The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, through the Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) Programme, will organise the International Symposium on Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems and Family Farming from 18th to 20th of October 2021.
Applications open: Learning to conserve traditional agricultural heritage systems all around the world
13 August 2021
13 August 2021
The application deadline will be on 30 October 2021
The FAO Programme on “Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems” is the scientific reference used by the University to explore the characteristics of the registered landscapes in Italy by using the lens of dynamic conservation and sustainable development for the planning and management of traditional agricultural heritage systems.
The overall aim of the GIAHS Programme is to identify and preserve agricultural systems of global...
GIAHS L'Horta de València from the space
09 August 2021
09 August 2021
The European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Thomas Pesquet, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Goodwill Ambassador, posted in his Flickr account this amazing shot from space of the Historical Irrigation System at l'Horta de València, in Spain.
Check the Pesquet Flickr album here.
Connecting traditional with modern for more resilience and sustainability in agriculture
04 August 2021
04 August 2021
Countries of the vast and diverse Europe and Central Asia region receive guidance on an eco-friendly transformation of their agrifood systems.
Current agricultural systems of the region are extremely polarized with large-scale intensive agriculture and smallholder farming being at opposite ends. A new approach, called nature-based solutions, can help integrate both modalities, while facing current social challenges, and making use of scientific and technological advances in collaboration with nature, thus transforming...