National governments (Algeria, Chile, China, India, Japan, Kenya Morocco, Peru, Philippines, Tanzania, Tunisia, Turkey)
Working with Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Environment and other relevant organizations of national governments including local governments
Working for local people who maintain traditional agricultural systems and landscapes
Working thanks to (GEF, IFAD, BMELV)
UNESCO, CBD, ITPGRFA, UNU, ISESCO, RIHN, MINAM, ODEPA, MOA, MAFF, ASM, INRA, DENR, Roman Forum, Kanazawa University, CET, IGSNRR-CAS, APU, MSSRF, CGIAR, Academes and Research Institutions, and others

To identify, support and safeguard Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems and their livelihoods, agricultural and associated biodiversity, landscapes, knowledge systems and cultures:
1) Leverage global and national recognition of the importance of agricultural heritage systems and create institutional support
2) Capacity building of local farming communities and local and national institutions to conserve and manage GIAHS, generate income and add economic value to goods and services of such systems in a sustainable fashion
3) Promote enabling policies, regulatory and incentive mechanisms to support the conservation, evolutionary adaptation and viability of GIAHS
4) Share lessons learned, knowledge management and interactive disseminatio

In order to provide systematic support to the conservation and adaptive management of GIAHS, the initiative intervenes at three distinct levels:

1. At Global level, by identification, selection, and promoting recognition of GIAHS
2. At National level, by capacity building in policy, regulatory and incentive mechanisms to safeguard these outstanding systems and use them as sustainability benchmark systems
3. At Local Level, by empowerment of local communities and technical assistance for sustainable resource management, promoting traditional knowledge and enhancing viability of these systems through economic incentives.

The GIAHS Partnership Initiative promotes public understanding, awareness and national and international recognition and support to the Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems, in which social, cultural, economic and environmental goods and services provided by the family farmers, smallholders, indigenous peoples and local communities are particularly valuable. The GIAHS Partnership recognizes the crucial importance of the well-being of family farming communities in an integrated approach while directing activities towards sustainable agriculture and rural development. It further seeks to support the present-day resilience of these traditional agricultural systems and thus provide a sustainable legacy for the benefit of future generations