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Water, Land and Ecosystems

Barbara Gemmil-Herren

Dr. Barbara Gemmill-Herren is an agroecologist and programme specialist in Sustainable Agriculture at FAO. She received her PhD in ecology from the University of California, Davis in 1992, and has research experience in pollination services, forestry, and rangeland management.

Content authored by Barbara Gemmil-Herren

  • Blog Post
    Blog Post

    Can farmers & pastoralists self-assess their climate-resilience?

    There are still very few tools to assess the resilience of farmers, from the perspective of the farmers themselves. Over the past year, a group within FAO have been developing a tool to enable smallholder farmers and pastoralists to assess their own resilience while providing important data for scientists and policy makers’ efforts in climate adaptation.
  • Big Question: Responses

    Give bees a chance

    Pollination is one of 17 recognized ecosystem services. The production of over 75% of the world's most important crops and 35% of the food produced is dependent upon animal pollination. Yet there have been mounting questions about how relevant pollination may be to agricultural development and food security...

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