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Comidas escolares indígenas y comunidades tradicionales

Agricultura familiar: buenas prácticas replicables para la comercialización de productos de sociobiodiversidad y agroecología
La estrategia de alimentación escolar indígena y tradicional en Amazonas fue desarrollada por Catrapoa (Comisión de Alimentación Tradicional de los Pueblos de Amazonas) con el objetivo inicial de hacer posible cumplir con la compra de al menos el 30% de los productos alimenticios de la agricultura familiar y desde los...
Brazil
2020 - Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento (MAPA)

Blog article
Protecting indigenous cultures is crucial for saving the world’s biodiversity

This article published in The Conversation describes the inextricable linkage between the crisis of biodiversity loss and the loss of indigenous cultures. From animals to insects and plants, biodiversity loss cannot be effectively addressed without tackling the rapid disappearance of indigenous cultures.  According to the author, indigenous peoples have conserved biodiversity for millennia. They have created much...
2020 - The Conversation

Blog article
Protecting indigenous cultures is crucial for saving the world’s biodiversity

Species are being lost at about a thousand times the natural rate of extinction. This is faster than at any other period in human history. Ecosystems – the vital systems on which all life depends – are being degraded across the globe. This crisis of biodiversity loss is finally getting some...
2020 - International Institute for Environment and Development IIED

Video
A Film to Promote Sustainable Food System Practices

This is a film produced by ICENECDEV(International Centre for Environmental Education and Community Development) to promote sustainable Food System in the Mount Cameroon Forest Region through Tradition/Indigenous Knowledge, Agroecology and Natural Farming Practices in providing healthy Food to Healthy People. This film is produced to promote cultural and traditional practices...
Cameroon
2020 - International Centre for Environmental Education and Community Development (ICENECDEV )

Video
Uncle Wiz Farm: organic indigenous produce

Uncle Wiz is a shining example of a thriving smallscale farming and food distribution business that not only farms without chemicals but also focuses on and promotes indigenous food crops. Owners Wisdom and Mpumi Edward live in south Johannesburg and farm on land in Vanderbijlpark. Not only do they grow...
South Africa
2020 - African Centre for Biodiversity (ACB)

Case study
Okavango Delta : recognizing cultural heritage in a natural site

The Okavango Delta, in northwest Botswana, is one of the very few major interior delta systems that do not flow into a sea or ocean, with a wetland system that is almost intact. Land rights issues came out strongly during the inscription process of the Okavango Delta as World Heritage...
2020 - The Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa

Report
Aportaciones de los Pueblos Indígenas a la Cumbre de las Naciones Unidas sobre los Sistemas Alimentarios

Los talleres de consulta Aportaciones de los Pueblos Indígenas a la Cumbre de las Naciones Unidas sobre los Sistemas Alimentarios se llevaron a cabo en octubre de 2020 con motivo del Foro de los Pueblos Indígenas, evento realizado por el Fondo a cada dos años. La Cumbre tiene como objetivo lograr avances en la Agenda...
2020 - Fondo Internacional de Desarrollo Agrícola (FIDA)

Journal article
The Native Farm Bill Coalition and the 2018 Farm Bill: building a strong, sustained voice on food and agriculture issues in Indian country

When the 2018 Farm Bill, the Agriculture Act of 2018 (Pub. L. No. 115-334), was signed into law on December 20, 2018, it cemented 63 new provisions across 11 of the 12 titles aimed specifically at supporting food, agriculture, infrastructure, research and education for Tribal governments and Tribal food producers....
United States of America
2020 - Cambridge University Press

Blog article
Indigenous Peoples’ food systems hold the key to feeding humanity

A recent workshop hosted by IIED and Royal Botanic Gardens Kew explored how the way Indigenous Peoples grow and consume food holds answers to the world’s broken food system. Modern food and farming systems are fundamentally unsustainable. They contribute around a third of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions and are responsible...
2020 - IIED and Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

