Search Results - "sustainable use"

Standard material transfer agreement by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

“…WHEREAS the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (hereinafter referred to as "the Treaty")1 was adopted by the Thirty-first session of the FAO Conference on 3 November 2001 and entered into force on 29 June 2004; The objectives of the Treaty are the conservation and sustainable use of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture and the fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising out of their use, in harmony with the Convention on Biological Diversity, for sustainable agriculture and food security; The Contracting Parties to the Treaty, in the exercise of their sovereign rights over their Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, have established a Multilateral System both to facilitate access to Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture and to share, in a fair and equitable way, the benefits arising from the utilization of these resources, on a complementary and mutually reinforcing basis..…”
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Supporting community seedbanks to realize farmers’ rights by Clancy, Evelyn

“…This can lead to sustainable livelihoods, food sovereignty, sustainable use of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture and food security. …”
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Bioversity International’s contributions to the implementation of article 6 of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture by López Noriega, Isabel, Bedmar Villanueva, Ana

“…This summary was prepared as a contribution to the Third Meeting of the Ad Hoc Technical Committee on Sustainable Use of Plant Genetic Resources, Vienna, October 2016.…”
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Vegetation gradients due to management and light intensity in beech stands of the Lviv region (Ukraine) by Pavlyuk, Nataliya

“…Conservation and sustainable use of forest ecosystems is one of the most important environmental goals today. …”

Learning from old practices and local farmers to improve and assure rootstock quality of Nagpur mandarin saplings: Performance of Nagpur mandarin buds on Rangpur lime (C. limonia)... by Sthapit, B., Hom, S., Singh, I.P., Ramanatha Rao, V., Lamers, H.

“…The ‘Conservation and Sustainable Use of Cultivated and Wild Tropical Fruit Diversity: Promoting Sustainable Livelihoods, Food Security and Ecosystem Services’ project identified the efforts and role of these innovative nurserymen as a good practice of diversity management that is selected for further strengthening and scaling up within the community and elsewhere.…”
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Fuel wood efficient dryers and home processing to add value for kokum and uppage fruits in India by Hom, S., Vasudeva, R., Hedge, N., Lamers, H., Ramanatha, V., Sthapit, B.

“…The ‘Conservation and Sustainable Use of Cultivated and Wild Tropical Fruit Diversity: Promoting Sustainable Livelihoods, Food Security and Ecosystem Services’ project identified innovative solutions like driers and value-adding activities as ‘good practices of diversity management’ that can be selected for further strengthening and scaling up within the community and elsewhere.…”
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White Garcinia: the white gold for Ayurvedic medicine by Hom, S., Vasudeva, R., Lamers, H., Ramanatha, V., Sthapit, B.

“…The ‘Conservation and Sustainable Use of Cultivated and Wild Tropical Fruit Diversity: Promoting Sustainable Livelihoods, Food Security and Ecosystem Services’ project encouraged community and local institution to identify such rare and unique elite material from existing diversity and traditional knowledge system as “a good practice of diversity management” that is further promoted for multiplication of planting materials and sustainable management. …”
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Crop wild relatives in the South African development community by Dulloo, Mohammad Ehsan, Maxted, Nigel, Shave, Justify, Pungulani, Lawrent, Hamisy, William, Munkombwe, Graybill, Magos Brehm, Joana, Bissessur, Prishnee

“…The conservation and sustainable use of crop wild relatives (CWR), which is worth an estimated US$120 billion globally, should be an urgent priority for the region. …”
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Developing public-private partnerships for effective access and use of climate information services by farmers and pastoralists in the great green wall intervention zone of Mali by Traoré, Bouba, Bouaré, Yaya, Nikoi, Gordon, Zougmoré, Robert B.

