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1516) New Approaches to Supporting the Agricultural Biodiversity Important for Sustainable Rural Livelihoods
This article argues that new approaches to agricultural development research are needed to conserve agricultural diversity, improve crops, and produce food of quality for all. Such an approach should enable small farmers on marginal lands to participate as equal partners alongside agricultural scientists,...
Subject: Plant breeding techniques and approaches
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2004
1517) Benefit Sharing: Reframing India’s Policy
FNI Report 1/2017. Benefit sharing is part of the larger concept of Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) nested within such international agreements as the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the 2010 Nagoya Protocol (NP) and the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Asia
Publication year: 2017
1518) Conservation of vegetable genetic diversity in Transylvania-Romania
Landraces are characterised by high heterogeneity and have the advantage of being much better adapted to changing conditions. This study focused on identifying the areas with the richest genetic diversity of vegetables in Transylvania, Romania, as well as the main vulnerabilities related to seed production...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Europe
Publication year: 2020
1519) The Analysis of Italian Plant Agrobiodiversity Databases Reveals That Hilly and Sub-Mountain Areas Are Hotspots of Herbaceous Landraces
Landraces are an agri-food and historical-cultural heritage but are undergoing losses worldwide. Italy is taking action to counteract this problem by following European guidelines. One of the most important measures is the Agrobiodiversity National Register (ANR), but 12 Italian regions currently appear...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Europe
Publication year: 2021
1520) The role of community seed banks in achieving farmers’ rights
The core objectives of the Convention on Biological Diversity and the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) are the conservation and sustainable use of plant genetic resources. The ITPGRFA links these goals explicitly to farmers’ rights. Although farmers’...
Subject: Farming Systems
Regions: Asia; Africa
Publication year: 2020