Rome – A unique carp pond farming system in Austria, an agroforestry system cultivating salak, or snake fruit in Bali, Indonesia and the Cocoa Agroforestry System of Sao Tome and Principe, have become the latest additions to Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS).
The systems, formally designated during a meeting of the GIAHS Scientific Advisory Group on September 19, included the first ones to be approved from Indonesia and São Tomé and Príncipe and the second from Austria.
Under the flagship programme of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the sites selected are of global importance, demonstrating food and livelihood security, agro-biodiversity, sustainable knowledge systems and practices, social values and culture as well as outstanding landscapes. M