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131) Applying resilience in practice for more sustainable agriculture
This policy brief looks at how resilience thinking can be combined with agroecological approaches to secure the long term availability of healthy and nutritious food for all, while simultaneously decreasing the harm that agriculture causes to the planet’s climate and ecosystems. All this is of course...
Subject: Farming Systems
Regions: Global; Asia; Latin America and the Caribbean; Africa; Europe
Publication year: 2017
132) Approaches to sustainable agriculture: exploring the pathways towards the future of farming
The high amount of land used for cultivation and livestock farming has dramatically shaped landscapes in Europe and throughout the rest of the world. Agriculture is a fundamental human activity that intrinsically depends on nature and at the same time poses a threat to it. Thus, sustainability has emerged...
Subject: Farming Systems
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2020
133) Appropriate Seed and Grain Storage Systems for Small-scale Farmers: Key Practices for DRR Implementers
This brief provides practical guidelines on storage practices and methodologies to assist southern African farmers prone to natural hazards, mainly cyclones, droughts and floods. The target audience for this brief includes NGO staff, extension workers, community development leaders and government officials...
Subject: Farming Systems
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2014
134) Are Neglected Plants the Food for the Future?
Numerous neglected and underutilized species offer the potential to diversify not only the human diet, but also increase food production levels, and, thus, enable more sustainable and resilient agro- and horti-food systems. To exploit the potential of neglected plant (NP) species, coordinated approaches...
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2016
135) Around the world, Indigenous seed banks are helping to preserve culture, boost nutrition and protect the environment
Around 95 percent of the energy we get from food comes from only about 30 kinds of food crops. Indigenous communities around the world have been pioneers in preserving and reintroducing traditional agricultural varieties.
Subject: Recognition schemes for farmers
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2020