FAO is partnering with the Bureau of Plant Industries (BPI) to study and register traditional rice and other crops varieties in Ifugao and South Cotabato under the Plant Variety Protect Act (PVPA).
Rice panicles from traditional rice harvesting in Ifugao. Upon harvesting, these rice panicles are bundled and stored in houses or traditional seed storage.
Among the activities of the Agrobiodiversity Project is to train farmer beneficiaries on seed collection as part of in-situ or onsite conservation. FAO is partnering with PhilRice for the ex-situ, or offsite, conservation of the traditional seed varieties collected from the project site.
A woman farmer from Hungduan, Ifugao shows her heirloom rice field to the FAO Agrobiodiversity Project team. The project aims to help farmers in enhancing and sustaining agrobiodiversity, including traditional rice varieties.
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Read MoreMainstreaming agro-biodiversity considerations into policy and legal frameworks, development strategies and institutional structures
Pilot activities to enhance and expand dynamic conservation practices for ABD in three pilot sites
Dissemination of information, raising awareness and preparations for scaling up
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The agrobiodiversity-based livelihoods project implemented by FAO and funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) enabled the women of the TBoli tribe in the southern Philippines to keep on earning a living despite the challenges brought by…
Read MorePassed down from generation to generation, tinawon, the collective term for the different traditional rice varieties in the Ifugao province, has become as famous as the rice terraces where they are planted. However, tinawon – as well…
Read MoreMANILA – The Ifugao province is known as the home of the world famous Philippines Rice Terraces, which also highlights the important role of agriculture in the Ifugao people’s livelihoods. The rice terraces is the only recognized…
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Dynamic Conservation and Sustainable Use of Agro-biodiversity in Traditional Agro-ecosystems of the Philippines
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