Diversifying into biodiversity

cg.contributor.affiliationTechnical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperationen
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Africaen
cg.coverage.regionAfricaen
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.urlhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/99599en
cg.issn1011-0054en
cg.journalSporeen
cg.number96en
cg.placeWageningen, The Netherlandsen
cg.subject.ctaNATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENTen
cg.subject.ctaENVIRONMENTen
dc.contributor.authorTechnical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperationen
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-16T09:06:06Zen
dc.date.available2014-10-16T09:06:06Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/46357
dc.titleDiversifying into biodiversityen
dcterms.abstract'The farmer knows best, and if s/he doesn t know all the options, then let s make more information available' was the message emanating from a workshop on Incentive measures for sustainable use and conservation of Agrobiodiversity held in...en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen
dcterms.bibliographicCitationCTA. 2001. Diversifying into biodiversity. Spore 96. CTA, Wageningen, The Netherlands.en
dcterms.descriptionThe farmer knows best, and if s/he doesn t know all the options, then let s make more information available' was the message emanating from a workshop on Incentive measures for sustainable use and conservation of Agrobiodiversity held in Lusaka, Zambia, in mid-September 2001. The encounter was collectively organised by the SADC Plant Genetic Resource Centre, CTA and the international partners GTZ, IDRC and SIDA, and pooled the skills of 74 participants from 16 countries in eastern, central and southern Africa and Europe, India and Japan. The topic was discussed in the main article of Spore 90. As well as stressing governments roles in protecting local intellectual property, participants proposed a holistic mass of farm fairs, local seed banks, awareness building, training and information networks to benefit farmers. And they placed their faith in market forces: the farmer should conquer the niche food markets in Africa, Europe and beyond, where exotic fruits, vegetables and special animal breeds can command premium prices. [caption to illustration] Look different, taste different, stay differenten
dcterms.isPartOfSporeen
dcterms.issued2001en
dcterms.languageenen
dcterms.publisherTechnical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperationen
dcterms.typeNews Itemen

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