This guidance document presents the application of “Save and Grow” practices and technologies to production of the world’s key food security crops – maize, rice and wheat. With examples drawn from developing countries worldwide, the document shows how eco-friendly farming systems are helping smallholder producers to boost cereal yields, improve their incomes and livelihoods, conserve natural resources, reduce negative impacts on the environment, and build resilience to climate change. 

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Organization: FAO

Theme: Adaptation

Topics: Agriculture and Food, Adaptation, Technology, COP22 List of UN Publications

Type of material: Guidance Document

Publication date: 2015

Language: English, French, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, Russian