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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...

Meet the Steering Committee: KIRDARC

08.01.2024

The Mountain Partnership is guided by an 18-member Steering Committee that supports the implementation of the 'Mountain Agenda' and tracks the achievements and impacts of their respective electoral groups.

In the...

Achieving sustainable food systems in mountains

05.01.2024

The Mountain Partnership Secretariat (MPS) presented examples of successful interventions to support mountain farmers at the international conference "Enabling resilient and sustainable food systems in the Hindu Kush Himalaya" held...

International Mountain Day 2023 celebrated around the world

04.01.2024

Mountain lovers from over 30 countries marked International Mountain Day (IMD) 2023 with hikes, film screenings, tree plantings, seminars and more. Under the theme "Restoring mountain ecosystems", governments, organizations...

Georgian Technical University hosts international mountain conference

29.12.2023

On 26-27 October 2023, the Georgian Technical University hosted the international scientific conference "Natural Resources and Resorts as Sustainable Development Factors" in Tbilisi, Georgia. The conference focused on three...

Sixth GROW training concludes, innovation contest winner announced

28.12.2023

Ysa Calderón from Peru has won the 2023 GROW Agrobiodiversity in a Changing Climate innovation contest. Her project aims to protect biodiversity and addresses threats to pollinators such as...

National trainings on sustainable mountain management held in Montenegro and Pakistan

27.12.2023

Two national trainings on mountain vulnerability assessment have been conducted within the framework of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) project "Sustainable management of natural resources...