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1031) The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture: Saving, Sharing and Taking Care of the Plants and Seeds that Feed the World
This Policy Brief provides an introduction to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture and its contribution to conserve, sustainably use and fairly and equitably share the benefits of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture, for sustainable agriculture and...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2021
1032) Underutilized crops in the livelihoods, diets, and adaptation practices of Gond farmers in Eastern Madhya Pradesh, India
The programme “Linking agrobiodiversity value chains, climate adaptation and nutrition: Empowering the poor to manage risk” aims to enhance productivity and promote the use of nutritious and climate-hardy underutilized species. This paper documented the level of cultivation, commercialization and...
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
Regions: Asia
Publication year: 2020
1033) Enhanced agricultural sustainability through within-species diversification
Agriculture has played an important role in human health and welfare by producing large amounts of food to feed a growing world population, but this has also placed substantial pressures on natural resources and the environment. One of the most pressing challenges in agriculture is how to ensure food...
Subject: Plant breeding techniques and approaches
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2019
1034) Cultivar mixtures: a meta-analysis of the effect of intraspecific diversity on crop yield
Extensive research has shown that greater plant community diversity leads to higher levels of productivity and other ecosystem services, and such increased diversity has been suggested as a way to improve yield and agricultural sustainability. Increasing intraspecific diversity with cultivar mixtures...
Subject: Plant breeding techniques and approaches
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2017
1035) Approaches to sustainable agriculture: exploring the pathways towards the future of farming
The high amount of land used for cultivation and livestock farming has dramatically shaped landscapes in Europe and throughout the rest of the world. Agriculture is a fundamental human activity that intrinsically depends on nature and at the same time poses a threat to it. Thus, sustainability has emerged...
Subject: Farming Systems
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2020