“…Through this initiative of public private partnership development, ICRISAT/CCAFS aims to analyze the partnership’s environment to establish the public private partnership required to promote the sustainable use of climate services and agro-advisories for improving management of climatic risks by farmers and pastoralists from the GGW area in Mali. …”
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Trends in the rice-based crop-livestock systems in the MFS Action Sites in Bangladesh: Crops, Vegetables, Livestock & Poultry by Haque, Abdul, Bhandari, Humnath

“…The sustainable intensification of the mixed farming systems entails the integration of different components of the mixed farming systems with efficient and sustainable use of resources, such as the use of domesticated animal manure (organic farming) for crop production, feeding crop residues to livestock, growing crops with fruit trees, integrating fish with rice (rice-fish farming), and so on. …”
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Geospatial Mapping of Crop Types and Land Cover in the MFS Action Sites in Bangladesh: Crop Area Mapping by Gupta, Sweta, Mathieu, Renaud Serge Alexis, Bhandari, Humnath

“…The sustainable intensification of the mixed farming systems entails the integration of different components of the mixed farming systems with efficient and sustainable use of resources, such as the use of domesticated animal manure (organic farming) for crop production, feeding crop residues to livestock, growing crops with fruit trees, integrating fish with rice (rice-fish farming), and so on. …”
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Food system transformation and implications for Bangladesh by Hossain, Md. Tanjil, Babu, Suresh Chandra

“…Food systems constitute all the activities and entities that are engaged in ensuring sustainable use and management of natural resources used in food production topost-harvest processes, storage, food markets, processing, food trade, consumption, nutrition, and health outcomes for all participating in the food system. …”
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Biodiversity for food and nutrition in Brazil by CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health

“…The Biodiversity for Food and Nutrition Project—officially the Mainstreaming Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Use for Improved Human Nutrition and Well-being project, or BFN project, is a multi-country initiative with an ambitious goal to mainstream biodiversity conservation to improve nutrition in four countries: Kenya, Sri Lanka, Turkey, and Brazil. …”
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How can African agriculture adapt to climate change: Green and Blue Water Accounting in the Limpopo and Nile Basins: Implications for Food and Agricultural Policy by Sulser, Timothy B., Ringler, Claudia, Zhu, Siwa, Bryan, Elizabeth, Rosegrant, Mark W.

“…Given that agriculture is the primary consumer of freshwater around the globe and the demand for domestic, industrial, and environment water uses is steadily rising, strategies for the sustainable use of water in agriculture are urgently needed…”
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No free lunches: PES and the funding of agricultural biodiversity conservation insights from a competitive tender for quinoa-related conservation services in Bolivia and Peru by Drucker, Adam, Padulosi, Stefano, Jager, Matthias

“…Mechanisms are explored through which agrobiodiversity service beneficiaries and purchasers could become investors in its conservation and sustainable use. Such mechanisms include eco-labelling, biodiversity offsets and other regulatory obligations, public procurement programmes, corporate social responsibility initiatives and the development of cultural tourism infrastructure, as well as direct support from government and institutions. …”
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Trends in feed, livestock production, and rangelands during the transition period in three Central Asian countries by Suleimenov, Mekhlis, Oram, Peter

“…It analyzes the trends in livestock development during the economic transition in Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, and Uzbekistan, and derives policy directions for the sustainable use of rangelands and for the growth of the livestock sector in Central Asia.…”
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BioConserv by International Food Policy Research Institute, Bioversity International

“…BioConserv focuses on three major thematic categories addressed in the literature:(1) Biodiversity of crops and plants; (2) Animal genetic resources conservation and sustainable use; and (3) Biodiversity measurements. It is a searchable database (see Browse by Topic or Browse by Year). …”
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Implementation of citizens' juries in Bogotá by Citizens' Juries in Bogotá

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Wealth differentiation in household use and trade in non-timber forest products in South Africa by Paumgarten, F., Shackleton, Charlie M.

“…These differences may have implications for policy and practice related to poverty alleviation and sustainable use. This paper reports on a study in South Africa which explored the relationship between household wealth and the use, procurement and sale of NTFPs in two villages. …”
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Realizing farmers’ rights through community-based agricultural biodiversity management by Clancy, Evelyn, Vernooy, Ronnie

“…The brief aims to raise awareness among delegates and Contracting Parties to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) of the crucial contribution that a community-based approach to the conservation and sustainable use of agricultural biodiversity can make to realizing farmers’ rights and empowering men and women smallholder farmers. …”
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