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• Rio+20: The European Commission contributes to plant genetics treaty fund. Traditional crops diversity for food security
  Rio de Janeiro, 21 June 2012 – The Benefit-sharing Fund of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture receives €5 million from the European Commission, as a support to farmers in developing countries. Such initiative was announced ahead of a high-level meeting on the plant treaty at the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development. The Benefit-sharing Fund helps smallholder farmers diversify traditional crops, such as potato, rice, cassava and wheat, for food security and climate change.
  Shakeel Bhatti, Executive Secretary, International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for FAO (4min23sec)
   
• Ahead of Rio+20: FAO advocates for energy-smart food production systems
  The agricultural sector has potential for opportunities to save, and even generate, energy.
  FAO recently launched an Energy-smart Food for People and Climate paper, Making the case for Energy-Smart Food at FAO. The Energy-Smart Food Programme aims to help countries promote energy-smart agri-food systems by identifying, planning and implementing appropriate energy, food security and climate-smart strategies to boost agricultural growth and rural development.
  Olivier Dubois, Coordinator for the FAO Programme on Energy, Climate, Energy and Tenure Division (3min43sec)

Testimonials on Rio+20’s eve

• Professor Joseph Saa Dittoh University for Development studies (Northern Ghana)-Ghana National Facilitator for FAO/International Water Management Institute (IWMI) water management solutions project (3min01sec)
   
• Priya Satya National Programme Coordinator for Land and Water-FAO India (1min33sec)
   
• Hussein Mohamed Gadain Water Coordinator for the Somalia Water and Land Information Management project (SWALIM)-FAO Kenya (2min17sec)
   
• Alberto Sandoval Senior Natural Resources Officer, FAO Climate, Energy and Tenure Division (NRC). Access to Natural resources, such as land, water and forests, is essential to produce food (1min59sec)
   
• Florence Egal Nutritionist, FAO Nutrition and Consumer Protection Division (AGND) (1min33sec)

Podcasts

• AMARC FAO Podcast - FAO Magazine for Rio+20 - Gambia (English, anglais, Inglés) Bwiam Community Radio Station (12min01sec)
   
• Buena alimentación y producción de alimentos de manera sostenible - México (Español, Spanish, espagnol) Sur 95/AMARC Mexico.
  Ena Angulo de Sur 95 entrevista a la nutróloga Denise Hernández (11min11sec)
   
• La sécurité alimentaire - Burkina Faso (français, French, Francés) Alliance contre la faim et la malnutrition au Burkina Faso (17min51sec)
   
• Food Insecurity - Philippines (Filipino) Kodao Production
  The program hosts, Raymund Villanueva and Benjie Oliveros have invited a local environmentalist, Mr Leon Dulce of Kalikasan (Environment) Party, as resource person on the implications of the Rio+20 Summit in Brazil on food insecurity and poverty of the people if the said summit won't be able to convince big business and governments to clean up their act. The program discusses how the Philippines is gravely affected by unsustainable development and what the people must do to push governments and businesses to heed people's call. (13min03sec)