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1566) Cryopreservation and In Vitro banking: a cool subject – Preface from the editors
Plant breeding depends largely on having access to a wide variety of plant genetic resources, which are vulnerable to losses caused by biotic and abiotic threats when grown in the field or in a greenhouse. Thus, cryopreservation or in vitro banking is a safe strategy for long-term conservation of such...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2021
1567) BSF project "Strengthening on-farm conservation and utilization of PGRFA to support farmers’ adaptation to climate change and improved livelihoods in Albania"
In recent decades, climate change has seriously affected food security and food production among farming communities in Albania, especially among those living in mountainous areas of the country. The project "Strengthening on-farm conservation and utilization of PGRFA to support farmers’ adaptation...
Subject: Farming Systems
Regions: Europe
Publication year: N/A
1568) Biobanking of vegetable genetic resources by in vitro conservation and cryopreservation
Today, application of in vitro culture and cryopreservation presents a remarkable strategic tool to support medium- and long-term conservation of plant genetic resources. Over the last 30 years, considerable progress has been made in the development of both methods that are currently considered as ex...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2020
1569) FAO launches radio training programmes to adapt to COVID-19 restraints
In September 2020, FAO launched a radio training initiative airing various episodes across eight Somali radio stations. The ongoing radio programmes are divided into different series with 30 episodes in total, offering information on good agricultural practices, livestock, fisheries and nutrition, and...
Subject: Farming Systems
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2020
1570) Creating incentive structures from the ground in the Philippines
This example from the Philippines demonstrates how agro-biodiversity can be maintained and increased through benefit-sharing mechanisms as participatory plant breeding, distribution of traditional varieties and related information, and conservation activities.
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Asia
Publication year: 2005