Research Grant
[Cite as https://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP170100747]
Researchers:
Christoph Antons
(Chief Investigator)
,
Dr Gregory Acciaioli
(Chief Investigator)
,
Jagjit Plahe
(Chief Investigator)
,
KHM Siddique
(Chief Investigator)
,
Prof Michael Blakeney
(Chief Investigator)
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Brief description Food security and the governance of local knowledge in India and Indonesia. This project aims to discover how local farming communities’ practical knowledge can improve food security. 795 million undernourished people rely on small farmers for food. To protect these farmers from multinational agribusiness and climate change, this project will examine how small farmers turn useful plant material into cultivated crops through plant selection and breeding under conditions of climate change; identify how regulatory structures in India and Indonesia help or hinder this process; and identify opportunities to apply local knowledge and its regulatory framework in Australia. Better understanding local conditions should benefit regulators, NGOs, businesses and aid agencies.
Funding Amount $257,000
Funding Scheme Discovery Projects
- PURL : https://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP170100747
- ARC : DP170100747