Closing summer school on AgrobiodiversitynewsThe first Summer School on Agrobiodiversity in a Changing Climate ended this week. Held at FAO in Rome, Italy, the course hosted high profile speakers from NaturaSi, IFOAM Organics International and Slow Food and looked at ways to enhance productivity and improve marketing strategies in sustainable and resilient agricultural systems. “We know that...
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Agrobiodiversity in a Changing ClimatenewsThe Summer school on Agrobiodiversity in a Changing Climate opened on Monday 26 at FAO, Headquarters in Rome. The course focuses on the importance of biodiversity in agriculture, with particular attention to its role in enhancing resilience and adaptability of cropping and farming systems to climate change. The two week...
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Terra Madre Mountain ProducerseventThe Mountain Partnership and Slow Food will be holding an event at Terra Madre Salone del Gusto on mountain products: preserving tradition, promoting innovation. From the mountains to the fork, the promotion of mountain agriculture can preserve mountain agrobiodiversity and improve the livelihoods and the economies of mountain communities, some...
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Forum to highlight mountains in AfricanewsOn 12 September 2018, the Minister of Environment of Rwanda, Honorable Dr. Vincent Biruta, opened the Second Africa Regional Mountains Forum (#ARMF_2018) in Kigali, Rwanda. “On behalf of the Republic of Rwanda and on my own behalf, I pledge to support Sustainable Mountain Development initiatives in the country and consider...
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World Mountain Forum 2018 Kyrgyzstanpeak to peakIssue 119 – Month 9 – Year 2018 The September 2018 issue of Peak to Peak starts with the preparations of the World Mountain Forum 2018 the fourth in the series of World Mountain Forums (WMF) which will be held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan in October. The newsletter continues with stories from...
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Rediscovering Nature and Culture in the ApenninesnewsAn inspiring project linking the rejuvenation of the mountains and socio-economic regeneration has sprung up in Italy in the wake of the 2016-2017 earthquakes, which created a national disaster in Italy. Le Erbe delle Sibilla (the herbs of Sibilla) project was created in June 2017 and is fully funded by the Earthquake...
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