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1236) Indigenous food systems, biocultural heritage and agricultural resilience
Across the world, indigenous peoples’ food systems are biodiverse, nutritious, climate resilient and low carbon. They play a critical role in the food security, cultural identity, health and wellbeing of some 370-500 million indigenous people. Yet indigenous food systems are often viewed as ‘backward’...
Subject: Recognition schemes for farmers
Regions: Europe; Asia; Africa
Publication year: N/A
1237) Policy Options to Accelerate Variety Change among Smallholder Farmers in South Asia and Africa South of the Sahara
The genetic improvement of food staple crops cultivated by small-scale farmers is a well-established route to increasing agricultural productivity and improving rural livelihoods. But in developing countries where seed markets are commercially active or advancing in that direction, undue emphasis in...
Subject: Crop diversity; Grains/Cereals/Pulses/Root crops/Fruits; Plant breeding techniques and approaches; Training, Capacity Development
Regions: Africa; Asia
Publication year: 2017
1238) Report on recent developments under the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture of relevance to the Convention on Biological Diversity and its Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Faire and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization
Report submitted by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity at COP-16 regarding agenda item 13: Cooperation with international organizations and bodies established under other conventions
Subject: Training, Capacity Development
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2024
1239) Plant Breeding for Climate Change: Opportunities for Adaptation and Mitigation
Genetic diversity is the foundation upon which plant breeding progress rests. Therefore, diverse genetic resources have always played a key role in the improvement of crops from wild progenitors to elite cultivars. Given the relatively narrow genetic base of most modern crops, access to a broad range...
Subject: Plant breeding techniques and approaches; Training, Capacity Development
Regions: Global
Publication year: N/A
1240) Regional training workshop on conservation and sustainable use of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture (PGRFA) and farmers’ rights – Asia region proceedings, 5-8 March 2019, Manila, Philippines
The world is facing the interconnected challenges of poverty, food insecurity, climate change and the loss of agricultural biodiversity of global significance. Crop genetic diversity provide the building blocks for farmers to diversify their seed systems and the breeders and scientists to develop new...
Subject: Training, Capacity Development
Regions: Global; Asia
Publication year: 2021