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… traditional knowledge, if in ways different from higher-technology industries. Signifi cant shifts took place in the … At the same time, dramatic advances in science and technology, and shifts in business environments and models, … of crops and breeds, more especially in the context of climate change, population growth, shrinking areas of arable …

… publications-sales@fao.org. iii Foreword The impacts of climate change are increasingly being felt around the globe, … capacities to adapt their crop production and diversity to climate change is needed. With the goal of promoting global … 34 © F A O /O liv ie r A ss el in Information exchange, technology transfer and capacity building the Treaty. It is a …

… and information on use. 3) access to and transfer of technology: Contracting Parties agree to provide or … context of social and economic changes and the impact of climate change. Website: … adapted to biotic and abiotic stress caused by global climate change Although the Andes are known as the home of a …

… Environment Programme UNFCCC UN Framework Convention on Climate Change UNGA United Nations General Assembly WMO World … were opened for signature: the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which is sectoral in that it deals with climate and the atmosphere, but recognizes the broader …

… natural resource base that is reaching its limits and with climate change adding further pressures on agriculture and … is essential for global food security in the context of climate change. Varieties that achieve higher yields and are … gene banks do not need costly equipment and sophisticated technology, they are nor- mally more expensive to maintain …

… is facing the interconnected challenges of food security, climate change and the loss of agricultural biodiversity. … At the same time, world population continues to grow and climate change is causing new pressures on agriculture. World … 1. Andrew Mushita and Regis Mafuratidze from the Community Technology Development Trust and François Burgaud from the …

… IAASTD 2009: Assessment of Agricultural Science and Technology for Development. 4 Article 8(j) states that each … potential of traditional agriculture in a changing climate. … potential of traditional agriculture in a changing climate. Blakeney, M. 2009. Intellectual Property Rights and …

… production, fight plant pests and adapt to the effects of climate change. To adapt to climate change, farmers and countries need access to the … http://www.informea.org/terms/technology …

… changing environmental conditions, such as those caused by climate change. Since farmers are custodians and developers … 2011) and depend largely on traditional agriculture where climate change also poses serious challenges to about 370 … and other input factors, such as labour, knowledge and technology, as well as seeds and other propagating material. …

… cooperation. Expertise in managing information and technology varies enormously from country to country. The CHM … the city capital Cali.This region is quite sensitive to climate factors causing water scarcity during the summer. A … Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessment Climate Change and Biodiversity Invasive Alien Species …