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Rome - The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is currently seeking applications from experts to join the Scientific Advisory Group (SAG) of its Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) Programme for the 2024-2025 term. This call is particularly aimed at experts from Africa, Near East and North Africa, Asia and the Pacific, and Latin America and the Caribbean. The Scientific Advisory Group, composed of nine members nominated by the FAO's Director-General,...

The International Workshop on Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) and Biodiversity took place at FAO headquarters in Rome from13 – 15 December 2023. It brought together representatives from eight GIAHS sites and global biodiversity and agrobiodiversity experts. They engaged in a deep dialogue on conserving biodiversity and agrobiodiversity in GIAHS sites. Mr Yoshihide Endo, GIAHS secretariat coordinator, opened the workshop. Mr Kaveh Zahedi, Director of FAO’s Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity...

Dans le cadre d'une collaboration active entre le Secrétariat SIPAM de la FAO et la Fondation Slow Food, les variétés anciennes de figues du SIPAM des jardins suspendus de Djebba ont été inscrites au catalogue des Sentinelles Slow Food dans le but de reconnaitre l'importance et l'urgence d'agir pour leur préservation. Le présent livret présente les caractéristiques ainsi que les utilisations des 17 variétés sauvegardées par les agricultrices et les...

The  International Workshop on GIAHS and Biodiversity will be held from 13 to 15 December 2023 at FAO Headquarters in Rome.  Find out more at: https://www.fao.org/index.php?id=119383 A webcast of the workshop will be available. BACKGROUND GIAHS sites are home to unique biodiversity and agrobiodiversity, nurtured by farmers for generations by transmitting their traditional knowledge and agricultural methods. However, farmers face challenges as they become more integrated into the market economy. In many cases, this has...