This poster and project brief visually describes the interacting project components working to improve food security of indigenous communities through development of potato cultivars with higher yield and nutritional qualities.
Potato production represents the main economic activity in the Nariño region of Colombia, especially with smallholder farmers.
Participatory research by native farming communities and researchers led to production and selection of three new yellow potato cultivars with higher yield and improved nutritional qualities.
Organizational strengthening and governance activities in the fisheries and fish farming sectors have brought together all the stakeholders involved in fish value chains and contributed to the approval of tools that will impact the development of
This policy brief highlights developments in global negotiations on the conservation, development and use of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture, and the realization of farmers' rights.
Global and regional initiatives including South-South co-operation have a role to play in improving capacity of Asia and Pacific developing countries to trade in agricultural products.
This policy brief summarises the main findings of a study conducted in Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay to investigate the potential for public-private partnerships in transgenic crop R&D, and whether such partnerships could contribute to the de