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SUMMER SCHOOL
14 - 24 September 2021
Online course
With the technical support of the
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
GROW
SUMMER
SCHOOL OBJECTIVES
The course will focus on the importance
Agrobiodiversity in a Changing Climate of biodiversity in agriculture, with
particular attention to its role in
enhancing resilience and adaptability of
One of the world’s greatest challenges is to secure access for all to cropping and farming systems to climate
change.
adequate supplies of food that is healthy, safe, and of high quality, and
to do so in an environmentally sustainable manner. In order for this The lectures will illustrate principles and
to improve, the sustainable management of natural capital must be practices for gathering agro-biodiversity
at the forefront in food production systems. Resilient environments, data through either participatory
diagnostic and empirical approaches,
sustainable production practices and the protection of agrobiodiversity
and for their utilization to develop
can serve as avenues to improve dietary diversity and quality and, in management approaches that improve
turn, generate income for sustainable small holder farmers, and aide resilience and adaptability.
in the restoration and preservation of ecosystem. Even more, the loss
The course will also analyse the
or lack of adaptive capacity in modern and commercial agriculture is a
economic value of agricultural
cause for concern expected impacts of climate change. biodiversity in food systems as an
incentive to conservation. The most
Taking into account agrobiodiversity in food systems means bringing critical management aspects along
together various sectors of science, agriculture and economy to the agricultural value chain will be
investigated, ranging from production to
propose new strategies of food production that can be implemented in
marketing and consumption.
a changing environment and proposing diversified crops and practices
as a resource and increased variety as a strength in agro-ecosystems. A set of tools and methodologies for
In addition to agricultural and genetic aspects, the agrobiodiversity improving market access of neglected
and underutilized foods and the role of
discussion focuses on economic and social issues such as identifying
gastronomic heritage as a driver for rural
markets for biological products, developing adequate value chains and development will be presented.
marketing strategies, and preserving local crops.
The aim of the course is to equip
the participants with the necessary
The impact of investments in the agricultural sector depends
tools, knowledge and understanding
significantly on the kind of interventions carried out and the type of to enhance productivity and improve
food system that is promoted. It is essential to enable community- marketing strategies in sustainable and
driven food systems that provide the best possible outcomes for resilient agricultural systems.
producers and consumers. In this model, consumers and producers
The training will include joint lectures
are connected through short, transparent, direct value chains, with
by speakers from various national and
an impact on the income of citizens. Producers are incentivized to international organizations and hands-
develop or conserve quality based production models which are then on experience on relevant practices.
rewarded with a price premium by consumers. Conversely, consumers
are able to access culturally adequate, safe, nutritious food at
affordable prices.
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INFORMATION
ONLINE COURSE DATE & TIME
Virtual lessons on Microsoft Teams, 14 - 24 September 2020
4 hours per day, breaks every 45mins From 14:00 to 18:00 (Rome time)
LANGUAGE FEES & CREDITS
The official language is English Admission fees 200 euro.
The course is worth six university credits
according to the European Credit Transfer
System (ECTS)
SCIENTIFIC DIRECTORS COORDINATOR
Fabio Attorre – Department of Giorgio Grussu, FAO - Mountain
Environmental Biology, Sapienza University Partnership Secretariat
of Rome
Devra Jarvis – Platform for Agrobiodiversity
Research (PAR)
COURSE MANAGER CONTACT
Valeria Barchiesi, FAO - Mountain For more information you can write at
Partnership Secretariat caf_cropgeneticdiversity@uniroma1.it
Francesca Buffi - Department of
Environmental Biology, Sapienza
University of Rome
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AGENDA 4 GROW Summer School
Module 1: Management of Agrobiodiversity
DAY 1
Tuesday, 14 September
14:00 Welcome, introductions, presentation of participants
15:00 Crop genetic diversity, domestication and traditional varieties (Chapters 1,2,3) - T. Hodgkin/ D.I.
