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701) Evaluation of FAO's contribution to Sustainable Development Goal 2 - Support to fair and informed commodity markets and international trade in agriculture
The 2030 Agenda acknowledges that transparent, undistorted and properly functioning food and agricultural markets are an essential element in the global effort to end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture (Sustainable Development Goal 2 [SDG 2]). This...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2021
702) Biodiversity conservation and use of crop genetic resources, vectors of sustainable development in the Indian Ocean - GERMINATION II
The Germination project aims to use crop genetic resources (CGR) to increase agricultural production and food security, while protecting the environment. To achieve this, it focuses on the development of varieties or ecotypes that are more resistant to diseases and parasites, and suited to low-input...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Africa; Asia
Publication year: 2021
703) Rwanda – The Rubaya community gene bank
This document presents the Rubaya community gene bank, located in Rubaya sector of Gicumbi district in Northern Rwanda. Their main purpose is to store and preserve the region’s priority crops (maize, wheat, beans and Irish potatoes), but farmers are free to use the facilities to store and conserve...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2015
704) Pluralistic Seed System Development: A Path to Seed Security?
Seed security is central to crop production for smallholder farmers in developing countries, but it remains understudied in relation to long-term seed sector development. This paper compares seed systems in two districts of Central Ethiopia characterized by subsistence-oriented teff cultivation and commercially...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2021
705) White Paper: Post COVID-19 Implications for Genetic Diversity and Genomics Research & Innovation: A Call for Governance and Research Capacity
At a time of significant technological change and digitization in the biological sciences, the COVID19 pandemic has highlighted again the inequities in the research and innovation ecosystem. Based on a consultation with an internationally diverse group of stakeholders from multiple fields and professions,...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2021