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516) Malaysia's implementation of the multilateral system of access and benefit-sharing
This study examines a number of issues related to Malaysia’s implementation of the multilateral system of access and benefit-sharing created by the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. The paper suggests a three-stage approach to addressing these issues. First,...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Asia
Publication year: 2012
517) Status of crop plants of agricultural importance in Kerala state, India: an update
The state of Kerala in India, a part of the Western Ghats–Sri Lanka biodiversity hotspot, is blessed with rich biodiversity including agrobiodiversity. Richness in crop diversity is attributed to the wide topographic and climatic niches, long history of outside contacts, personal craving for experimenting...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Asia
Publication year: 2021
518) Organic and Sustainable Farmers Can Feed the World
A key question that is often asked about ecological agriculture, including organic agriculture, is whether it can be productive enough to meet the world's food needs. While many agree that ecological agriculture is desirable from an environmental and social point of view, there remain fears that ecological...
Subject: Farming Systems
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2008
519) Safeguarding local crop knowledge: the use of community biodiversity registers
This brief presents suggestions for the design and use of a community biodiversity register as a practical tool for communities to: (i) establish an inventory to allow monitoring of crop diversity and to document its associated farmer (traditional) knowledge, (ii) generate a collective sense of community...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Africa; Asia; Global
Publication year: 2016
520) Seed-Related Assistance in Fragile Contexts: Lessons for the COVID-19 Response
In 2020, FSN Network organized a practical, farmer-centred webinar in which experts shared guidance and lessons for seed system interventions in the COVID-19 response. The discussion was on the following areas: (1) the likely impacts of the pandemic on farmers’ access to seeds; (2) the critical questions...
Subject: Training, Capacity Development
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2020