Jarvis (PAR)/ P. De Santis (Alliance)
Introduction to traditional varieties (pag 1 - 11)
The origins of agriculture and crops (pag 13 - 28)
Centres of crop diversity and centres of origin (pag 28 - 33)
Nature, biodiversity and genetic resources (pag 35 - 40)
15:30 The origins and centres of diversity for perennial crops (the case of Apple) - M. Turdieva (Alliance)
16:00 Diversity and it evolution in crop populations (Chapter 4) - K. Naino Jika/ P. De Santis (Alliance)
The nature of diversity (pag 64 -66)
Crops, varieties, and populations (pag 67 -70)
Population genetic structure (pag 71 - 77)
Evolution in crop varieties and populations (pag 78 - 84)
Reproductive biology (pag 84 - 89)
Crop varieties in production systems (pag 91 - 92)
17:00 Measuring diversity in crops (Chapter 5) - P. Colangelo (CNR-IRET) /P. De Santis (Alliance)
Exploring extent and distribution of diversity - Agronomic, Biochemical, Molecular (pag 92 - 107)
17:45 Introduction to practicum - P. De Santis (Alliance)
The lectures of the first module will be based on the text book Crop Genetic Diversity in the
Field and on the Farm - Principles and applications in Research Practices (see page numbers)
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Module 1: Management of Agrobiodiversity
DAY 2
Wednesday, 15 September
14:00 Measuring diversity in crops (Chapter 5) - P. De Santis (Alliance)/ D.I. Jarvis (PAR)
Gathering data using participatory approaches (pag 108 - 118)
Designing and investigation (pag 119 - 123)
Calculating on farm diversity indices: Richness, Evenness, Divergence
15:00 Measuring Diversity Practicum - P. De Santis (Alliance)
16:00 Abiotic components of agricultural ecosystem (Chapter 6/7) - M. Reverberi (Sapienza)
Abiotic and biotic components of agroecosystems (pag 126 - 137)
Evolution of crop varieties in stress prone environments (pag 154-157)
Abiotic stress and crop genetic diversity (pag 157 - 163)
Biotic stress and crop genetic diversity (pag 163 - 169)
17:00 Spatial Analysis of Plant Diversity and Distribution in a Changing Climate - F. Attorre (Sapienza)
Reducing the dimensionality of complex data sets (pag 146 – 149)
Ecosystem diversity and function (pag 150 – 153)
Identifying where diversity is used to cope with environmental stress (pag172 – 180)
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Module 1: Management of Agrobiodiversity
DAY 3
Thursday, 16 September
14:00 Diversity in, and adaptation to, adverse environments on-farm (Chapter 6/7) - N. Bergamini/ P. De
Santis (Alliance)/ P. Colangelo (CNRIRET)
Farmer characterization and classification of abiotic and biotic components (pag 137 -145)
Farmer management of crop genetic diversity to cope with environmental stress (pag 169 – 172)
Genetic diversity, damage, and genetic vulnerability (pag 181 – 190)
15:00 Who are the managers of diversity? Characterizing the social, cultural and economic
environments (Chapter 8 ) - R. Nanyka (Alliance)
Farmers’ roles and the management of crop diversity (pag 191 - 199)
Social relationships and the distribution of diversity (pag 199 - 200)
Social capital, collective action and property rights (pag 202 -203)
Tool and methods for documenting and relating farmer characteristics to crop genetic diversity
(pag 203 - 211)
16:00 Measuring the values of on-farm diversity (Chapter 9) - D. Gauchan (PAR)
Public and private values of diversity (pag 212 - 214)
Varietal choice and diversity maintenance (pag 215 - 220)
Econometric models and value chain actors (pag 220 - 226)
Measuring non-market values of diversity (pag 226 - 231)
17:00 Policy and genetic diversity on-farm (Chapter 3,10) - I.L. Noreiga (Alliance)
The development and evolution of national programs on plant genetic resources (pag 41 - 44)
The origins of an international commitments to plant genetic resources conservation (pag 45 - 46)
Policy debates on conservation- ABS (pag 46 - 57)
The use of genetic resources for plant breeding (pag 56 - 62)
