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631) DivSeek – Harnessing the power of crop diversity to feed the future
Approximately seven million crop accessions are currently being conserved in genebanks collections worldwide. This resource represents one of the greatest, largely untapped, opportunities for accelerating yield gains and overcoming emerging crop productivity bottlenecks. However to access this wealth...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2019
632) Our shared global responsibility: Safeguarding crop diversity for future generations
The resilience and sustainability of food systems depend on crop diversity. It is used by breeders to produce new and better varieties, and by farmers to respond to new challenges or demands and to spread risk. However, crop diversity can only be used if it has been conserved, can be identified as the...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2023
633) Heat-tolerant wild beans tapped to breed commercial beans for hotter climates
For beans to continue playing a major role in human diets, new varieties must adapt and thrive. Scientists believe crop wild relatives (CWR) are essential to meet this goal. Wild relatives have valuable genetic diversity that can be used to develop high-yielding crops that tolerate high temperatures,...
Subject: Plant breeding techniques and approaches
Regions: Latin America and the Caribbean
Publication year: 2019
634) Webinar - Transforming seed marketing: Lessons from Ethiopia
This webinar reveals how evidence-based policy options enabled a transformation of seed marketing in Ethiopia. Initially, seed marketing relied on a conventional system in which seed passed from seed producers to regional Bureaus of Agriculture to woreda Agricultural Offices to Development Agents, cooperative...
Subject: Training, Capacity Development
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2020
635) A Training Manual for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities on the Convention on Biological Diversity - Module 1
The training manual has been prepared in response to the requests in decisions X/40, XII/12 and XIII/23 of...
Subject: Recognition schemes for farmers
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2021