Through close collaboraon with governments in the region and with support from a broad group of stakeholders called the Agroecology Himalaya Task Force, the World Future Council (WFC) and IFOAM – Organics Internaonal (IFOAM-OI) together with the Alliance Bioversity Internaonal-CIAT, UNDP India and LI-BIRD facilitate the development of a roadmap for sustainable food systems with a specific emphasis. [...] This mul-stakeholder iniave, of which the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperaon and Development (BMZ) and the Internaonal Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) are both core and financing partners, focuses on strengthening the capacies of farmers, farmer producer organizaons and other key players so that they can improve the resilience of their livelihoods and beter benefit from govern. [...] Meeting of Bioversity-UNDP India-WFC-IFOAM team with Yogita Rana, Joint Secretary Agriculture, from the Indian Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (MoAFW) Meeting of UNDP India-WFC-IFOAM team with Priya Ranjan, Joint Secretary Horticulture, from the Indian Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (MoAFW) Meeting of LIBIRD-WFC-IFOAM team with Sabnam Shivakoti, Joint Secretary from the Ne. [...] Meeting of Delhi-based members of the Agroecology Himalaya Task Force at the headquarters of the Development Alternatives Group We also took the opportunity to learn more about the impressive work of the Navdanya Biodiversity Farm of our Founding Councillor Vandana Shiva that is located close to Dehradun, Utarakhand (India). [...] Meeting of WFC and IFOAM team with Vandana Shiva and her team at the Navdanya Biodiversity Farm The Seed Bank – the heart of the Navdanya Biodiversity Farm Ferle soil for the way forward “We have experienced a strong appetite for change from many food system actors and numerous organizations and government officials we met with.
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