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1536) Promoting Conservation Agriculture in Timor-Leste
Further promotion of CA is a key strategy for future development of the agriculture sector in our country. Conservation Agriculture aims to increase crop yields while reducing production costs (e.g. labour and inputs), improving and maintaining soil fertility (e.g. plant nutrients, organic matter, micro-organisms...
Subject: Farming Systems
Regions: Asia
Publication year: 2018
1537) Options for encouraging, guiding and promoting the realization of Farmers’ Rights as set out in Article 9 of the International Treaty
Farmers feed the world, by producing the food on which we all depend. Since farmers are the developers and custodians of crop diversity in the field, their rights in this regard are critical to maintain their pivotal role in providing food security and nutrition – never more so than in the current...
Subject: Crop diversity; Recognition schemes for farmers
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2023
1538) Preliminary impact appraisal of cocoa value chain rehabilitation in Ghana: 2018–2028
Preliminary assessments of the cocoa value chain from using FAO's EX-ACT Value Chain tool show that it has a significant potential to improve farmer incomes while mitigating climate change. With a renovation and rehabilitation strategy of implementing cocoa shadow agroforestry in low-yielding old plantation...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2021
1539) Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems and Ecosystem Restoration - Webinar
GIAHS site representatives from China, Japan, Peru, Morocco, Spain and Tanzania shared their experiences and challenges on the sustainable use of natural resources as well as the types and functions of their ecosystem services. They explored how GIAHS can contribute to the objectives of the UN Decade...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Asia; Latin America and the Caribbean; Africa; Europe
Publication year: 2021
1540) Genetic Diversity, Conservation, and Utilization of Plant Genetic Resources
This is a scientific article explaining the recent development in maintaining the diversity of genetic resources, their conservation and their sustainable utilization to secure global food security.
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions:
Publication year: 2023