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… are considered crucial by farmers who therefore engage in farming practices in which the use of PGRFA, or … that target beneficiaries should be first and foremost small-scale farmers and local communities9. Aside from a focus on …

… and protecting them is designed to enable farmers and farming communities to continue performing their role as … the important role and contribution of family and small-scale farming in sustaining world food security, particularly …

… plant diversity has been the raw material that enabled farming systems and agriculture to evolve. Food plants have … varieties continues to be maintained on-farm by poor, small-scale farmers who rely on traditional crop varieties to meet …

… to unleaded fuels. To date, only three countries still use small amounts of leaded fuels, all of which are set to stop … responses to the pollution challenge exist, their scope, scale and effectiveness are still limited. Evidence of the … developed countries, landlocked developing countries and small island developing States 11.2 By 2030, provide access …

… to say that plant genetic diversity is more important for farming than any other environmental factor, because it … of continuous management and innovation by farmers, a small range of initial crops and varieties evolved into an … other cereals in the 1960s and 1970s. While on a global scale, this contributed to a substantial increase in food …

… and the fetus. In lead-exposed women there is secretion of small amounts of lead into breast milk, further exposing … result of industrial releases, such as in artisanal and small-scale gold mining to mercury in artisanal and small-scale …

… to more intensified production. In contrast to traditional farming systems where agricultural inputs were mainly … from 85 percent to 100 percent. At the other end of the scale we have for example Bangladesh where the figures range … proportion of this legacy is derived from a remarkably small number of original species, the dissemination of which …

… With this decline, agrobiodiversity is disappearing; the scale of the loss is extensive. With the disappearance of … on fragile areas, forests and endangered species * Make farming systems more stable, robust, and sustainable * … preferences and living conditions; ≠ marginalization of small-scale, diverse food production systems that conserve …

… environmental agreements Scientific evidence • Need to scale up implementation action (through, for example, … investors making large financial commitments, it seeks small financial commitments from a large number of people. An … landscapes. Efficient agriculture techniques, organic farming, and integrated landscape management can …

… of being extinguished… Simply because we defend this small piece of land that used to give us enough to eat.”15 … put more pressure on indigenous lands from large-scale developments.20 During the civil war, the … companies – over indigenous, traditional and small-scale farming communities, which have organised a growing …