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ProjectFactsheetPromoting Agrobiodiversity Conservation and its Sustainable use in Traditional Agroecosystems of the Philippines - GCP/PHI/062/GFF 2023
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No results found.The undervaluation and inadequate recognition of traditional crop varieties in the Philippines pose challenges that hinder the nation from fully harnessing the significant nutritional, cultural and ecological value they offer. By enhancing, expanding and sustaining dynamic conservation practices, the project aimed to promote globally significant agrobiodiversity in traditional agroecosystems of the Philippines. The project was initially piloted in 17 barangaysacross Ifugao province and Lake Sebu and later expanded to include additional barangays. Primarily benefiting Indigenous Peoples' communities, the project consisted of three key components: mainstreaming agrobiodiversity considerations into policy and institutional frameworks, conducting pilot activities for dynamic conservation practices and disseminating information for scaling up and monitoring and evaluation. The project succeeded in transforming land into traditional agroecosystems, developing and activating policy instruments, delivering capacity building in conservation and enterprise activities as well as in the characterization of traditional varieties, creating agrobiodiversity-based products, establishing community seed banks. The project also facilitated the establishment of community-based organizations, documented Locally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems and contributed to local knowledge and good practices in agrobiodiversity conservation. Overall, the project has made significant strides in mainstreaming the conservation and sustainable use of agricultural biodiversity for ensuring food security, improved livelihoods and resilient ecosystems in the Philippines.
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End hunger, achieve food security and improve nutrition are at the heart of the sustainable development goals. The World has committed to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger by 2030. But climate change is undermining the livelihoods and food security of the rural poor, who constitute almost 80 percent of the world’s poor. The effects of climate change on our ecosystems are already severe and widespread. Climate change brings a cascade of impacts from agroecosystems to livelihoods. Climate change impacts directly agroecosystems, which in turn has a potential impact on agricultural production, which drives economic and social impacts, which impact livelihoods. In other words, impacts translate from climate to the environment, to the productive sphere, to economic and social dimensions. Therefore, ensuring food security in the face of climate change is among the most daunting challenges facing humankind. Action is urgently needed now to reduce vulnerability and increase resilience of food systems to ensure food security and good nutrition for all. -
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