Documents

Documents listed here are hosted on SD Dimensions. For more relevant documentation please see the FAO website on biological diversity for food and agriculture

Background paper on agricultural biodiversity (PDF file)
Prepared for the FAO/Netherlands conference on the multifunctional character of agriculture and land
Report: Sustaining agricultural biodiversity and agro-ecosystem functions
Technical Workshop on Farming Systems Approaches for the Sustainable Use and Conservation of Agricultural Biodiversity and Agro-Ecosystems: Executive summary and conclusions
Special: Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture
Extracted from "Human nature: Agricultural biodiversity and farm-based food security" by Hope Shand, an independent study prepared by the Rural Advancement Foundation International (RAFI) for FAO (December 1997).
Conservation and use of biological diversity and genetic resources
Women: Users, preservers and managers of agro-biodiversity
Incorporating gender-sensitive approaches into plant genetic resources conservation and use: Background and purpose

CD-ROMS

Biological diversity for food and agriculture, containing a wide range of information and includes a bibliography/database of FAO documentation relevant to biological diversity

Agricultural biodiversity- Process leading to the development of proposed elements for a programme of work on agricultural biodiversity, including the inventory of ongoing activities and instruments for agricultural biodiversity at the international level and other relevant documentation

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