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Project“From Machupicchu to Lake Titicaca”. Format for Proposals of Candidate Systems For The Globally-important Ingenious Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) Programme
Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS)
2006Also available in:
No results found.Actual presence of traditional agricultural knowledge includes terraces, ridges fields, local irrigation systems and traditional agricultural tools, crops and livestock spread at different altitudes that goes from mesothermic areas at 2400 m. altitude called “Quechua” agroecological zone, with maize as the main crop, to the coldest environment used for the marginal cultivation of a great number of native crops and varieties including frost resistant crops as quinua, kañiwa and high altitude tubers (Table 1). Mostly native livestock is grazing the native pastures with llamas and alpacas at high altitudes over 4,300 m, in the so called “Puna” agroecological zone. -
ProjectImproving Resilience and Nutrition in Mali - GCP/MLI/041/GER 2019
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Living conditions for populations in the north of Mali wereconsiderably weakened by the political and security crisis of 2012,as well as by the recurrence of extreme climate events. Foodinsecurity and chronic malnutrition indicators worsened,community access to basic social services decreased, livestocklosses rose and a significant decline in agricultural production wasrecorded. The present German-funded project aimed tostrengthen the nutrition situation, empower women and boostlivelihood resilience for 3 000 agropastoral households inBandiagara Cercle, Mopti Region, through FAO’s Caisse derésilience approach. -
BookletFAO in Cuba 2023
Towards the transformation of agrifood systems
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This report summarizes the main results of FAO in Cuba in 2023, another year in which our focus was on advancing towards more efficient agrifood systems, inclusive, resilient and sustainable for Cuba, with the purpose of achieving better production, better nutrition, a better environment and a better life. In collaboration with the Cuban Government and its institutions and partners such as the Green Climate Fund, the Global Environment Facility and the European Union, we continue to consolidate our essential goals in the country, with a total of USD 66 million mobilized between 2019 and 2023. We continue to accelerate results with our most advanced projects with diverse actions such as the acquisition of machinery and supplies to accelerate the fulfillment of our objectives in critical areas such as the adaptation and mitigation of climate change and support for food trade and we advance in the productive restoration of 35 000 hectares of land previously invaded by marabou, implementing agroforestry, forestry and silvopastoral systems to address challenges such as food security, biodiversity conservation and the sustainability of natural resources and we continue to support the country in the construction and implementation of public policies to transform local agrifood systems and improve their governance, including the Food Sovereignty and Food and Nutrition Security Law, as well as other policies and regulations.
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