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136) Assessing a population for seed collection
The most difficult moment for a seed collector is often deciding whether a population meets the minimum quality and quantity standards for seed sampling for a particular purpose or project. This information sheet provides guidelines and a tool - the pre-collection checklist - to help collectors carry...
Subject: Plant breeding techniques and approaches
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2014
137) Assessing indigenous and local knowledge of farmers about pollination services in cucurbit agro-ecosystem of Punjab, Pakistan
Being the ultimate beneficiary of ecosystem services provided by on-farm agricultural biodiversity, the participation of farmers in its sustainable utilization and conservation is crucial. How much aware they are with the significance and conservation of agricultural biodiversity in order to improve...
Subject: Farming Systems
Regions: Asia
Publication year: 2020
138) Assessing Plant Genetic Diversity by Molecular Tools
This paper is an overview of the diverse, predominantly molecular techniques, used in assessing plant genetic diversity.
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2009
139) Assessing sustainability factors of farmer seed production: a case of the Good Seed Initiative project in Tanzania
Quality seed is at the core of the technological packages needed to increase crop production, nutrition, and rural wellbeing. However, smallholder farmers in Tanzania have limited access to affordable quality seeds, and over 90% of seed sown is saved by farmers from previous harvests, though its quality...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2021
140) Assessing the effectiveness of projects supporting on-farm conservation of native crops: evidence from the high Andes of South America
This paper presents an approach for assessing the effectiveness of projects aimed at creating incentives for smallholder farmers to continue maintaining crop diversity under evolution on their farms in relevant centers of genetic diversity—a process known as on-farm conservation. It is applied to five...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Latin America and the Caribbean
Publication year: 2015