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351) Conserving Traditional Seed Crops Diversity
Over the last two decades, 75% of the genetic diversity of agricultural crops has been lost. Genetic diversity is the basis of all crop improvement. Crop varieties, as an integral part of genetic diversity, are the result of human selection and management, as well as natural mechanisms of evolution....
Subject: Farming Systems
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2015
352) Consider the seed
The conservation of plant genetic diversity through germplasm conservation is a key component of global climate-change adaptation efforts. Germplasm banks like the maize and wheat collections at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) may hold the genetic resources needed for the...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Global; Latin America and the Caribbean
Publication year: 2021
353) Consumers and Food
This factsheet presents some results of the DIVERSIFOOD's consumers survey conducted in Spain, Italy, France and Switzerland. This information was collected to develop marketing recommendations and valorisation strategies for agrobiodiversity.
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Europe
Publication year: 2019
354) Consumers’ Valuation of Farmers’ Varieties for Food System Diversity
For participatory on-farm breeding schemes to be successful, consumers need to be willing to compensate farmers for their efforts in breeding and in diversifying their cultivation. Using vegetables as an example, this paper provides information on whether consumers of four selected European countries...
Subject: Recognition schemes for farmers
Regions: Europe
Publication year: 2019
355) Contributions of biodiversity to the sustainable intensification of food production – Thematic Study for The State of the World’s Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture
In this study, the roles of biodiversity in sustainable food production are considered, assessing how these roles can be measured, the current state of knowledge and opportunities for intervention. In the case of annual crops, required interventions include breeding and selecting crops for more positive...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2019