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This document presents the Chilean National Project Framework of a global initiative of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) concerning Conservation and Adaptive Management of Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS). Chile’s Chiloé agriculture is one of the pilot GIAHS, featuring the traditional agricultural practices and indigenous management systems of...
Chile
Case study
2007
In the case of Peru, the GIAHS project has been defined in the area located in the Central Andes, in the southern highlands of Peru, which includes two basins of the Vilcanota River (Cusco) and the Ramis River (Puno) and is called "From Machu Picchu to Lake Titicaca". In this...
Peru
Case study
2007
Kuttanad is a delta region of about 900 sq. km situated on the west coast of Kerala State, India. The area is a larger mosaic of fragmented landscape patches and varied ecosystems such as coastal backwaters, rivers, vast stretches of paddy fields, marshes, ponds, garden lands, edges, corridors and remarkably networked waterways.
The Kuttanad Below Sea-level Farming System...
India
Case study
2012
The most important agricultural systems such as Pomegranate, Pistachio, and Saffron farming systems are irrigated by Qanat. The geographical regions around the Central Desert of Iran which is also one of the most traditional agricultural areas have been using the Qanat technology for providing water for agriculture and human consumption...
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Case study
2014
Figs are originated from the southern region of Arabia and gradually developed into the Mediterranean region. Based on historical evidence figs are planted 4000 Bc in Egypt. Many different species are grown in Iran. Fars is one of the major producer of figs, about 75 percent of the total land...
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Case study
2011
Achieving a world without hunger by 2030 requires targeted support to make agricultural production more resilient and more sustainable for millions of smallholder farmers in the Global South. Agroecological farm and crop management approaches have been proven to provide a wide range of both ecological and economic long-term benefits for...
Event
2021
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