Austral summer frosts in the Andean highlands are ubiquitous throughout the crop cycle, causing yield losses. In spite of the existing warming trend, climate change models forecast high variability, including freezing temperatures. As the potato center of origin, the region has a rich…
The REDD-ALERT (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation from Alternative Land Uses in the Rainforests of the Tropics) project started in 2009 and finished in 2012, and had the aim of evaluating mechanisms that translate international-level agreements into instruments that would…
La alimentación y sus repercusiones nutricionales durante la etapa infantil son motivo de atención por padres de familia y educadores, al ser cruciales y determinantes dentro del desarrollo fisiológico y en el desempeño escolar de los niños. En el plano social, la alimentación es uno de…
Entre el 12 y el 14 de noviembre de 2014, en la ciudad peruana de Puerto Maldonado, se llevó a cabo un conversatorio entre múltiples actores denominado “Dinámicas transfronterizas y modelos alternativos de desarrollo en la Amazonía” organizado por el Instituto para el Desarrollo Rural de…
En esta guía técnica sobre el Respeto del consentimiento libre, previo e informado (CLPI) se establecen medidas prácticas para que los organismos gubernamentales respeten y protejan el CLPI y para que las organizaciones de la sociedad civil, los usuarios de la tierra y los inversores privados a…
Meeting Name: Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Team of Technical and Legal Experts on Access and Benefit-Sharing
Meeting symbol/code: CGRFA/TTLE-ABS-2/14/Inf.3 Add.1
Session: Sess. 2
The IYS is to be a major platform for raising awareness of the importance of soils for food security and nutrition and essential eco-system functions.
Rice fish culture (RFC) of China is a pilot system supported by the FAO-GEF global Initiative on “Conservation and Adaptive Management of Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System (GIAHS)” with the participation of Algeria, China, Chile, Peru, Philippines, and Tunisia. The Project seeks to…
Meeting Name: Intergovernmental Technical Panel on Soils
Meeting symbol/code: ITPS-II/14/Report
This paper proposes an approach to assist countries in ensuring that NFM planning more strongly meets the needs and demands of forest-related national policy processes. The approach is based on an understanding that there is a multiplicity of issues and legitimate interests related to forests…
Meeting symbol/code: CGRFA/TTLE-ABS-1/14/Inf.1
Session: Sess.1