The AGROMIX project promotes the transition towards a resilient and efficient land use in Europe, providing agroecological solutions for farm and land management. The project intends to collaborate with farmers and other relevant actors to find common solutions. Using agroforestry to provide environmental services was another overriding theme during the field visit.

When many living things are found in the soil, it means that the soil has life, because these little creatures help to decompose organic matter, make nutrients available to plants, and make the soil spongier.

In northern Tanzania, recurring drought in recent years caused by climate change has put pressure on communities who make their livelihoods by keeping cattle. A group of Maasai women have turned to producing honey from beehives in the forest to generate additional income. This has enabled them to pay for their children’s education, buy more livestock and is helping to regenerate the forest around their hives.

While developing profitable organizations that contribute to inclusive development, providing empowerment opportunities also for women and youth, family farming cooperatives are also committed to community wellbeing and environmental sustainability, having a positive impact over society and the planet.

This study attempted to understand and document the uses of Field Margin Vegetation (FMV) by farmers and related traditional knowledge in rural-urban interface of Bengaluru, India. The agricultural landscape under study was found to be rich in FMV species belonging to 43 families. These species are used for a variety of purposes by the people l living in the rural-urban fringe of the northern transect of Bengaluru.

Indigenous Knowledge (IK) – a body of observations, oral and written knowledge, innovations, practices, and beliefs developed by Indigenous Peoples through interaction and experience with the environment. It is applied to phenomena across biological, physical, social, cultural, and spiritual systems. Indigenous Knowledge can be developed over millennia, continues to develop, and includes understanding based on evidence acquired through direct contact with the environment and long-term experiences, as well as extensive observations, lessons, and skills passed from generation to generation.

The acknowledgement of the relationship between gender, water, and agriculture is crucial to achieving progress on water and food security as well as gender equality, and to the achievement of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.

Local traditional knowledge makes important contributions to climate change actions and policy by observing changing climates, adapting to impacts, and contributing to global mitigation efforts. As a response to increasing climate change challenges, smallholders create new hybrid knowledge by combining traditional and western perspectives. This knowledge evolution will support greater resilience to climate change but may hasten cultural erosion and exacerbate social inequalities in the region unless efforts are taken to maintain cultural integrity.

Indigenous communities continue to face marginalization and exclusion from vital resources and opportunities, leading to alarming rates of poverty and malnutrition, particularly among women and young people.

This document is specifically designed for IPs in the country and will fund IPOs, LNGOs or CBOs who work directly with IPs and indigenous communities to contribute to the implementation of the country’s Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) in the Forest and Other Land Use (FOLU) sector.