Holistic Approach to Value Chain Development

A holistic approach to enhance the use of neglected and underutilized species: the case of Andean grains in Bolivia and Peru Padulosi et al 2014

 Collective action in the marketing of underutilized plant species: The case of Minor Millets in Kolli Hills (173 KB)Gruère et al 2006

Marketing Neglected and Underutilized Species

Marketing Neglected and Underutilised Species: Success factors of a market and consumer oriented approach

 Relevance of geographical indications and designations of origin for the sustainable use of genetic resources (682 KB)

 Geographical Indications (GIs), biodiversity and poor communities (1.2 MB)

The 5Capitals Methodology

 The 5Capitals Methodology (2.1 MB)

 Case Study Companion (5.3 MB)

 Value chain development for rural poverty reduction: A reality check and a warning (163 KB)

Resilience

Toolkit for the indicators of resilience in socio-ecological production landscapes and seascapes

Indicators of Resilience in Socio-ecological Production Landscapes (SEPLs)

Crowd Sourcing Crop Improvement

 Pruebe tres nuevas variedades de frijol y seleccione la mejor para su localidad (2.3 MB)

Traditional Foods and Diet Diversification

Diversifying food and diets: Using agricultural biodiversity to improve nutrition and health

Indigenous peoples' food systems: the many dimensions of culture, diversity and environment for nutrition and health. FAO and the Centre for Indigenous Peoples’ Nutrition and Environment 2009.

On-farm management of agrobiodiversity

On-farm management of agricultural biodiversity in Nepal: Good practices - Revised edition 2012

Note: can separate fact sheets above and also bring in the spanish versions by PROINPA

Community biodiversity management

Methodologies for evaluating on-farm conservation projects

Guidelines and best practices for on-farm conservation projects: designing and evaluating interventions

Community Seed Banks

 Manual tecnico operativo para el functionamiento y manejo de semillas en bancos comunitarios (15.5 MB)

The multiple functions and services of community seed banks

Community seed banks in Nepal: past, present and future

Custodian Farmers

Strengthening the role of custodian farmers in the national conservation programme of Nepal

Custodian farmers of agricultural biodiversity: Selected profiles from South and South East Asia

Towards a better understanding of custodian farmers and their roles: insights from a case study in Cachilaya, Bolivia

Gender

Tips for asking gender-responsive questions

Practical tips for conducting gender-responsive data collection

Women Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI)

 Forty years of gender research and environmental policy: Where do we stand? (438 KB)

 Research sounds so Big... Collaborative inquiry with women in Drevdagen, Sweden (2.4 MB)

 Where peace comes dropping slow: the forests and nature for us (2.6 MB)

 Building on traditional cooperation among women for sustainable rural development (7.6 MB)

 Virtue and vulnerability: Discourses on women, gender and climate change (284 KB)

Participatory Research in Conservation and Rural Livelihoods: Doing Science Together, Edited by Louise Fortmann, Blackwell-Wiley, 2008

Institut d’Economie Rurale

 Foires de semences pour la conservation in situ et utilisation des resources phytogenetiques (480 KB)

 Les champs de diversité (CD) pour la conservation in situ et utilisation des resources phytogenetiques (1.1 MB)

 Etudes de cas reussis IER FAO FNPP (1.6 MB)