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101) ECPGR Concept for on-farm conservation and management of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture
This document constitutes a ECPGR’s contribution to a future European strategy for the conservation of genetic resources for food and agriculture. After a short introduction describing the rationale for on-farm conservation and management in Europe, this document includes a chapter outlining the appropriate...
Category: Miscellaneous
Regions: Europe
Publication year: 2017
102) Terminal evaluation of the project “Dynamic Conservation and Sustainable Use of Agricultural Biodiversity to ensure Food Security and Ecosystems Services and Resiliency”
With the adoption of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in 1992, the sovereign rights of states over their natural resources were explicitly recognized and the authority of national governments to determine access to genetic resources confirmed. The CBD had a major impact on the global exchange...
Category: Miscellaneous
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2023
103) Crop Genetic Resources as a Global Commons - Challenges in International Law and Governance
This book addresses how the collective pooling and management of shared plant genetic resources for food and agriculture can be supported through laws regulating access to genetic resources and the sharing of benefits arising from their use. Since the most important recent development in the field has...
Category: Miscellaneous
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2013
104) Plant Variety Protection in Practice in Vietnam: The Pains in the Gains Achieved
The report published by SEARICE, APBREBES and Fastenopfer analyses the factors which led to Vietnam’s agricultural development in the last few decades. The main finding of the research is simple: “While plant breeding is necessary, agricultural development must be detached from the notion that a...
Category: Miscellaneous
Regions: Asia
Publication year: 2021
105) 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...
Category: Miscellaneous
Regions: Asia
Publication year: 2020