Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations  

International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

Adapting Agriculture to Climate Change: A Global Initiative to Collect, Conserve, and Use Crop Wild Relatives

The main objective of the “Adapting Agriculture to Climate Change” project is to collect and protect the genetic diversity of a portfolio of plants with the characteristics required for adapting the world's most important food crops to climate change. The initiative also aims to make available this diversity in a form that plant breeders can readily use to produce varieties adapted to the new climatic conditions that farmers, particularly in the developing world, are already encountering. Such adaptation is a key component of securing the world's future food production.
ThemeTechnical Resources
SubjectCrop diversity
PublisherGlobal Crop Diversity Trust
Publication year2019
RegionsGlobal
LanguagesEnglish
Resource typePublications
Resource linkhttps://norad.no/globalassets/publikasjoner/publikasjoner-2019/norad-collected-reviews/adapting-agriculture-to-climate-change_collecting-protecting-and-preparing-crop-wild-relatives.pdf
KeywordsCrop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species; Role of genebanks; Seed management
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