Blog article
Indigenous Peoples’ food systems hold the key to feeding humanity

A recent workshop hosted by IIED and Royal Botanic Gardens Kew explored how the way Indigenous Peoples grow and consume food holds answers to the world’s broken food system. Modern food and farming systems are fundamentally unsustainable. They contribute around a third of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions and are responsible...
2020 - International Institute for Environment and Development IIED

Event
Lanzamiento del estudio “Los pueblos indígenas de América Latina – Abya Yala y la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible: tensiones y desafíos desde una perspectiva territorial”

CEPAL y FILAC, consecuentes con el compromiso y el desafío de visibilizar la realidad de los pueblos indígenas, presentan conocimiento actualizado relativo a los derechos territoriales y la situación de los bosques, la demografía y el derecho al bienestar de estos pueblos. Se espera que ello contribuya al seguimiento de...
2020 - Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL)

Case study
Sustaining the traditional production and conservation of Creole rice seeds in Guinea Bissau

In order to preserve their tradition, the Manjaq communities have embarked on a process of preserving local rice varieties essential for the organization of certain traditional ceremonies. Faced with these challenges, they have rebuilt their seed capital by making an inventory of all traditional seeds and their importance in traditional...
Guinea-Bissau
2019 - Cooperativa agro-pecuária de jovens quadros (COAJOQ), Guinea-Bissau

Video
Así se combina la innovación con los saberes locales en el Gran Chaco Americano

EL FUTURO ESTÁ EN EL MONTE se constituye como un movimiento que impulsa en la región del Gran Chaco modelos productivos y comerciales que promuevan un desarrollo sustentable, competitivo e inclusivo, a través de la puesta en valor del capital natural, social y cultural, combinando la innovación con los saberes...
Argentina
2019 - El Futuro está en el Monte

Case study
The Good Cocoyam Seed Initiative

Indigenous cocoyams in Burundi have the potential to increase food and nutrition security and contribute to improved livelihoods, but farmers’ capacity to meet the growing demand for them has been constrained by a lack of good quality seed and technical knowhow. The Good Seed Initiative targeted both seed and cocoyam...
Burundi
2019 - ESAFF Burundi

Audio
'Se é ali que decide, é ali que a gente tem que estar': a luta indígena por representação política

A busca por participação direta na política e o protagonismo feminino são novas marcas do movimento indígena brasileiro
Aldeias de todo o país deram origem a novos líderes.  Um reflexo desse movimento foi visto na eleição de 2018, quando 133 candidatos indígenas concorreram ao pleito. O número ainda é pequeno, mas representa um aumento de 56% em relação ao registrado em 2014. Sônia Guajajara é um dos nomes mais...
Brazil
2019 - Radio Globo

Newsletter
TBTI Digest, September 2019

The Too Big to Ignore (TBTI) Digest contains all of the project's recent activities and outputs.
Canada
2019 - Too Big To Ignore - Global Partnership for Small-Scale Fisheries Research

Newsletter
TBTI Digest, October 2019

The Too Big to Ignore (TBTI) Digest contains all of the project's recent activities and outputs.
Canada
2019 - Too Big To Ignore - Global Partnership for Small-Scale Fisheries Research

Project
Plataforma da Marcha Das Margaridas 2019

Os pontos centrais da luta da Marcha das Margaridas estão expressos nesta Plataforma Política. Ela foi construída de 2017 a 2019 a partir de diálogos estabelecidos com pelo menos 30 organizações e movimentos sociais, resultado de centenas de encontros e reuniões realizadas em âmbito nacional, regional, estadual e na base...
Brazil
2019 - Confederação Nacional dos Trabalhadores Rurais Agricultores e Agricultoras Familiares

Newsletter
TBTI Digest, December 2019

The Too Big to Ignore (TBTI) Digest contains all of the project's recent activities and outputs.
Canada
2019 - Too Big To Ignore - Global Partnership for Small-Scale Fisheries Research

Guidelines
Geographical Indications for sustainable food systems

Preserving and promoting agricultural and food heritage
A Geographical Indication (GI) is a sign used on goods that have a specific geographical origin and possess qualities or a reputation that are due to that origin. Most commonly, a GI consists of the name of the place of origin. The specific qualities are the result of the local...
2019 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
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