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1696) Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI)'s ThreatSearch database
BGCI’s ThreatSearch database is the most comprehensive database of conservation assessments of plants. ThreatSearch lists global, regional and national red list assessments for plants. It lists conservation assessments from a variety of sources. The aim is for ThreatSearch to be a one-stop shop to...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Global
Publication year: N/A
1697) Diversity and use of wild and non-cultivated edible plants in the Western Himalaya
Local people in the Himalayan region use a wide range of wild and non-cultivated edible plants (WNEPs) for food, spice, medicinal, and cultural purposes. However, their availability, use, status and contribution to livelihood security are poorly documented, and they have been generally overlooked in...
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
Regions: Asia
Publication year: 2018
1698) Safeguarding a global seed heritage from Syria to Svalbard
This paper presents the story of the rescue and reconstitution of the unique seed collection held in the international genebank of International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) in Syria. Being among the first depositors to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, ICARDA managed to safety...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Near East; Europe
Publication year: 2020
1699) Registration of farmers’ varieties in SADC - Report from dialogue held at Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, 3-4 December 2019
In Africa, smallholder/peasant farmers produce and reproduce the majority of their own seed needs from season to season. Crops produced from this seed contribute substantially to food and nutrition security on the continent. Despite this, farmer seed receives little to no recognition in policy, and...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2019
1700) Policies recommendations : set of recommendations on farm conservation strategy, the role of innovative market mechanisms, legislative framework for landraces, conservation varieties and amateur varieties in Europe
Farm Seed Opportunities (FSO) has performed several studies and analysis to precise the concepts behind the “conservation varieties” regulations, to verify the situation in European’s fields and to suggest further development of these regulations aiming at preserving plant genetic resources. All...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Europe
Publication year: 2020