Description
Summary of the outcomes and call to action
The Agrobiodiversity Conference held in Pokhara, Nepal from 9-12 April 2024, brought together 180 in person participants from 32 countries – including many representatives of forest and farm producers’ organizations (FFPOs) and Indigenous Peoples and Local Community (IPLCs) groups from both national, regional and global organizations. The conference involved a share fare and four field visits to allow peer-to-peer learning and exchange. Technical sessions involved presentations, panel question and answer sessions and working groups covering:
- What agrobiodiversity is and why it matters;
- How policies shape agroecology approaches that help to protect and manage
agrobiodiversity for better or worse; - Traditional knowledge of agroforestry systems and knowledge exchange practices that maintain agrobiodiversity;
- Seed and farm management techniques and innovations to sustain agrobiodiversity;
- Enterprise innovations that encourage diversification in what is planted; and
- Nature finance – improving flows to FFPOs and IPLCs. It concluded with a panel discussion on how alliances might advance agrobiodiversity globally.
