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1686) Regional Consultation of Asia and the Pacific on the Implementation of Indigenous Peoples & Peasants’ Rights to Plant Genetic Resources for Food & Agriculture
In this document, ‘farmers’ includes those who produce and/or use seeds in both industrial and cultural seed systems in line with Article 9 on Farmers’ Rights in the Seed Treaty. The custodians of cultural seed systems are referred to as ‘indigenous peoples and peasants’, and more broadly also...
Subject: Recognition schemes for farmers
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2018
1687) Plant breeding and climate changes
The climate changes that are occurring at present will have – and are already having – an adverse effect on food production and food quality with the poorest farmers and the poorest countries most at risk. The adverse effect is a consequence of the expected or probable increased frequency of some...
Subject: Plant breeding techniques and approaches
Regions: Near East; Africa
Publication year: 2010
1688) Methods and Tools for Decentralized on Farm Breeding
This technical booklet describes experimental designs and statistical methods and tools that are relevant for decentralized on-farm breeding. Also available in French
Subject: Farming Systems
Regions: Europe
Publication year: 2018
1689) Making climate-sensitive investments in agriculture – Approaches, tools and selected experiences
Climate change is a major challenge for agriculture, a vital source of food, income and employment for most of the world’s poor. Agricultural investments, as a result, need to become more climate sensitive. This is as true for general agricultural investments focused on development outcomes as for...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2021
1690) What Should Farmers’ Rights Look Like? The Possible Substance of a Right
Farmers’ Rights formally appeared in the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) as a means of recognising the past, present, and future contributions of farmers in conserving, improving, and making available the plant genetic materials that are important...
Subject: Recognition schemes for farmers
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2021