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1081) Global Conservation Strategy for Coffee Genetic Resources
Through engagement of multi-national stakeholders from various aspects of cofee production, processing, breeding, conservation and research, the goal of this Global Strategy is to ensure the conservation and use of cofee genetic resources for a positive, sustainable future of the crop and for those who...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2017
1082) Through war, wildfire and pandemic, the world’s seed vaults hold strong
A network of international centers preserves regional plant diversity and makes seeds available to researchers and plant breeders under the conditions of the Plant Treaty, not only to respond to regional disasters but also to develop new varieties that are resilient in the face of challenges such as...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2020
1083) Evolution, plant breeding and biodiversity
This paper deals with changes in biodiversity during the course of evolution, plant domestication and plant breeding. It shows than man has had a strong influence on the progressive decrease of biodiversity, unconscious at first and deliberate in modern times. The decrease in biodiversity in the agricultures...
Subject: Plant breeding techniques and approaches
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2009
1084) Contributions of crop-wild relatives toward broadening the list of leafy vegetables
Many leafy vegetables are included in the human diet. There are many crop-wild relatives that are equally palatable but have not received the proper recognition or gained popularity. Being close companions of the cultivated form, they constitute a repository of wild genes, which may be useful to cultivated...
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2023
1085) Radiant Project
RADIANT is an European project that adopts a "Theory of Change" approach. It aims at promoting crop diversification, environmental and agrobiodiversity preservation, and fair economic development through the valorization of Underutilised Crops. RADIANT is a multi-actor consortium composed of researchers,...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Europe
Publication year: N/A