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 Apply for "GROW - Agrobiodiversity in a Changing Climate" 202402.07.2024The application period for the 2024 edition of the online training programme GROW - Agrobiodiversity in a Changing Climate is now open. The course will be held from 12 to 22 November 2024. Securing access to healthy, safe, and high-quality food for all while maintaining environmental sustainability is one of the world's greatest challenges. Achieving this goal requires the sustainable management of natural capital to be a primary objective in food production systems. Resilient environments, sustainable production practices and the protection of agrobiodiversity are key to improving dietary diversity and quality, generating income for sustainable smallholder farmers, and aiding in ecosystem restoration and conservation. The reliance on a limited variety of crops in commercial farming reduces agriculture's capacity to adapt to environmental changes and stresses. This loss of adaptive capacity in modern commercial agriculture is particularly concerning in the context of climate change, especially in mountain areas. Mountain farmers, who preserve rare crop varieties in biodiverse agroecosystems, face increasing pressure to alter their traditional agricultural practices due to the harsh environment and climate change effects. The 2024 GROW course will emphasize the importance of biodiversity in agriculture, focusing on how biodiversity can enhance the resilience and adaptability of cropping and farming systems to climate change. The programme will cover principles and practices for gathering agrobiodiversity data using participatory diagnostic and empirical approaches, and utilizing this data to develop management strategies that improve resilience and adaptability. The course aims to equip participants with the tools, knowledge, and understanding needed to enhance productivity and improve marketing strategies in sustainable and resilient agricultural systems. The training will feature lectures from speakers representing various national and international organizations. All applicants to the 2024 GROW Summer School can participate in the innovation contest, "Improving smallholders' livelihoods through agrobiodiversity and organic solutions." Applicants can submit their innovative ideas through the application form, addressing the theme: "How would YOU use agrobiodiversity and organic solutions to promote innovative job opportunities in rural areas?" GROW is organized by the Mountain Partnership Secretariat, Sapienza University of Rome's Department of Environmental Biology, the Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture and Platform for Agrobiodiversity Research (PAR). The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations provides technical support. The deadline to apply is 2 August 2024. Apply here |
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