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331) Conservation and Sustainable Use of Agricultural Biodiversity
Agricultural biodiversity includes all components of biological diversity of relevance to food and agriculture: the variety and variability of plants, animals and micro-organisms at genetic, species and ecosystem level which are necessary to sustain key functions in the agro-ecosystem, its structures...
Subject: Farming Systems
Regions: Global; Asia; Latin America and the Caribbean; Africa; South West Pacific
Publication year: 2003
332) Conservation and Sustainable Use of Crop Wild Relatives: a Nordic Initiative
This article presents the joint Nordic project, a two-year project which had multiple objectives: 1) establish a Nordic network for genetic resources as ecosystem services aiming at policy input; 2) exchange of knowledge to obtain Nordic synergies within ex situ and in situ conservation, with particular...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Europe
Publication year: 2016
333) Conservation and Use of Genetic Resources of Underutilized Crops in the Americas—A Continental Analysis
Latin America is home to dramatically diverse agroecological regions which harbor a high concentration of underutilized plant species, whose genetic resources hold the potential to address challenges such as sustainable agricultural development, food security and sovereignty, and climate change. This...
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
Regions: Latin America and the Caribbean
Publication year: 2014
334) Conservation and Use of Latin American Maize Diversity: Pillar of Nutrition Security and Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Latin America is the center of domestication and diversity of maize, the second most cultivated crop worldwide. In this region, maize landraces are fundamental for food security, livelihoods, and culture. Nevertheless, genetic erosion (i.e., the loss of genetic diversity and variation in a crop) threatens...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Latin America and the Caribbean
Publication year: 2021
335) Conservation and Use of Latin American Maize Diversity: Pillar of Nutrition Security and Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Latin America is the center of domestication and diversity of maize, the second most cultivated crop worldwide. In this region, maize landraces are fundamental for food security, livelihoods, and culture. Nevertheless, genetic erosion (i.e., the loss of genetic diversity and variation in a crop) threatens...
Subject: Farming Systems
Regions: Latin America and the Caribbean
Publication year: 2021