Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations  

International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

BSF project "National articulation for the governance and collective management of genetic diversity and its associated knowledge in family and peasant agriculture in Uruguay"

The project "National articulation for the governance and collective management of genetic diversity and its associated knowledge in family and peasant agriculture in Uruguay" supported by the Benefit-Sharing Fund of the International Treaty for Food and Agriculture (Fourth Cycle) will establish Regional Agrobiodiversity Centers managed by farmers to facilitate their access to Creole seeds, install evaluation and multiplication plots to reproduce adapted materials, and generate knowledge about their characteristics, cultivation methods, uses and nutritional values. 
ThemeTechnical Resources
SubjectCrop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
PublisherFood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Publication year(not set)
RegionsLatin America and the Caribbean
LanguagesEnglish
Resource typePublications
Resource linkhttp://www.fao.org/plant-treaty/areas-of-work/benefit-sharing-fund/projects-funded/bsf-details/en/c/1198844/?iso3=URY
KeywordsAccess and benefit-sharing; Traditional Knowledge; Recognition of the role of farmers; Seed management
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