May 20th, 2013 | Announcements, News
Simran Sethi is writing a book on the loss of agrobiodiversity through our food chain and would be delighted to hear from you
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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
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February 11th, 2013 | Events
A workshop on Custodian Farmers
Despite this shrinking agricultural biodiversity, there are still a few farmers who actively maintain, adapt and disseminate agricultural biodiversity, and who possess the knowledge needed for its use and cultivation. We recognize them as ‘custodian farmers’.
The workshop aims to share experiences by the custodian farmers, debate challenges faced by such farmers and discuss ways to strengthen and/or support them so that they continue to use, conserve and promote agricultural biodiversity.
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December 18th, 2012 | Funding, Training
Deadline to aply 27 January 2013
The Research Areas for Individual Research Proposals are sought under one of three research areas:
Sustainable Natural Resources Management
Water and Aquatic Resources
Food Production, Food Security and Nutrition
December 11th, 2012 | Events, News
A blog post on EL PAÍS for the International seminar on 21st century crops
Una entrada de blog en EL PAÍS con referencia al Seminario internacional sobre cultivos del siglo 21
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November 29th, 2012 | Events, News
“Old and new crops to meet the challenges of the XXIst century” / “Cultivos del pasado y nuevos cultivos para afrontar los retos del siglo XXI”
A high level international symposium dealing with Neglected and Underutilised species is being organised in the city of Cordoba, Spain on
10 to 13 December 2012
