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Report warns of future food crises in Africa's poorest nations
… the underlying factors that make people in the region vulnerable to food shortages, and warns that unless these factors are addressed, there will be more and worse food crises. But it says short-term solutions are being applied to a … - need to be joined up. "People blame locusts, drought and high food prices for the crisis that affected more than 3 million people in …
News, 10 July 2007
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Forest and Farm Facility Annual Report 2019: summary
… and concerns that surfaced in 2019: climate change, links between agriculture and deforestation, biodiversity and the Sustainable … Food and agriculture …
Publication, 31 March 2020
Peruvian men and women on a mountainside, pouring water on the earth
Learning to value Mother Earth
Article, 02 June 2013
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Underfed, Underpaid and Overlooked: Women, the Key to Food Security in South Asia
… A fresh approach to food security is called for in South Asia. Despite increasing per capita … actions which could help women in their struggle to secure adequate food for their families. … Food and agriculture … Underfed, Underpaid and Overlooked: Women, the Key to Food Security in South Asia …
Publication, 01 February 2008
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Artisanal and small-scale mining and agriculture. Exploring their links in rural sub-Saharan Africa
… Food and agriculture … Artisanal and small-scale mining and agriculture. Exploring their links in rural sub-Saharan Africa …
Publication, 01 March 2016
Mountains such as the Andes, in Peru, are among the regions most affected by climate change (Photo: David Stanley via Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
Indigenous spiritual values guide climate change adaptation in mountain communities
News, 25 April 2014
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Transforming knowledge and ways of knowing for food sovereignty and biocultural diversity
… Geneva, Switzerland, 3-5th October 2006.~New social movements for food self-reliance in the context of endogenous development are arising … politics, the more diffuse but networked power of this growing food sovereignty movement is confronted with many interrelated … knowledge and ways of knowing to regenerate locally controlled food systems. More specifically, the food sovereignty movement is …
Publication, 01 October 2006
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Multi-actor initiatives in action: lessons from the Sustainable Diets for All programme
… low-income communities, while highlighting the important link between food and climate. This paper documents the results of three … initiatives (MAIs) that have come about through the programme: the Food Parliament in Buikwe, Uganda; the Food Change Lab in Zambia; and the La Paz Food Council in Bolivia. The …
Publication, 01 July 2020
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Implementing farmers’ rights under the FAO International Treaty on PGRFA: the need for a broad approach based on biocultural heritage
… The FAO Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (PGRFA) seeks to protect Farmers’ Rights through equitable … to land and genetic resources and policies that promote industrial agriculture and monocultures. This paper argues for a broad approach to … Food and agriculture …
Publication, 01 March 2011
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The Role of Traditional Knowledge and Crop Varieties in Adaptation to Climate Change and Food Security in SW China, Bolivian Andes and coastal Kenya
… including drought, with serious consequences for crop production and food security. The scale of the changes, and the fact that they have … Food and agriculture … Knowledge and Crop Varieties in Adaptation to Climate Change and Food Security in SW China, Bolivian Andes and coastal Kenya …
Publication, 01 September 2011