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" Use of genetic resources to establish a multi-country program of evolutionary participatory plant breeding" is one of the projects supported by the Benefit-Sharing Fund of the International Treaty for Food and Agriculture (Second Cycle). Farmers’ knowledge is being used to support and strengthen...
Subject: Plant breeding techniques and approaches
Regions: Near East
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This BSF project aims to develop a mechanism to allow Ethiopian farmers access to locally adapted varieties of durum wheat and barley in order to ensure food security, reduce the risk of crop failures, build resilience in the face of unpredictable climatic changes, strengthen national self-sustainability...
Subject: Farming Systems
Regions: Africa
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While Pacific island countries conserve large collections of plant genetic resources of their principal food crops in the Centre for Pacific Crops and Trees (CePaCT) in Fiji, capacity to exploit their full potential is low due to inadequate resources for research and development. Given the absence of...
Subject: Farming Systems
Regions: South West Pacific
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" Using rice genetic diversity to support farmers’ adaptation to climate change for sustainable production & improved livelihoods in India" is one of the projects supported by the Benefit-Sharing Fund of the International Treaty for Food and Agriculture (Second Cycle). The Indo-Gangetic plains of India...
Subject: Farming Systems
Regions: Asia
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"Varietal portfolios for better resilience of Sahel communities" is one of the projects supported by the Benefit-Sharing Fund of the International Treaty for Food and Agriculture (Fourth Cycle). This project will improve household food security and income by increasing millet, sorghum and cowpea productivity...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Africa
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