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August 2005 Report no 54 LinKS project gender, biodiversity and local knowledge systems for food security Biodiversity• Gender• Knowledge Lost agrobiodiversity, lost local knowledge systems: A lost generation A historical review of the research processes of the Agricultural Research Division of the Ministry of Agriculture and Co-operatives John Pali-Shikhulu
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August 2005

Report no 54

LinKS project gender, biodiversity and local knowledge systems for food security

Biodiversity• Gender• Knowledge

Lost agrobiodiversity, lost local knowledge systems: A lost generation

A historical review of the research processes of the Agricultural Research Division of the Ministry of

Agriculture and Co-operatives

John Pali-Shikhulu

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LinKS Project

Gender, biodiversity and local knowledge

systems for food security

LinKS project Gender, biodiversity and local knowledge systems for food security Contact details: Gender and Development Service Sustainable Development Department Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Viale delle Terme di Caracalla 00100 Rome, Italy Fax: (+39) 06 570 52004 email: [email protected] website: www.fao.org/sd/links


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