

    March 19th, 2012 | News, Publications

    Chepangs are an indigenous ethnic group living in central and southern Nepal. Amongst the agricultural systems practiced, shifting cultivation.  Chepangs live in the proximity of forests, depending upon it for food and other livelihood needs. This publication brings together the traditional knowledge of the Chepang people regarding the wild edible and neglected plant species. Similarly, [...]

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