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1206) Participatory Plant Breeding and Smallholder Farmers
"Participatory Plant Breeding and Smallholder Farmers" is the third in a series of six videos from African Centre for Biodiversity’s National Seed Dialogue and Celebration held in December 2017. Smallholder farmer involvement in partnerships with formal sector breeders to improve crops and varieties...
Subject: Farming Systems
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2018
1207) A case study on lentil to demonstrate the value of using historic data stored in genebanks to guide the selection of resources for research and development projects
Plant genetic resources are essential for sustainable agriculture and a secure and stable global food supply. One of the most important pulses and an integral part of a healthy diet is lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.). The National Centre for Plant Genetic Resources of Ukraine (NCPGRU), based in Kharkiv,...
Subject: Grains/Cereals/Pulses/Root crops/Fruits
Regions: Europe
Publication year: 2024
1208) Promoting Value Chains of Neglected and Underutilized Species for Pro-Poor Growth and Biodiversity Conservation. Guidelines and Good Practices
With this publication, the Global Facilitation Unit for Underutilized Species (GFU) presents guidelines and good practices for value chain development (VCD) of neglected and underutilized species (NUS). It complements manuals on VCD and guidelines for agro-biodiversity conversation with due consideration...
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2008
1209) The contribution of biodiversity for food and agriculture to the resilience of production systems – Thematic Study for The State of the World’s Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture
This thematic study reviews the available information on the contribution of biodiversity for food and agriculture (BFA) to the resilience of crop, livestock, forest, fishery and aquaculture production systems to environmental change and uncertainty. The authors offer various recommendations for harnessing...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2019
1210) A systematic conservation strategy for crop wild relatives in the Czech Republic
Aim: To create a crop wild relative (CWR) conservation strategy for the Czech Republic: the first national CWR conservation strategy for Central and Eastern Europe. Methods: Authors generated a CWR checklist for the Czech Republic and then prioritized taxa, using widely adopted criteria modified with...
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
Regions: Europe
Publication year: 2017