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Factsheet - Traditional Knowledge, Innovation and Practices

… beliefs, rituals, community laws, local language, and agricultural practices, including the development of plant … knowledge. Other such valuable products include agricultural and non-wood forest products as well as …
31 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Food and Agriculture Organization (2017), Analyzing the benefits of implementing the IPPC

… and facilitation of safe international trade. Increas- ing agricultural production and exports is recognized as a … occurrence. However, it is now widely accepted by the agricultural industry that pest control needs to target a … makers and investors achieve more efficient and inclusive agricultural and food systems (FAO, 2015). Weaknesses in the …
31 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Introduction to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

… of food security, climate change and the loss of agricultural biodiversity. Over one billion people are … to conserve the existing crop diversity, and to allow agricultural researchers, breeders and farmers access to it. … and pesticides as external inputs. As a consequence, the practice of saving seed for subsequent cultivation was …
31 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Introduction to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

… In contrast to traditional farming systems where agricultural inputs were mainly produced by farmers, the … and pesticides as external inputs. As a consequence, the practice of saving seed for subsequent cultivation was … security under the growing pressures of climate change. Agricultural crop varieties and the particular traits they …
31 May 2026 Course lesson in Biological Diversity

Food and Agriculture Organization (2016), The guide to National Reporting Obligations

… reports. Therefore, IPPC Official Contact Points are in practice responsible for keeping their country’s information … in dissemination of pests with negative consequences for agricultural and environmental resources. + Some countries … the IPPC Secretariat. IPPC Official Contact Points are in practice responsible for keeping their country’s information …
31 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Farmer's Rights in the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

… in which the provisions of Farmers’ Rights can be put into practice, with varying degrees of success. Learners are … relatives of cultivated plants in crop improvement and agricultural development cannot be overemphasized. There are … was ignored for many years because of its many negative agricultural characteristics. But in the 1980s it was …
31 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Farmer's Rights in the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

… security, and underscores the need to maintain traditional agricultural practices, so as to ensure continuity in the … must involve the maintenance and promotion of traditional agricultural systems and the continued conservation of plant … details as to how and what Artcicle 9.2b might mean in practice. Article 18 on the Multilateral System on Access and …
31 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Farmer's Rights in the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

… crop genetic diversity, which is the basis of all food and agricultural production worldwide. This lesson explains the … the world have been the custodians and innovators of agricultural biodiversity. Through careful selection of their … any legal arrangements that might hinder farmers in their practice of saving, reusing, improving and developing seeds, …
31 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Food and Agriculture Organization (2017), IPPC Procedure Manual for Standard Setting

… of wild flora, and their habitats and ecosystems, and of agricultural biodiversity. Strategic (1) Extent of support … priorities - follow the normal procedures, policies and practice of standard-setting with no modifications according … and sparsely populated countries, countries with intensive agricultural or forestry interests etc. The choice of experts …
31 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Case Study - Opportunities provided by the Nagoya Protocol in specific cases of the pharmaceutical, cosmetics and agricultural sector

… and respect for traditional knowledge will become best-practice in future ABS agreements all over the world. … soils, is used in South Africa for erosion control. AGRICULTURAL SECTOR – Eragrostis tef (Ethiopia) In Ethiopia, … of Understanding (MoU) signed between the Ethiopian Agricultural Research Institute (EARO), Larenstein Uni- …
31 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity