Call for

BEST SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT PRACTICES
on food security

RESULTS
5 BSDPs won a movie which will be produced by Expo 2015
13 BSDPs won a photo story which will be produced by Expo 2015

PRIORITY 1: Sustainable management of natural resources. PRIORITY 2: Quantitative & qualitative enhancement of agricultural products. PRIORITY 3: Socio-economic dynamics and global markets. PRIORITY 4: Sustainable development of small
rural communities. PRIORITY 5: Food consumption patterns: diet, environment,

society, economy and health.

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Selected BSBP for Priority 1

SUSTAINABLE NATURAL
RESOURCES MANAGEMENT

Place: Mongolia

ID 3906
MOVIE WINNER

Pasture user groups

for sustainable rangeland
management in Mongolia.
Partners: Ministry of Agriculture (Mongolia), Swiss Agency
for Development and Cooperation in Mongolia, Aimag
Federation of Pasture Users Groups.

Place: Burma (Myanmar)

ID 4709

Place: Lebanon

PHOTO STORY WINNER

ID 4703
PHOTO STORY WINNER

Conservation
and management
of Lampi National Park
in Myanmar.

Introducing no-till
conservation agriculture
to Lebanon.

Partners: Oikos Institute ONG, Biodiversity And Nature Conservation

Association, Ministry of Foreign Affairs -Directorate General
for Development Cooperation.

Partners: The American University of Beirut, GIZ, Arab Center

for the Studies of Arid Zonees and Dry Lands, Lebanese Agricultural
Research Institution.

Place: Mediterranean Area

Place: Syria

ID 7803
PHOTO STORY WINNER

Identification
and conservation
of the high nature value
of ancient olive groves
in the Mediterranean
region.

Partners: Apulia Region, Italian Ministry for the Environment

and Protection of Land and Sea, Mediterranean Agronomic Institute
of Chania.

ID 6801
PHOTO STORY WINNER

Rationalisation of Ras
El Ain irrigation systems
and rational use of natural
resources to improve
agriculture productions.

Partners: MAE, Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari, General

Commission for Scientific Agricultural Research, Syria.

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Selected BSBP for Priority 2

QUANTITATIVE & QUALITATIVE

ENHANCEMENT OF CROP PRODUCTS

Place: Niger

ID 10171
MOVIE WINNER

Intensification of agriculture
by strengthening cooperative
agro-input shops.
Partners: Food and Agriculture Organization
of the Unitde Nations - IARBIC, Ministry of Agriculture
of Niger, Union of the producers federations of Niger
UFPN Gatanci.

Place: Ecuador

ID 5833
PHOTO STORY WINNER

Ecuador, ancestral grains

fight poverty
and malnutrition.

Partners: Oxfam Italia, Decentralized Autonomous Municipal

Government of Santa Ana de Cotacachi, Union of Indigenous and Peasant
Organization of Cotacachi, Cotacachi Organic Agricultural Producers
Association Mama Murucuna.

Place: Pakistan

Place: Madagascar

ID 5524
PHOTO STORY WINNER

Nourishing the land,

nourishing the people.

Partners: The International Fund for Agricultural Development,

Cornell University, Ministry of agriculture livestock and fisheries
of Madagascar.

ID 8748
PHOTO STORY WINNER

Tradition and innovation:

ensuring a more
sustainable and equitable
future for Karakorum
communities.

Partners: Ev-K2-CNR, University of Padua - Tesaf Dipartment, Aga Khan

Rural Support Program, Directorate of Central Karakoram National Park,
University of Torino Department of Veterinary Science.

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Selected BSBP for Priority 3

SOCIO-ECONOMIC DYNAMICS
AND GLOBAL MARKETS

Place: Guatemala

ID 9733
MOVIE WINNER

Regional Network to support

small producers of coffee.
Partners: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International
Cooperation Directorate General for Development
Cooperation, Agronomic Institute for Overseas,
National Coffee Association of Guatemala, Italo American
Institute.

Place: Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali

ID 8747

Place: Egypt

ID 8716

PHOTO STORY WINNER

PHOTO STORY WINNER

Farmer-researcher
networks and North-South
partnerships to transform
West African agriculture
and society towards sustainability, justice and wealth.

Informatics tool
for the competitiveness
of local food productions
from South Mediterranean
Countries to European
entry points (Italy).

Partners: Fibl- Research Instute for Organic Agriculture FRICK

Switzerland, Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation, Institute of Environment
and Agricultural Research, National Agricultural Research Institute
of Benin, Institute of Rural Economy/ Regional Center for Agricultura
Research, National Agricultural Research Institute of Benin, Institute
of Rural Economy/ Regional Center for Agricultural Research, National
Union of Cotton Producers of Burkina, Union of Village Associations
for the Management of Wildlife Reserves, Malian Organic Movement.

Partners: Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation (Egypt), Apulia

Region, Regional Agency for the rural development (Friuli Venezia Giulia).

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Selected BSBP for Priority 4

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF SMALL RURAL

COMMUNITIES IN MARGINAL AREAS

Place: Tanzania

ID 5901
MOVIE WINNER

Africa Milk Project: love

your land, fight poverty,
drink your milk.
Partners: Granarolo Group, Njombe Livestock Farmers
Association, The European Committee for Education
and Agriculture, Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Directorate
General for Development Cooperation.

Place: Senegal

ID 6402
PHOTO STORY WINNER

Eradication of the tsetse

fly Glossina palpalis
gambiensis from
the Niayes in Senegal.

Partners: Directorate of Veterinary Services, International Atomic Energy

Agency and Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations,
French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development,
Senegal Institute for Agricutural Research.

Place: Sri Lanka

ID 6141
PHOTO STORY WINNER

Sri Lanka, reconciliation

happens through respect
for environment, healthy
organic food and joined
marketing opportunities.

Partners: Oxfam Italia, Rainforest Rescue International, Autonomous

Province of Bozen/Bolzano, Department of Presidency and Foreign
Affairs, Office of Cabinet Affairs.

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Selected BSBP for Priority 5

FOOD CONSUMPTION PATTERNS: DIET,

ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY, ECONOMY AND HEALTH

Place: Italy

ID 6204
MOVIE WINNER

Food is a resource to secure

tangible assistance
and inclusion to the deprived.
Partners: Food Bank Foundation, National Federation
of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Milano
Ristorazione, METRO Cash and Carry Italy, Finmeccanica,
Alliance Against Hunger and Malnutrition, National Union
of producer organisations, Sacro Cuore Catholic University,
Nestl Italiana, Barilla G&R, University of Milan-Bicocca,
Politecnico of Milano, The Global FoodBanking Network,
European Federation of Food Banks, Intesa Sanpaolo

Place: Argentina

ID 4608
PHOTO STORY WINNER

Kiwicha (Amaranto)
agriculture native
to the human and social
development as the only
alternative to the battle
against hunger in the
region Salta- Argentina.
Partners: Ministry of Foreign Affairs -Directorate General for Development Cooperation, Solidarity and cooperation CIPSI - Coordination
of Popular Initiatives for International Solidarity, Argentine Agrarian
Federation.

Place: Malawi

ID 8730
PHOTO STORY WINNER

Malawian women
as agents of change
for nutritional
and agricultural
development.

Partners: Save the Children Italy, Save the Children Malawi, Bunda
College of Agriculture, Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural
Resources, Opportunity International Bank of Malawi.

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