Background Note A Heritage for the future

Background Note A Heritage for the future

International Forum on Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) Organized by FAO in collaboration with Wageningen International (WI)

Year of publication 2006

Pages 3p.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Document

Category Other document

Edition 1

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Synopsis (short abstract) The International Forum on Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) aims primarily at facilitating the understanding of the significance of GIAHS dynamic conservation in the context of global sustainable development agenda and challenges, particularly human well being, poverty reduction, food security and rural development.

Language English

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The designations employed and the presentation of material in this information product do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations concerning the legal or development status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. The views expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
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Today, a major challenge facing humanity is how to achieve a sustainable agriculture that provides enough food and ecosystem services for present and future generations in an era of climate change and accelerated environmental degradation. In continuously looking to survive and coping through centuries with extreme weather events and climatic variability, farmers living in the world have developed and/or inherited their own farming practices managed in ingenious ways, allowing smallholders to me et their subsistence needs in the midst of environmental variability without depending much on modern agricultural technologies. The stubborn persistence of millions of hectares under traditional farming is living proof of a successful indigenous agricultural strategy and constitutes a tribute to the “creativity” of small farmers throughout the developing world.