Policies and legal frameworks that have a negative impact on farmers’ capacities to use diversity
on-farm (pag 232 - 242)
Policy processes: Overview on concepts and methods (pag 242 - 249)
Developing policies that support farmers’ role as generators, managers, and conservers of crop
diversity (pag 249 - 254)
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Module 1: Management of Agrobiodiversity
DAY 4
Friday, 17 September
14:00 Genetic diversity and selection pressures at different social, spatial, and temporal scales (Chapter 11) -
R. Nankya (Alliance Uganda)/ M. Turdieva (Alliance Uzbekistan)
The crop cycle (pag 225 - 258)
Use of harvested materials and diversity of traditional varieties (pag 259 - 263)
Selection during crop production and seed management (pag 263 - 264)
15:00 Patterns of seed supply: The “Seed Systems” (pag 267 - 274) - D.I. Jarvis (PAR)/ P Colangelo (CNR-IRET)
Social, spatial and temporal dimensions of traditional varieties (pag 275 - 282)
16:00 Assessment and testing of guidelines for economic development of community managed
institutions - Eleonora De Falcis (Alliance)
16:20 Strategies for collaboration and in tervention (Chapter 12) - P. De Santis (Alliance)
Institutional and partner diversity (pag 283 - 285)
Building trust and equitable collaboration (pag 286 - 290)
Actions that incorporate genetic, ecological, social and economic concerns in support of on-farm
management of crop genetic diversity (pag 291 - 303)
Farmers benefit from the use and conservation of materials (pag 303 - 311)
17:00 Assessment with DATAR (Diversity Assessment Tool for Agrobiodiversity and Resilience) - A.
Fonteneau (PAR)
17:30 Traditional varieties and agricultural productivity (Chapter 13) - D.I. Jarvis (PAR)/ P. De Santis (Alliance)
Socioeconomic, policy, environmental, biological and genetic dimensions (pag 313 - 320)
The future value of traditional varieties (pag 320 - 323)
Approaches to maintenance of traditional varieties (pag 323 325)
Saturday and Sunday, 18-19 September
Days off
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Module 2: Agrobiodiversity on the Ground
DAY 5
Monday, 20 September
14:00 The Climate-Smart Agriculture Approach (CSA) - F. Matteoli/J. Schnetzer (FAO CBC)/Nadine VanDijk (FAO CBC)
The CSA Approach
- Challenges and opportunities for agriculture in the face of climate change
15:00 - CSA concept and 5 step-process to CSA implementation
- Practices and production systems for CSA
Tools and Methods for Evidence-based Decision Making in CSA: Brief introduction
16:00 Tools and Methods for Evidence-based Decision Making: Examples & Exercise - Isaac Guzman (FAO ESA)
Introduction: Ex-Ante Carbon Assessment Tool (EX-ACT)
17:00 Hands-on exercises in breakout groups (based on participant’s preference):
EX-ACT
Module 2: Agrobiodiversity on the Ground
DAY 6
Tuesday, 21 September
14:00 Fundamental principles and definitions: Organic agriculture - R. Ugas (IFOAM - Organics International)
Organic agriculture and its relation and contribution to other sustainable agriculture initiatives
15:00 Organic 3.0: Towards truly sustainable food and farming systems to achieve the
Agenda 2030 - P. Flores (IFOAM - Organics International)
16:00 An overview of organic guarantee systems - F. Castro (IFOAM - Organics International)
17:00 Focus on PGS: a locally appropriate and smallholder-friendly option for quality assurance
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Module 3: Agrobiodiversity values as market drivers
DAY 7
Wednesday, 22 September
14:00 Slow Food - F. Mattei (Slowfood)
Agrobiodiversity as driver for rural development and the preservation of healthy ecosystems,
Externalities, ecosystem services and common goods
15:00 Promoting market access and generating sustainable demand paradigms
Education and awareness raising
16:00 NaturaSi - C. Murer (NaturaSi)
Organic products in Italy and in the world: growing market, more responsible consumers
