Numerous development projects promote the role of farmers – smallholders, herders, forest people, fisherfolk and other local resource users – in conserving natural resources and agricultural biodiversity. However, these projects often do not recognise the efforts made by local people themselves to make new use of and enrich genetic resources. The long history of indigenous …
by Shreeram P Neopane Executive Director, LI-BIRD presented at Development Opportunity Crops Network (DOCNet) 2nd Stakeholder Workshop, 10–11 January 2012, Rome, Italy. (PDF file: 1.39 MB)
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by Fetien Abay, Edson Gandarillas, Pratap Shrestha, Ann Waters-Bayer & Mariana WongtschowskiSeptember 2009 (File; size: 414 KB)
This paper by Yohannes GebreMichael & Ann Waters-Bayer (2007) examines the policies and practices of the Ethiopian and Tigray Governments in response to environmental issues in the framework of development, and compare these with endogenous efforts to address these same issues. It highlights the differences in perception between the different stakeholders. Divergent perceptions can lead …
