Potatoes for food security in the AndesnewsA 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 potato is one of the most important crops in the agricultural sector. However, in areas where the tuber is produced,...
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Thawing permafrost may be a “huge factor” in global warmingnewsThawing 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 permafrost exposes ancient carbon to sunlight, it turns into carbon dioxide 40 percent faster compared to carbon that remains in...
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Regional Great Lakes Stakeholders ForumeventAs part of a regional project entitled Stakeholders Engagement for Informed Decision-Making, Threats Mitigation and Sustainable Fresh Water Services Management in the Great Lakes Region of East and Central Africa, ARCOS is holding a regional stakeholders forum with the theme 'Addressing the drivers of change in the Freshwater Systems...
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International Year of Quinoa launchednewsThe International Year of Quinoa was launched this week at a ceremony at UN headquarters in New York, where the crop’s potential in the fight against hunger was underlined. The event was attended by top officials from the Andean countries of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, in whose mountains the superfood...
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Turning Strategies into a Programme: Alpine Space 2014-2020eventThis stakeholder conference organized by the Alpine Space Programme will present results of an extensice process of stakeholder dialogue, give insights into tentative objectives for the Alpine Space Programme 2014-2020 and outline a vision for the future of the Alps and the role the Programme could take in Alpine governance. Registration...
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