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Promote sustainable fisheries and aquaculture policies and management and design climate change adaptation strategies for food security and nutrition

Recognize the knowledge of local and indigenous fishing communities and promote its use regarding food security and nutrition.

Seize the opportunities and address the challenges of aquaculture development

Note farmers' and breeders' contribution to conserving and developing plant genetic resources for food and agriculture. Promote smallholders'- particularly women farmers'- ability to access, breed, produce, conserve, purchase, exchange, sell and use the seeds they need, including local, indigenous and modern varieties. Strengthen information and knowledge sharing related to practical on farm implementation and foster local innovation. Support in situ and ex situ conservation and development of agricultural biodiversity by smallholders together with research and extension systems, in line with sustainable agricultural development and good practices, including through agro-ecological approaches and sustainable intensification. All the above-mentioned measures of this paragraph have to be in accordance with applicable national and international law.