Summer course to focus on mountain family farming
18.03.2014
This July in Ormea, Italy, the International Programme on Research and Training on Sustainable Management of Mountain Areas (IPROMO) will focus on sustainable farming in mountain areas in observance of the International Year of Family Farming, as 2014 has been proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly. The ten-day technical and scientific course will provide an overview of the small-scale agriculture in mountains; after all, mountain farming is largely family farming.
About 30 officers, researchers and technicians from all over the world, most of whom belong to the Mountain Partnership (MP), will take part. Now in its seventh year, IPROMO, which is organized by the University of Turin and the MP Secretariat, will look at the economic, social aspects and environmental aspects of mountain family farming. Special emphasis will be placed on local products with a field trip to Aosta Valley (in cooperation with the Institut Agricole Régional), where participants will see real mountain farming enterprises in action. The effects of natural hazards and extreme events on mountain farming will be covered and working groups will allow participants to share their knowledge and build networks of researchers/technicians.
“This annual course has led to the development of a network of SMD practitioners who keep in touch and work together,” says Rosalaura Romeo, MP Secretariat Programme Officer. Read more
Photo: FAO/Giorgio Grussu
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