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1091) Descriptors for Farmers' Knowledge of Plants
This list of descriptors has been developed by Bioversity International to provide a standard format for the gathering, storage, retrieval and exchange of farmers’ knowledge of plants. The list aims to capture key characteristics, uses and values of cultivated and wild plants as described by farmers...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2009
1092) Advantages and disadvantages of Participatory Plant Breeding (PPB) in Iran: A study based on breeders' perceptions
The purpose of this study was to investigate the advantages and disadvantages of Participatory Plant Breeding (PPB). Seventy-six breeders were randomly selected from among 95 breeders who were working at the Seed and Plant Improvement Institute, Karaj, Iran. Data were collected by a questionnaire as...
Subject: Plant breeding techniques and approaches
Regions: Near East
Publication year: 2017
1093) Genebank Resources Hub
Information systems and the data they hold are central to the conservation and use of crop diversity. The Genebank Resources Hub for plant genetic resources for food and agriculture (PGRFA) collects general information and technical data, including documents and reports, from the various Crop Trust project...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Global
Publication year: N/A
1094) Farmers' Rights and Access and Benefit Sharing Mechanisms in Community Seed Banks in Nepal
Farmers' Rights and access and benefit-sharing (ABS) are important and interlinked issues in the conservation and sustainable use of agrobiodiversity. This chapter aims to assess the current status and policy gaps of implementing farmers' rights and ABS mechanisms with regard to community seed banks...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Asia
Publication year: 2018
1095) The Inuit and their Indigenous Foods
In recent decades Indigenous Peoples globally have experienced rapid and dramatic shifts in lifestyle that are unprecedented in history. Moving away from their own self-sustaining, local food systems into industrially derived food supplies, these changes have adverse effects on dietary quality and health....
Subject: Traditional Knowledge
Regions: North America
Publication year: 2019