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Plant genetic resources provide a basis for food security, livelihood support and economic development as a major component of biodiversity. The Second Report on the State of the World’s Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture demonstrates the central role plant genetic diversity continues...
Category: Strategies and Action Plans
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2010
This guideline and toolkit are specifically intended to support access to traditional knowledge (hereafter referred to as aTK) associated with genetic resources (hereafter referred to as GR) and the equitable sharing of benefits arising from the use of aTK in Rwanda. This document is intended to raise...
Category: Miscellaneous
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2019
This document presents the proceedings of a Joint workshop between the ECPGR project "Promoting implementation of national and regional crop wild relative (CWR) conservation strategies through sharing of knowledge and experiences to create an integrated European strategy for CWR conservation" and the...
Category: Strategies and Action Plans
Regions: Europe
Publication year: 2017
In this document, ‘farmers’ includes those who produce and/or use seeds in both industrial and cultural seed systems in line with Article 9 on Farmers’ Rights in the Seed Treaty. The custodians of cultural seed systems are referred to as ‘indigenous peoples and peasants’, and more broadly also...
Category: Miscellaneous
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2018
Farmer seed systems come in many shades: Conserving, producing, and using diverse plant material for different motives and purposes, whether the conservation or selection of locally adapted plant varieties and populations, or the safeguard of social bonds to secure economic stability and integration...
Category: Miscellaneous
Regions: Europe
Publication year: 2021