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Book (stand-alone)Technical studyAccess and benefit-sharing and genetic resources for food and agriculture: typology of country measures
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2024The Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (Commission), at its Seventeenth Regular Session, requested to prepare a survey of existing legislative, administrative and policy approaches, including best practices, for access and benefit-sharing (ABS) for the different subsectors of genetic resources for food and agriculture (GRFA) and traditional knowledge associated with GRFA (TKGRFA) held by Indigenous Peoples and local communities, with the aim of identifying typical approaches and lessons learned from their implementation, as well as challenges and possible solutions. In response to the Commission’s request, a survey identifying the different types of legislative, administrative or policy measures countries have taken to accommodate the distinctive features of GRFA and subsectors of GRFA and of TKGRFA in their ABS measures was commissioned. At its Eighteenth Regular Session, the Commission, in considering the Survey, requested the preparation of a stand-alone document providing specific examples of existing country legislative, administrative or policy measures that directly or indirectly accommodate distinctive features of GRFA and associated traditional knowledge. This publication is Supplement I of the typology of ABS country measures reflecting the importance of GRFA, their special role for food security and their distinctive features. -
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Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetBrochureDiversification, climate risk and vulnerability to poverty in rural Malawi 2015
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No results found.This brief summarises the results of a recent analysis of a nationally representative farm household survey in Malawi linked with climate data to assess the impact of climate variability on farm household welfare, the patterns of diversification farmers adopt, and how different policy factors such as fertilizer subsidies, extension services and credit can affect diversification choices and ultimately welfare patterns. We look closely at three main factors that can affect both diversification ch oices and subsequent impacts on household welfare. First, “push” factors, such as high climate variability make farming a risky business, and can lead farmers to diversify in order to reduce that risk. However, this may lead to lower, though more stable, welfare levels. On the other hand, “pull” factors, such as greater education or wealth, enable households to take advantage of a wider range of opportunities not available to the less wealthy or poorly educated. These “pull” factors should incre ase welfare, but do not necessarily create greater stability. Finally, we look at the institutional context within which households are situated to evaluate how it impacts both diversification choices and resulting welfare outcomes. -
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