Agenda 21 - Chapter 14

Chapter 14. Promoting Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development

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B. Ensuring people's participation and promoting human resource development for sustainable agriculture
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14.22. Governments at the appropriate level, with the support of the relevant international and regional organizations, should:
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(a) Encourage people's participation on farm technology development and transfer, incorporating indigenous ecological knowledge and practices;

14.28. Governments at the appropriate level, with the support of the relevant international and regional organizations, should:
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(b) Initiate and maintain on-farm and off-farm programmes to collect and record indigenous knowledge.
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E. Land conservation and rehabilitation
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14.47. Governments, at the appropriate level, with the support of the relevant international and regional organizations, should:
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(c) Collect and record information on indigenous conservation and rehabilitation practices and farming systems as a basis for research and extension programmes.
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