Documents

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Background Papers

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Six Background Papers have been prepared for the FAO/NL Conference on the Multifunctional Character of Agriculture and Land. All six documents can now be read or downloaded (follow this link to see the documents)

The Background Papers cover 6 broad themes:

1. Agricultural Biodiversity
2. Bioenergy
3. Dryland Conservation
4. Environment and Trade
5. Research and Technology
6. Water

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The Role of the Background Papers

The Background Papers serve two broad purposes. Firstly, at the general level, they demonstrate the way in which the MFCAL Approach can be applied to specific technical issues and questions. Secondly, and more specifically, they provide further insight into six important issues related to the MFCAL Approach and raised, in most cases, in the two main Technical Documents. 

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