Building On Gender Agrobiodiversity And Local Knowledge- A Training Manual

This training manual is based on experiences collected in numerous training workshops carried out under the FAO-LinKS project in Eastern and Southern Africa. It focuses specifically on the linkages between local knowledge systems, gender roles and relationships, the conservation and management of agrobiodiversity, plant and animal genetic resources, and food security. Its aim is to promote a holistic understanding of these components.

The manual is aimed at a wide target group and aims to be a conceptual guide for trainers, a resource material for participants in training courses, mainly researchers and extension workers, and a reference material for others working within the context of agrobiodiversity management, gender and local knowledge. Although this manual was written for the LinKS project in eastern and southern Africa, its content is considered to be of global relevance.

The manual is divided into five modules. Each module contains fact sheets covering key aspects and linkages between agrobiodiversity, gender and local knowledge. The fact sheets include short case examples to show practical evidence of the relevance of the topics.

• Module 1: Introduction of key concepts.
• Module 2: Agrobiodiversity management from a sustainable livelihoods’ perspective.
• Module 3: Agrobiodiversity management from a gender perspective.
• Module 4: Understanding the relationship between agrobiodiversity and local knowledge.
• Module 5: Gender, biodiversity loss and conservation.

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