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626) America's seed bank: Our food supply's last line of defense
To protect our food supply against disease and drought, seed bank stores billions of seeds and samples for every crop and animal important to agriculture. This video presents an example of genebank: the Fort Collins facility in Colorado, United States.
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: North America
Publication year: 2015
627) Navdanya Community Seed Banks
Till date Navdanya has set up 150 community seed banks in 22 states of India in the last 30 years. Many seed banks are now running independent of Navdanya's support. Navdanya has also trained and created awareness amongst about 750,000 farmers in seed sovereignty, food sovereignty and sustainable agriculture...
Subject: Farming Systems
Regions: Asia
Publication year: N/A
628) Cryopreservation of Agronomic Plant Germplasm Using Vitrification-Based Methods: An Overview of Selected Case Studies
Numerous environmental and endogenous factors affect the level of genetic diversity in natural populations. Genetic variability is the cornerstone of evolution and adaptation of species. However, currently, more and more plant species and local varieties (landraces) are on the brink of extinction due...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2021
629) Review of Community Seed Production Practices in Africa Part 1: Implementation Strategies and Models
This review is limited in scale and scope and covers five case studies in Africa. Two of the studies are classic emergency interventions: one post-conflict and one post drought. Three of the case studies are developmental in nature; one focused on different approaches to increase farmer access to recently...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2015
630) Increasing the Profile of Crop Diversity in Agricultural Production and Policies in Uzbekistan
Rapid environmental and socio-economic changes caused by climate change, population growth, migration, and other factors create important challenges to agricultural production in Central Asia. More intense droughts and soil salinization are among the key environmental problems that smallholder farmers...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Asia
Publication year: 2017