Effective and equitable farming techniques and distribution processes with low environmental impact
Economic and social wellbeing of producers and their communities
17:00 How to build long lasting relationships of trust between producers, retailers and consumers
Marketing and distribution strategies for small mountain producers
Organic farming: new approaches and research
DAY 8
Thursday, 23 September
14:00 Agroecology - A. Bicksler (FAO NSP)
The principles of Agroecology
15:00 Agroecology as a science, practice, and social movement
16:00 Agroecology for resilience and climate change adaptation
17:00 Group Exercises and Discussions
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DAY 9
Friday, 24 September
14:00 Innovation Contest - Participants’ presentations
15:00 Innovation Contest - Participants’ presentations
16:00 Innovation Contest - Q&A
17:00 Closing Remarks - G. Grussu (FAO MP)/ F. Attorre (Sapienza)/ C. Murer (NaturaSì)/
(PAR)/(Alliance)/(IFOAM - Organics International)
Award CeremonyLecturers
Devra Jarvis Toby Hodgkin Muhabbat Turdieva
Devra I Jarvis is Research Coordinator
Principal Scientist Advisor for the of the regional
at the Alliance Platform for project ‘In
of Bioversity Agrobiodiversity situ/on farm
International, Research and conservation
Rome Italy, an Honorary and use of
Adjunct Faculty Research Fellow agrobiodiversity
at Washington State University, Adjunct of Bioversity International. After (horticultural crops and wild fruit
Professor at the Institut Agronomique working as geneticist/plant breeder species) in Central Asia’, focused
et Veterinaire Hassan II, Morocco, or vegetable crops he joined the on sustainable use of local diversity
and Coordinator of the Platform For International Board for Plant Genetic of temperate fruit trees and their
Agrobiodiversity Research (PAR). Her Resources to work on the maintenance wild relatives in the center of their
work focuses on developing empirical and use of plant crop genetic diversity. origin. Previously has worked as
evidence to assess and support the He has worked on in situ conservation Bioversity Forest Genetic Resources
use of local crop genetic diversity to of crops and their wild relatives since Scientist for Asia, Pacific and Oceania
improve the production and resilience 1990, publishing extensively on providing support to Central Asian
of small-holder farmers. She is the different aspects of conservation and and Transcaucasian Network on Plant
primary author of the textbook used as use. Genetic Resources (CATCN-PGR).
the scientific basis of this course.
Paolo Colangelo Massimo Reverberi Fabio Attorre
Paolo Colangelo Associate Associate
is a researcher Professor of Professor
at the Research Plant Pathology of Botany
Institute on at Sapienza at Sapienza
Terrestrial University. University.
Ecosystems of He participated He is scientific
the National to several coordinator
Research Council (CNR-IRET, Italy). His European project on the control of of several International Cooperation
main research focus is on biodiversity, the biosynthesis of some mycotoxins projects aimed at promoting the
evolution and conservation combining in different foodstuffs and on the sustainable development of local
molecular tools and ecological statistics. application of the integrated control communities and the conservation
In the last decade he collaborated with against fungi responsible for post- of biodiversity and natural resources.
Bioversity International in the study of harvest spoilages. He was coordinator Areas of interventions included
relationship between agrobiodiversity in several Research Unit of National Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe,
and the resilience of agroecosystem to Project, participate to 5 EU project South Africa, Papua New Guinea,
pest, disease and abiotic stress. funded under FP7 and one LIFE Project Albania, Yemen, Ecuador, Perù,
2018-2023. Dominican Republic.
