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1176) Identifying in situ areas with useful adaptive traits
This report highlights important traits that are currently sought by farmers and breeders in Europe and identifies some in situ crop wild relative and landrace populations that are likely to contain them based on predictive characterization.
Subject: Plant breeding techniques and approaches
Regions: Europe
Publication year: 2020
1177) Value Chain Development and Mainstreaming of Traditional Crops for Nutrition Sensitive Agriculture in Nepal
Traditional crops cultivated and consumed over generations are important components of agrobiodiversity that support dietary diversity, sustaining productivity and livelihoods of marginalized populations in Nepal. The paper outlines initiatives and progress made for value chain...
Subject: Farming Systems
Regions: Asia
Publication year: 2020
1178) Harvesting nature's diversity
In order to draw attention to the continuing loss of biodiversity and mobilize action to halt this genetic erosion, the choosen theme of 1993's World Food Day (WFD) was "Harvesting nature's diversity". This book was published in this context. It introduces the concepts of biodiversity, the conservation...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Global
Publication year: 1993
1179) The Himachal Bank Will Conserve Indigenous Organic Seeds
Home of some of the traditional varieties of food grains and cereals, Himachal Pradesh – a predominantly agrarian land, is all set to showcase its past by creating a seed bank of all its indigenous organic crops. Such crops, known for nutrition value, are grown in mountain climates with all its purities...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Asia
Publication year: 2021
1180) Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI)'s PlantSearch database
BGCI’s PlantSearch is the only global database of living plant, seed and tissue collections. It contains about 1,515,108 collection records, representing 622,694 taxa, at 1,177 contributing institutions. The user can locate threatened, rare, medicinal and other plant species in living collections hence,...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Global
Publication year: N/A