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76) Strengthening sector policies for better food security and nutrition results: Crops and varieties – Policy Guidance Note No.15
This policy guidance note is part of a series developed to support governments and their development partners in creating a policy and institutional environment to achieve sustainable food security and nutrition and meet SDG2. This note focuses on crops and varieties, the foundation of agriculture and...
Category: Miscellaneous
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2021
77) How policies influence smallholder farmers’ access to and use of genetic resources in three East African countries
This report addresses key policy issues around the access and use of genetic resources and their up-scaling for direct use and commercialization. It analyzes the current policy environment in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania and identifies key policy-related gaps and challenges related to the utilization of...
Category: Miscellaneous
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2023
78) Quality declared seed system (QDS)
The Quality Declared Seed System (QDS), presented by FAO in 1993 and revised in 2006, has been widely used and consulted. These guidelines/protocols are aimed at assisting small-scale farmers, specialists in seed production, field agronomists and agricultural extension services in the production of quality...
Category: Voluntary guidelines
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2006
79) International agreements and the plant genetics research community: A guide to practice
Plant genetic resources (PGR), including collections held in national and international gene banks, provide access to a wide array of genetic diversity and are critical to genomics research, conservation efforts, and applied breeding. Yet, there is a general lack of awareness in the research community...
Category: Miscellaneous
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2023
80) Food and agriculture - Key to achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
The 21st century faces multiple and complex challenges. The new 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda galvanizes and commits the International community to act together to surmount them and trasform our world for today's and future generations.
Category: Strategies and Action Plans
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2016