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186) Broadening the Base, Narrowing the Task: Prioritizing Crop Wild Relative Taxa for Conservation Action
A surge in conservation planning for crop wild relatives since the turn of the century has resulted in a wide range of different crop wild relative prioritization criteria and methods being applied. This paper reviews those criteria and methods and presents a harmonized, logical, and pragmatic means...
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2017
187) BSF "Strengthening indigenous communities of Cotacachi - Ecuador in conservation and use of plant genetic resource for food and agriculture as a mechanism for fair and equitable benefit-sharing"
The canton of Cotacachi in the Ecuadorian Andes mountains is an important centre of origin of beans and potatoes, and a centre of diversification of maize. Family farming, mostly led by women, constitutes the main source of food and income in the area, but is very vulnerable to climate change. Moreover,...
Subject: Farming Systems
Regions: Latin America and the Caribbean
Publication year: N/A
188) BSF project "Addressing the challenges of climate change for sustainable food security in Turkey, Iran and Morocco, through the creation and dissemination of an international database to promote the use of wheat genetic resources and increase genetic gains"
Harsh weather conditions exacerbated by climate change make winter wheat production difficult in the low rainfall regions in Iran, Turkey and Morocco. This is compounded by a lack of technologies for drought screening and their application in the field. This Benefit-sharing project addresses these challenges...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Near East; Europe; Africa
Publication year: N/A
189) BSF project "An Integrated Approach to Identify and Characterize Climate Resilient Wheat for the West Asia and North Africa Region"
The countries of West Asia and North Africa (WANA) face challenging issues of water scarcity, drought, land degradation and desertification, threatening agricultural productivity. Climate change is exacerbating the situation, and the region and its growing population now depend heavily on food imports....
Subject: Plant breeding techniques and approaches
Regions: Africa; Near East
Publication year: N/A
190) BSF project "Building sustainable livelihoods trough on farm conservation"
" Building sustainable livelihoods trough on farm conservation" is one of the projects supported by the Benefit-Sharing Fund of the International Treaty for Food and Agriculture (Second Cycle). This project aims to reintroduce strategic crops in semi-arid zones: yams, sorghum, finger millet and cowpeas....
Subject: Farming Systems
Regions: Africa
Publication year: N/A