Farmers and genebanks: saving traditional crops with strong alliance
Platform for Agrobiodiversity Research(CCAFS Gender and Climate Change)
Telling the story of our work with indigenous and traditional agricultural communities in Cochabamba, Bolivia and in Sarawak, Malaysia.
Together with indigenous farmers we explored their possible alliance with genebanks to support the conservation, better understanding and value adding to traditional varieties.
Striving to bring together formal and informal science, through participatory research we set clear working arrangements from the very start by discussing the project and commonly developed a Prior and Informed Consent that is the first step to move towards culturally accepted solutions.
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Platform for Agrobiodiversity Research works to enhance the sustainable management and use of agricultural biodiversity for meeting human needs by improving knowledge of all its different aspects. The Platform is hosted at Bioversity International.
