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Many local crops and landraces are often neglected and underutilized despite of having unique use values and varietal traits. Various on-farm agrobiodiversity management tools and practices have been developed and adopted to identify, conserve and promote local plant genetic resources globally. This...
Subject: Farming Systems
Regions: Asia
Publication year: 2020
The definition provided by the Convention on Biological Diversity for in situ conservation has caused a dilemma for those involved in agrobiodiversity conservation, as to how to implement this strategy in practical terms. A diversity of organizations has been engaged in efforts referred to as ‘on-farm...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Europe; Africa; Asia; Latin America and the Caribbean
Publication year: 2012
The project DYNAVERSITY analyses and describes the actors involved in plant genetic conservation for agriculture in order to suggest management and governance models and to construct new forms of networking. It facilitates exchange and integration of scientific as well as practical knowledge on how to...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Europe
Publication year: N/A
This article summarizes the achievements of the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Authority (India) in 2017 and 2018. Many workshops on Farmers' Rights and Agro-biodiversity were organized during this period: a regional workshop on Farmers' Rights and Agro-biodiversity exhibition (2017),...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Asia
Publication year: 2018
Given the importance of the sustainable use of biodiversity for food and agriculture, and the critical role of biodiversity and ecosystems in sustainable intensification of agricultural production, this publication addresses these issues, and by doing so also contributes to furthering the implementation...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2011