Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS)

 9 - 10 September 2024. Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS)

Session 1: Presentations on the characteristics of traditional knowledge and its application., Session 2: Panel discussion addressing key questions, such as:  What support do family farmers need to effectively use traditional knowledge and practices?  Can traditional knowledge be strengthened by integrating innovative practices and modern technologies? If so, how? 
FAO units participating: Agroecology, Indigenous Peoples, Mountain Partnership, Innovation and Nutrition.

• Bangladesh: Floating Garden Agricultural Practices, 
• Brazil: Traditional Agricultural System in the Southern Espinhaço Range, Minas Gerais Japan: Nishi-Awa Steep Slope Land Agriculture System 
• Italy: Olive Groves of the Slopes between Assisi and Spoleto, 
• Morrocco: Argan-based agro-sylvo-pastoral system within the area of Ait Souab - Ait Mansour, 
• Philippines: Ifugao Rice Terraces, 
• Spain: Malaga Raisin Production System in La Axarquía.