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Many smallholder farmers in developing countries grow multiple crop species on their farms, maintaining de facto crop diversity. Rarely do agricultural development strategies consider this crop diversity as an entry point for fostering agricultural innovation. This paper presents a case study, from an...
Subject: Farming Systems
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2020
This How to Do Note is part of a series of five Notes that accompany the NUS Operational Framework. The How to Do Notes offer recommendations on practical methods, approaches, and tools for use-enhancement of NUS in both design and implementation of IFAD-funded projects to support more nutrition-sensitive...
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2021
This booklet presents policy recommendations to embed crop genetic diversity in five areas of action: - Secure the legal status of heterogeneous cultivars for diversified food systems - Ensure coherent policies for more diverse cropping and food systems - Embed crop genetic diversity in food value chains...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Europe
Publication year: 2019
In 2021, the international community celebrates the International Year of Fruits and Vegetables. The Secretariat of the International Treaty, in collaboration with the Global Crop Diversity Trust, convened an international panel of high-level experts to highlight the importance of the genetic diversity...
Subject: Training, Capacity Development
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2021
Project – TCP/BYE/3601 Belarus has prioritized agriculture, water and forestry as key sectors for adaptation to climate change, with special attention being given to the conservation and sustainable use of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture (PGRFA) through the State Programme, "Mobilization...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Europe
Publication year: 2020