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991) Planting the Seed: The Svalbard Global Seed Vault as an Archive in the Face of Uncertain Futures
Cultural preservation is an evolving phenomenon that has historically been undertaken through the written or oral passage of knowledge from one generation to the next. Some archives emerge so individuals can understand their social, cultural, and personal histories, while others emerge to preserve non-human-related...
Subject: Crop diversity; Plant breeding techniques and approaches; Seed system
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2024
992) Status of seed legislation and policies in the Asia-Pacific region
The vast majority of the world’s food crops are annuals that are grown from seed sown at the start of each production season. The quality of that seed is a key determinant of production. Farmers cannot easily observe the quality or identity of seed at the point of sale, which creates a risk on the...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Asia
Publication year: 2020
993) Towards a Global Strategy for the conservation and use of yam
The goal is to share the responsibility of maintaining in perpetuity and in ex situ conditions a representative sample of the existing yam diversity and to facilitate the use of this diversity for food security today and tomorrow.
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2010
994) Efficiency of Plant Breeding
This paper aims to demonstrate that Participatory plant breeding (PPB) should be practiced because it increases plant breeding efficiency. After reviewing the reasons for the lack of adoption of several of the varieties released, and the theoretical basis justifying the use of correlated response to...
Subject: Plant breeding techniques and approaches
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2015
995) Farmers, Seeds and Varieties. Supporting Informal Seed Supply in Ethiopia
The book addresses strategies and approaches through which professionals can support informal seed supply, and links these with the conservation and use of the huge genetic resource base of crops and local varieties. The book looks at informal seed supply from a number of different angles, introduces...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2008