12 GROW Summer SchoolNadia Bergamini Rose Nanyka Devendra Gauchan
Ecologist, works Conservation Agricultural
for Bioversity Biologist and a Economist with
International in Fellow of the a PhD from the
the Productive African Women University of
and Resilient in Agricultural Birmingham,
Farms, Forests Research and specializing in
and Landscapes Development. economics of
Initiative. With 8 years’ experience as She works with Bioversity International agricultural biodiversity conservation,
an information officer in the UN Food in the Genetic Diversity, Productivity currently is the National Project
and Agricultural Organization and and Resilience Section, managing Manager at Bioversity International’s
nine years applied research, project projects on using crop biodiversity Nepal office. He has worked in
management and extension experience for ecosystems production and agricultural R&D sector in Nepal and
in India, Nepal, China, the Philippines, resilience. She has eighteen years’ abroad for over 20 years. Before
Tunisia, Bolivia and Cuba. Areas of experience with in multi- stakeholder joining Bioversity International, he
expertise, participatory and field processes involving NGOs, CBOs, and was the Senior Scientist and Head of
research into sustainable production Government Institutions in sustainable Socioeconomics & Agricultural Research
landscape management and socio- natural resources management. Policy Division, at Nepal Agricultural
ecological resilience of agro-ecosystems Research Council (NARC).
Isabel López Noreiga Paola De Santis Abram J. Bicksler
Policy specialist She works Agricultural
on the Policies for Bioversity Officer with
for Crop and International the Food and
Tree Diversity in the Genetic Agriculture
management’ Diversity, Organization
research area Productivity of the United
at Bioversity and Resilience Nations (FAO)
International. Section. She has been working on based in Rome. He works with the
Her area of expertise is in biodiversity several national and international Ecosystem Services and Agroecology
law and she has been involved in a projects to improve productivity, Team within the Plant Production and
number of research projects looking enhance agro-ecosystems production Protection Division (AGP) on various
at the impacts of policies and legal and resilience and climate change initiatives related to the scaling-up of
frameworks on different actors’ adaptation by using crop genetic Agroecology, provision of ecosystem
capacity to access, use, conserve resources. Areas of expertise services, and is also the focal point for
and exchange natural resources, and include development of partnerships Pollinators within the division.
particularly crop genetic resources. at different levels, participatory
approaches, and seed systems.
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Federica Matteoli Julian Schnetzer Nadine van Dijk
Over 15 years Environment Nadine van
of experience and Climate Dijk is from the
in the fields of Specialist at Netherlands
climate change, FAO. He holds and works on
political science a BSc/MSc in climate-smart
and participatory geoecology agriculture with
approaches in from Potsdam FAO. Previously
international agencies such as FAO, University (Germany). Before joining she worked for the Netherlands
the World Bank and government FAO, he worked with the Swiss Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs on gender
institutions. She has been a member Agricultural Research Institute on life equality and on food and agriculture.
of the Facilitation Unit of the Global cycle assessments of crops. In 2012, She has a BSc in Cultural Anthropology
Alliance for Climate Smart Agriculture he joined FAO as a Natural Resources and Development Sociology from the
since 2014. She is the Leader of the Officer and since then worked Radboud University in the Netherlands
CSA Team in the Office of Climate on different topics including crop and an MSc in Wellbeing and Human
Change, Biodiversity and Environment modelling, climate change and climate- Development from the University of
(OCB) at FAO. She has a degree in smart agriculture. Bath, UK.
law, a master’s degree in international
cooperation and a PhD in science and
management of climate change.
