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FAO has designated the Ait Souab-Ait Mansour region of Morocco, a unique area where argan trees have been cultivated for centuries, as a Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems  (GIAHS). This GIAHS designation is helping to support conservation, while promoting its sustainable use for local economies.

The GIAHS Workshop on "Management of important agriculture and fisheries heritage systems in East Asia" aims to showcase the national efforts and initiatives in conserving and managing its agricultural and fisheries heritage systems in East Asia, mainly China, Japan and the Republic of Korea, review how the GIAHS sites are managed after designation and discuss way forward to enhance management and better link GIAHS with the national initiatives for potential synergies. When?:...

How tomatoes became known for boosting health, food security and livelihoods

On Thursday 10 March, this webinar jointly organized by the United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability Operating Unit Ishikawa Kanazawa (UNU-IAS OUIK), the Rural Development Administration of the Republic of Korea (RDA) and the FAO will share the experience of countries and GIAHS sites currently implementing M&E processes for GIAHS. It will also invite speakers from GIAHS sites interested in M&E to exchange views and explore how...