Bioversity International in collaboration with L’Institut d'Economie Rurale (Mali), Action for Social Advancement (India), the Universidad del Valle de Guatemala and The Indigenous Partnership for Agrobiodiversity and Food Sovereignty are organizing an International Conference to launch a 3-year project entitled ‘Linking agrobiodiversity value chains, climate adaptation and nutrition: Empowering the poor to manage risk’. The initiative, which is supported by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the European Union (EU), and the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), will be implemented in Mali, India and Guatemala. The objectives of the conference are to share knowledge on ways to support the poor in managing risks using local crops, and to guide the project team in identifying suitable, affordable solutions to be tested through this new collaborative effort.
The Conference will address the themes of agrobiodiversity value chains and conservation and their roles in nutrition and livelihood resilience, particularly in the context of climate change. The conference will pay a cross cutting focus on women and resource-poor indigenous communities and ways to support their empowerment through participatory interventions guided by local knowledge and scientific research, as well as needs and approaches for capacity building and policy advocacy to support this holistic, integrated approach.
Read more on the objectives and justification for the conference in our background section. The confirmed partcipants list, most up-to-date version of the program and logistical information can be accessed in the sidebar.
| Side Event: 28 April 18.20-20.00 | Side Event: 30 April 8.30-12.30 |
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Certification for Agrobiodiversity Conservation | The 5 Capitals Methodology and Gender |
