Good practices for participatory and gender sensitive research approaches to local knowledge and biodiversity
/ 2000

This paper outlines the day-today proceedings of a workshop hosted by the Tanzania Food and Nutrition Centre. The main objectives of this training workshop were to:

• Explain and discuss the link between biodiversity, gender and local knowledge and examine their impact on food security in Tanzania.
• Understand the meaning of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRS) and the larger policy issues that are surrounding biodiversity conservation.
• Gain skills in gender analyses; participatory research approaches and communication techniques.

It concludes with the following resolutions:

• Drawing on and building upon existing networks between stakeholders is needed,
• Further coordination in planning and funding of common activities among partner institution;
• Encouraging public debate and awareness prior to the ratification of international agreements and conventions through lobbying and advocacy,
• Mobilizing resources for extending activities of the network,
• Encouraging workshop participants to investigate inside their respective institutions for information on international agreements,
• Establishing an information database,
• Developing a mechanisms for sharing information between the stakeholders in IK, agro-biodiversity and food security.