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Smallholder farming systems in the Indian Himalayas: Key trends and innovations for resilience
… Traditional farmers in the Central and Eastern Indian Himalayas have observed significant climatic changes in recent years, … Smallholder farming systems in the Indian Himalayas: Key trends and innovations for …
Publication, 01 June 2018
A new radish variety shown off by Dayanand Joshi
As climate changes, Himalayan farmers return to traditional crops
… the challenges created by climate change. This requires agricultural systems that sustain natural resources, biodiversity and traditional … conducting participatory action-research with a number of traditional farming villages. These villages lie in the central Himalayas’ Almora … Himalayas. The research is part of an European Union-funded project, Smallholder Innovation for Resilience (SIFOR) , which is designed to …
Insight, 29 October 2018
Indigenous people at the Himalayan workshop
Biocultural heritage landscape to be established in Eastern Himalayas
… – local economic growth which incorporates Indigenous land tenure systems, methods of food production, and spiritual and cultural … of more than 9,000 hectares in the high Andes. Six Indigenous Quechua farming communities maintain over 1,440 different cultivars of potato in … funding from the Swift Foundation, and from IIED's SIFOR project (Smallholder Innovation for Resilience), which is funded by the European …
News, 30 November 2017
IIED's Krystyna Swiderska discusses the latest research on how indigenous people adapt to climate change at a side event at the 2016 UN climate conference in Marrakech (Photo: Teresa Corcoran/IIED)
Indigenous people use own knowledge to boost food yields despite climate change, research finds
… to the risks of climate change. But the latest evidence from the Smallholder for resilience (SIFOR) project , presented last week at a … knowledge, knowledge of indigenous peoples and local knowledge systems".  But Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), the national … change." More information: SIFOR China baseline study:  Smallholder farming systems in Southwest China: exploring key trends and innovations …
News, 22 November 2016
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IIED and partners at the UN Biodiversity Conference (CBD COP14)
… and cultural diversity, between science and indigenous knowledge systems. The summit was an opportunity for reflection, dialogue and … | Biocultural innovation: the key to global food security? | Smallholder farming systems in the Indian Himalayas: key trends and innovations for … IIED and partners at the UN Biodiversity Conference (CBD COP14) …
Event, 17 November 2018