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886) BSF project "Providing producers with high-performance varieties of drought-tolerant rice adapted to rainfed rice farming systems: strict rainfed, shallow, and controlled submersion"
"Providing producers with high-performance varieties of drought-tolerant rice adapted to rainfed rice farming systems: strict rainfed, shallow, and controlled submersion" is one of the projects supported by the Benefit-Sharing Fund of the International Treaty for Food and Agriculture (Fourth Cycle)....
Subject: Farming Systems
Regions: Africa
Publication year: N/A
887) Participatory Plant Breeding: The Attractive Way to Breed for Marginal Farmers
Participatory plant breeding originated in the early 1980s with a tendency to promote the concept of participatory research, in response to criticisms of the failure of the post-green revolution, on-station-based research to address the needs of poor farmers in the developing countries. The program can...
Subject: Plant breeding techniques and approaches
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2020
888) Conservation and Use of Latin American Maize Diversity: Pillar of Nutrition Security and Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Latin America is the center of domestication and diversity of maize, the second most cultivated crop worldwide. In this region, maize landraces are fundamental for food security, livelihoods, and culture. Nevertheless, genetic erosion (i.e., the loss of genetic diversity and variation in a crop) threatens...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Latin America and the Caribbean
Publication year: 2021
889) Farmers inspiring farmers to save seeds in Kenya
Food insecurity and reduced food sovereignty is rampant in Kenya. This can be attributed to a new era of industrial agriculture resulting in genetic erosion of local crops, monoculture, high seed prices, and excessive use of chemicals. As a remedy, Kenya Seed Savers Network empowers farming communities...
Subject: Recognition schemes for farmers
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2019
890) BSF project "Establishment of a preliminary network of community seed banks in vulnerable regions of Guatemala to provide seed in the event of a natural disaster"
" Establishment of a preliminary network of community seed banks in vulnerable regions of Guatemala to provide seed in the event of a natural disaster" is one of the projects supported by the Benefit-Sharing Fund of the International Treaty for Food and Agriculture (Second Cycle). Guatemala is among...
Subject: Farming Systems
Regions: Latin America and the Caribbean
Publication year: N/A