Current worK: Head of International Cooperation, INIA-Chile, Coordinator Rice Program Studies: Ph.D. major genetics, University of California, Davis; MSc genetics, U. of California, Davis, MSc. Plant Breeding, Michigan State University Research experience: 36 years, genetics, plant breeding,…

Vice - Chair of GFAR, Vicepresident of FORAGRO - Private sector representative - Farmer - University Professor

Interview with Mr. Moujahed Achouri, Director of FAO's Land and Water division (part 1)   1. What are Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems? Where do soils fit in?   Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems, or GIAHS, are defined as “remarkable land use…

For millennia communities of farmers, herders, fishers, and forest people have developed complex, diverse, and locally-adapted agricultural systems. These systems have been managed with time-tested, ingenious techniques and practices that have led to community food security, the conservation…