Year of publication 2009

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Pages 2p.

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Publisher FAO ;

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Product type Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet

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Edition 1

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Synopsis (short abstract) Visit ITPGRFA site internet. Tanzania’s fields are losing their safety nets of plant genetic diversity, due to ongoing environmental challenges, changing farming systems, and even changes in taste preferences. In Tanzania, more than 80 percent of the population depends on agriculture for their livelihoods. In many parts of the country, this means subsistence agriculture practiced by smallholders who have traditionally mitigated the risks of ext reme weather events, pests and market fluctuations by relying on the diversity of their locally adapted traditional crops. Biodiversity constituted a kind of insurance. However, as they adopted improved crop varieties in recent decades, they abandoned their local seeds.

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Language English

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Also available in:

• French
• Spanish

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