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For 20 years, FAO has recognised sites around the world that combine remarkable landscapes with traditional knowledge of resilient and sustainable management of land and natural resources.

In the mountainous Tokushima region of Japan, farmers have grown local varieties of millet, vegetables and other crops for more than 400 years. But in recent times, the cultivation of millets, a highly nutritious crop, almost died out. Only the love of a farmer in Nishi-Awa helped saved a local variety of finger millet from vanishing completely.