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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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 Medicinal plant industry can boost green jobs growth in Nepal

Medicinal plant industry can boost green jobs growth in Nepal

06.03.2013

The growing global demand for medicinal and aromatic plants could help drive Nepal’s green economy, according to a new study from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in collaboraion...

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Apples ‘souring’ due to climate change

Apples ‘souring’ due to climate change

04.03.2013

Sweet apples grown in the Himalayan state of Arunachal Pradesh are gradually losing their taste as a result of climate change, according to reports.

Farmers of the remote Mechuka valley in...

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Mountain Partnership African Champions Committee launched

Mountain Partnership African Champions Committee launched

28.02.2013

African members of the Mountain Partnership have agreed to create a new Mountain Partnership African Champions Committee to move the region's sustainable mountain development agenda forward.

At a regional meeting of...

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Applications open for Himalayan Glaciology programme

Applications open for Himalayan Glaciology programme

26.02.2013

Applications are now open for a four-week training programme on capacity building in Himalayan glaciology organised by Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, under the auspices of the National Mission for...

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Potatoes for food security in the Andes

Potatoes for food security in the Andes

25.02.2013

A project to improve food security among vulnerable rural groups coordinated by Mountain Partnership member the International Potato Centre (CIP) is underway in four Latin American countries.

In the Andes, the...

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Thawing permafrost may be a “huge factor” in global warming

Thawing permafrost may be a “huge factor” in global warming

22.02.2013

Thawing permafrost may be a bigger factor in global warming than previously thought, according to a new study. Researchers at the University of North Carolina have found that when melting...

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