Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations  

International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

Farmers Diversify Food Production in Malawi with New Crops

This brief 3-minute video reportage highlights the International Treaty’s first field visit with a high-level donor representative, the Norwegian Deputy Minister of Agriculture & Food, into rural Northern Malawi to visit a Benefit-sharing Fund project. It explains the problem and how the FAO International Treaty’s Benefit-sharing Fund is supporting farmers through this multi-country project.
ThemeTechnical Resources
SubjectFarming Systems
PublisherFood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - FAO
Publication year2018
RegionsAfrica
LanguagesEnglish
Resource typeMultimedia
Resource linkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jbTr-e0g64&list=PLzp5NgJ2-dK4fcaD4jZc4JxCdfQsPyhz4&index=25
KeywordsSeed management; Access and benefit-sharing; Best practices approaches and techniques; Recognition of the role of farmers