ECPGR Concept for on-farm conservation and management of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture

This document constitutes a ECPGR’s contribution to a future European strategy for the conservation of genetic resources for food and agriculture. After a short introduction describing the rationale for on-farm conservation and management in Europe, this document includes a chapter outlining the appropriate framework for the ECPGR concept (Chapter 2). The proposed ECPGR approach (Chapter 3) then identifies five areas of intervention and potential funding opportunities. Finally, an Annex to this document provides information on legislation and policies, the definitions of types of materials grown on-farm, range of management approaches, actors and stakeholders.