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Mountain Partnership project highlighted at The World Farmers Markets Coalition Second General Assembly

Mountain Partnership project highlighted at The World Farmers Markets Coalition Second General Assembly

19.07.2024

On 12 July 2024, industry leaders, agriculture experts and farmers gathered from around the world for an event focused on leveraging partnerships to enhance local food systems. The event featured a series of roundtable discussions aimed at identifying and forging new alliances.

The first roundtable discussion explored the challenges and opportunities...

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Funding opportunities for researchers from developing countries

Funding opportunities for researchers from developing countries

24.02.2014

The ‘Learning Events Programme for Researchers from Developing Countries’ is accepting grant applications from researchers from developing countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America that are working with Swiss institutions....

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Rainfall variability impacts mountain areas of Guatemala, Peru and Tanzania

Rainfall variability impacts mountain areas of Guatemala, Peru and Tanzania

21.02.2014

The changing amount, frequency, predictability and seasonality of rainfall hinder food security and influence migration patterns in mountain areas of Guatemala, Peru and Tanzania. Research carried out by the United...

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Scholarship available for online degree in sustainable mountain development

Scholarship available for online degree in sustainable mountain development

20.02.2014

A scholarship towards the costs of participating in the part-time online Master's of Science (MSc) in Sustainable Mountain Development offered by the University of the Highlands and Islands, Scotland, is...

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Top Spanish chef to promote mountain product cuisine

Top Spanish chef to promote mountain product cuisine

19.02.2014

Quique Dacosta, renowned chef with three Michelin stars, and Thomas Hofer, Coordinator of the Mountain Partnership Secretariat, met in Dénia, Spain, on 15 February 2014. They discussed embarking on a...

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Peru holds brainstorming session with 20 countries to include mountains in Post-2015 development agenda

Peru holds brainstorming session with 20 countries to include mountains in Post-2015 development agenda

13.02.2014

Diplomats from twenty countries convened at the Permanent Mission of Peru to the United Nations in New York, USA, on 6 February 2014 to discuss how to integrate mountains in...

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Mountains and forests make headlines at the United Nations

Mountains and forests make headlines at the United Nations

11.02.2014

Emphatic calls were made for mountains and forests to be prominently featured in the Post-2015 development agenda during a 5 February 2014 event at UN headquarters in New York as...

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