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Scope

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Traditional knowledge

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TK traditional knowledge in rural areas
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Are PGRFAs endangered?

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 • Top down or
bottom up
approach for
designing
activities
• Conservation
varieties

Conservation recognition are

very much
dependent on

varieties the interest

they can
provide
• Red list should
be part of
vulnerability
assessment
results in the
adaptation
strategyes
development
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 Welcome to Ațel Sibiu, Romania
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 Functional rural
landscape (Godwit type)
• Forests
• Arable land
• Transport
• Water courses
• Living areas

Clean air
Potable water
Soil fertility

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Developing rural
economy is a challenge
in protected areas and
it becomes more
relevant when climate
change and food
security are at the
edge
(Smith et al., 2016)

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 Agricultural practices and
PGRFAs as landraces

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Carpathian Region, is recognized as a mosaic of crop fields, grasslands, forests as well as a host of a rich biosphere (Loos et
al., 2014) due to a diverse relief and peculiarities of geographical position (Mráz and Ronikier, 2016) and fragmented agro-
ecosystems

Landscape peculiarities

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How to cuple the conservation and
sustainable use of PGRFA to local
economy placed in protected areas? or
in fragmented agricultural landscape?

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Coupling housholders/
small farmers to Sibiu
restaurants
• Purpose:
• Experience local taste of the same food
• Experience agricultural practices/ nature
exploring
• Recognizing at the local level the relevance of
landraces
• Recognizing local pride to maintain and further
conserve seeds from ancestors
• Recognizing on farm conservation of PGRFA

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Facts
• Agricultural land 2700 ha (98,8% of the total agricultural territory) of the total of
3900 (Acelenescu et al., 2007).
• 1205 ha arable lands
• 972 ha pastures,
• 439 ha meadows (a total of 1411 ha grasslands)
• 191 ha are vineyards
• 1470 ha of 3902 ha are public properties and the rest are private.
• 37 of the total 568 houses are public property and Aţel has no public sewerage.
• 1601 inhabitants which means 46 people/km2.
• The major occupation is agriculture and more than 60% are retired people.
• AAT 8,6 °C and AAR 627 mm.
• Dupuș is part of Natura2000 European ecological network of protected areas SCI
200706 Sighişoara - Târnava Mare.

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 Culinary tourism potential of Ațel
• Local economy: beekeeper and traditional products
based on wheat (i.e. traditional bread, bread for
church ceremony and traditional cakes).
• Tourism potential: no accommodation unit is yet
developed. However, at least 5 householders express
their interest in developing a rural tourism based on
availability of houses.
• The community existence is due to several key
economic drivers (i.e. agriculture, forestry, water,
education, transport, energy sector) that must
synergic work together for supporting food security
on long term.

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Results!

• Coupling householders and small farmers

(local products, as raw materials) to Sibiu
City Menu network of 12 restaurants for
Sibian local breakfast
• Ensuring long term conservation and
sustainable use in the same agro-ecosystem
of PGRFA
• Developing resilient communities!

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• Thank you for you kind attention and
you are very welcome to Sibiu in 2019

mihaela.antofie@ulbsibiu.ro
camelia.sava@ulbsibiu.ro

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