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591) Global status of genetic resources for food and agriculture: challenges and research needs
In this review paper, experts from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) assess the state and trends of genetic resources and their management at global level. They note that there is a major challenge in monitoring plant genetic resources for food and agriculture (PGRFA)...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2020
592) Botany and Women: The Role of Gender in Biodiversity Management and Indigenous Knowledge
Traditional knowledge and indigenous rights related to plants are sex-diverse everywhere, and gender inequities are evident in the present 21st century. This paper discusses how women dominate plant biodiversity management through their work as housewives, plant gatherers, home gardeners, herbalists,...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2023
593) Ghana Brief 2017 - The African Seed Access Index
This country brief summarizes the key findings of The African Seed Access Index (TASAI) study conducted in 2016/17 to appraise the structure and economic performance of Ghana’s seed sector. The study evaluates the enabling environment necessary to build a vibrant formal seed sector, focusing on four...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2017
594) ECPGR Concept for in situ conservation of crop wild relatives in Europe
There is an imperative to develop and implement a comprehensive strategy for in situ conservation of the valuable crop wild relative (CWR) genetic resources native to Europe because historically these taxa have fallen between the conservation priorities of both the agricultural and conservation communities....
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
Regions: Europe
Publication year: 2015
595) The Nuxalk and their Indigenous Foods
In recent decades Indigenous Peoples globally have experienced rapid and dramatic shifts in lifestyle that are unprecedented in history. Moving away from their own self-sustaining, local food systems into industrially derived food supplies, these changes have adverse effects on dietary quality and health....
Subject: Traditional Knowledge
Regions: North America
Publication year: 2019