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The competition for land, seeds and agriculture has been a constant struggle after colonisation. Being indigenous, black and women you are doubly disadvantaged in the struggle to escape from poverty. Colombia's concentrations of wealth and inequality are one of the biggest at global level.

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Case Study
Wildlife Law and The Empowerment of The Poor

2011

Author(s): Morgera E

This study is a guide for those looking to improve national wildlife laws with a view to ensuring environmental sustainability and strengthening the role of disadvantaged people and increasing their participation in the sharing of benefits.Wildlife management is the process of keeping populations, wildlife including endangered species, at desirable levels using scientific, technical and traditional knowledge.

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These 12 case studies demonstrate how our ‘tech plus people’ approach is supporting bottom-up, village-level climate resilience planning that includes the most marginalised groups. Together, these examples offer emerging lessons and trends that can inform plans to scale up climate tech in India and beyond.

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Sayad village is one of the most ancient settlements nestled on the Caspian Sea coast of Azerbaijan’s Khachmaz district. It’s long been famous for its numerous varieties of succulent tomatoes thanks to the farmers’ careful cultivation of the crop and the sunny climate.

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This study describes the actions of the Union of Peasant and Indigenous Organizations of Cotacachi (UNORCAC) in the conservation of agrobiodiversity in the forest and agricultural landscapes of the Cotacachi canton in Ecuador. These Indigenous systems stand out for their high biodiversity and for the agroecological approaches and traditional knowledge used.

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With its distinctive heart-shaped leaves, taro is traditionally cultivated by Palauan women in plots of land around the shores of this tiny Pacific country. The root crops provide a source of starch and have historically served as a symbol of wealth and an object of ceremonial exchange.

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Traditionally, farmers in Lebanon depended on chemical fertilizers and pesticides to manage plant nutrition or plant pests and diseases. Most farmers believed that increasing the quantity of chemical fertilizers would increase the yields of their crops.

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Agricultural Transformation Starts in the Backyard: Family Farming Offers Self-Sufficiency and A Return to Nature in Indonesia

2021

Author(s): Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Nissa Wargadipuras’s earliest memories involve learning how to live with nature. Her childhood home’s backyard in the hilly town of Garut, West Java was a little forest where her father planted vegetables, herbs and fruits. Her mother produced traditional medicine from the plants for their family and their neighbours.

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In order to preserve their tradition, the Manjaq communities have embarked on a process of preserving local rice varieties essential for the organization of certain traditional ceremonies. Faced with these challenges, they have rebuilt their seed capital by making an inventory of all traditional seeds and their importance in traditional ceremonies.