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Preservation and enhancement of the agricultural and food heritage in North Africa

23 July 2021 Nazarena Lanza & Aurélie Fernandez

North Africa abounds in traditional agricultural systems that are remarkable both for the high levels of cultivated biodiversity they represent and for the reservoir of traditional agricultural and culinary knowledge that they have been transmitting for centuries. Subjected to the devastating pressures of rapid globalization, rural exodus and the effects of climate change, these systems …

Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (Giahs) – Farming And The Future Of The Planet

27 January 2021

THE FAO’S GLOBAL AGRICULTURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM (GIAHS) Slow Food is collaborating on the project “Building Capacity: International Advanced Training Course on GIAHS (Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems),” co-funded by the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS) with the involvement of the Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry (DAGRI) of the University of Florence as …

Agricultural Heritage Sites Fuse Ancient Wisdom with Modern Adaptation

18 April 2018 José Graziano da Silva

Agriculture is an ancient human activity, and over millennia there have been numerous examples of inspired genius. The qanat system of irrigation, first reported more than 2500 years ago in Iran, quite literally made the desert bloom. An elaborate network of aquifer-driven underground tunnels, informal water governance systems, naturally-powered filtration designs and complementary cultivation schemes …