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921) BSF project "In situ Conservation and Utilization of Sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas) and Taro (Colocasia esculenta) for Climate Smart Agriculture Vulnerable Farmers in Papua New Guinea"
Sweet potato is the most important staple food of special cultural significance for the indigenous people of Papua New Guinea (PNG). The high level of dependence on this crop and the concomitant responsibility to conserve the diversity of its genetic resources raise much concern in a time of alarming...
Subject: Plant breeding techniques and approaches
Regions: South West Pacific
Publication year: N/A
922) Comparing the contribution of formal and local seed systems to household seed security in eastern Zimbabwe
Interventions aimed at improving the seed security of smallholder farmers do not always yield positive results. Governments, donors, and other actors have neglected local seed systems as they are assumed to be incapable of addressing farmers’ seed challenges. Instead, external actors use seed aid and...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2023
923) Interactive Toolkit for Crop Wild Relative Conservation Planning
The Interactive Toolkit for Crop Wild Relative Conservation Planning is designed to provide guidance to plan and implement active in situ and ex situ conservation of CWR at national level. The conservation recommendations that result from this national CWR conservation planning process are used to develop...
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
Regions: Global
Publication year: N/A
924) Agrobiodiversity conservation and the role of rural women
Rural women have played a major role in conserving the indigenous variability and they possess knowledge on their variable uses. The genetic treasure needs to be conserved for today and tomorrow’s use and rural women must play a leading role in this direction. Partnerships with rural women will be...
Subject: Recognition schemes for farmers
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2002
925) On the margins: A review of policies and laws in support of farmer-managed seed systems in Africa
When supportive policy, legal and socioeconomic conditions exist –at local, district and national levels− a diversity of seed production and distribution practices, including farmer-managed practices (e.g. custodian farmers, seed saver groups, community seed banks, local seed businesses, farmer field...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2023