Isaac Guzman Abdel Kader Naino Jika Agnes Bernis-Fonteneau
Mexican nation- Population Scientific and
al, he is a climate geneticist. He technical advisor
change policy holds a PhD de- for Platform for
analyst. He holds gree in biology Agrobiodiversity
an Erasmus obtained at Paris Research (PAR),
Mundus Mas- Sud University, a leading PAR
ter’s degree in master’s degree scientist for
Environmental Policy and Management in both Genetics (University Pierre et the development of the Diversity
from the Central European University, Marie Curie) and in the Philosophy of Assessment Tool for Agrobiodiversity
Hungary; and Lund University, Sweden. Science (University Paris 1-Pantheon and Resilience (DATAR). With over
His master thesis was focused on urban Sorbonne). 15 years of experience with the
food security and adaptation strategies. Before joining Bioversity as HRF, he United National FAO and Bioversity
Prior to joining the Economic and Policy worked as a postdoc in Population International, she has developed her
analysis of Climate Change (EPIC) team genetics both in the lab EGCE (French expertise in agroecology, genetic
at FAO he was a project manager in Center for Scientific Research) and the resources for food and agriculture,
Mexico City’s Ministry of Environment. French national institute for agronomic climate change, biodiversity and
research (GQE-Le Moulon laboratory). ecosystem services. She has worked
extensively in the area of formal seed
systems and community genebanks.
14 GROW Summer SchoolEleonora De Falcis Carlo Murer Federico Mattei
Agricultural Specialized in Works in
economist work- Sustainable the Project
ing as Junior Tropical Forestry Development
Professional at Copenhagen and International
Officer at the Al- University. Relations Office
liance, based in Currently of Slow Food’s
Rome, Italy. working as buyer Foundation for
She has experience in the areas of SME of organic raw material for EcorNaturaSì Biodiversity as a scientific and technical
and agri-food competitiveness, includ- Spa, Italian company specialized writer. Is responsible for developing
ing in international trade. on production and distribution of project and seeking funding as well
Currently working on the economic organic food products. He keeps the as technical or scientific revisions to
sustainability of various agrobiodiversity commercial relation with the 200 farms reports, proposals and publications.
projects related to on-farm agrobiodi- supplying raw materials (cereals, seeds Furthermore, leads several Slow Food
versity conservation, mainly in Asia and and pulses) for the EcorNaturaSì’s projects on sustainable development,
Africa. monitored production chains. agriculture and sustainable tourism.
He is implementing a Participatory Holds a Masters in Human Ecology and
Guarantee System PGS in Italy, among a Master in Food Security.
the farms working with EcorNaturaSì.
Roberto Ugas Patricia Flores Flavia Castro
Peruvian Senior Project Senior
agronomist Coordinator and Coordinator at
with graduate coordinator for IFOAM - Organics
studies in the the Regional International,
Netherlands Office of where she works
and Japan in IFOAM in Latin since 2010 on
the fields of America. She organic policy and
ecological agriculture, agrobiodiversity, has a background in forestry and guarantee, with activities in development
and rural development. Professor MSc in Resource Management cooperation, focusing on the promotion
at Universidad Nacional Agraria (University of Edinburgh, UK), with post of Participatory Guarantee Systems
La Molina (Peru), researcher and graduate studies in Agroecology (UC (PGS) for organic agriculture. Currently
lecturer on horticulture, agroecology, Berkeley, US). She has over 20 years responsible for the Global PGS Program
smallholders, plant genetic resources of experience on Rural Sustainable of IFOAM - Organics International,
and food systems. Member of the Development and Agroecology. working with experts and practitioners
Latin America continental supervisory Currently she is the country Manager from all over the world to gather data,
board of Solidaridad, participates in in Peru of the global project Nutrition compile and publish relevant information,
the Latin American Scientific Society of in Mountain Agroecosystem, a advise decision makers and stakeholders
Agroecology and in the International trainer of IFOAM Academy and FAO on PGS development and support. She
Society for Horticultural Sciences. consultant for several topics related to has facilitated trainings on PGS in Europe
He has been IFOAM - Organics smallholders, agroecology and inclusive and Africa.
International Vice-President and markets.
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