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    541) Marginal areas and indigenous people – Priorities for research and action : Food Systems Summit Brief prepared by Research Partners of the Scientific Group for the Food Systems Summit April 5, 2021

    This policy brief aims to tackle down challenegs and opportunities of indigenous food systems and knowledge. Current agricultural policies promote staple crops for mainstream agriculture in favourable areas. This has been at the expense of indigenous and underutilized crops, many of which are well adapted...

    Subject: Recognition schemes for farmers

    Regions: Global

    Publication year: 2021

    542) The 'lost' seeds helping to feed a nation

    Covid-19 and climate change have made it harder than ever for farmers in Zimbabwe to survive, but Melody Makumbe is encouraging a return to traditional, local crop varieties to safeguard their future.

    Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species

    Regions: Africa

    Publication year: 2021

    543) Grain legume seed systems for smallholder farmers: Perspectives on successful innovations

    Grain legumes are nutritionally important components of smallholder farming systems in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. Unfortunately, limited access to quality seed of improved varieties at affordable prices due to inadequate seed systems has reduced their contribution to improving nutrition and reducing...

    Subject: Seed system

    Regions: Africa; Asia

    Publication year: 2020

    544) Field Guide for Farmer Field Schools on Nutrition and Local Food Plants

    This document aims at providing a guideline for the development of farmer field school (FFS) curricula on Nutrition and Local Food Plants with a gender approach, which is part of the SD=HS program. The FFS on Nutrition and Local Food Plants aims at contributing to the SD=HS objective on improving the...

    Subject: Training, Capacity Development

    Regions: Global

    Publication year: 2020

    545) Evaluation of FAO's contribution to Sustainable Development Goal 2 - Rural women’s empowerment

    This review assesses three of FAO’s many rural women’s empowerment approaches and practices for their contribution to Sustainable Development Goal 2 (SDG 2, zero hunger) – Dimitra Clubs, gender-sensitive value chains and the Joint Programme on Accelerating Progress Towards the Economic Empowerment...

    Subject: Recognition schemes for farmers

    Regions: Global

    Publication year: 2021