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361) COVID-19 and Food Systems: Rebuilding for Resilience : Food Systems Summit Brief Prepared by Research Partners of the Scientific Group for the Food Systems Summit May 2021
During the COVID-19 pandemic, international supply chains and global food systems continued to feed most of the world, but with varying levels of damage and disruption, and with impacts on food security being felt most acutely by the poor. Worryingly, the pandemic has exposed substantial fragility of...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2021
362) Covid-19 management by farmers and policymakers in Burkina Faso, Colombia and France: Lessons for climate action
During crises, adaptation or recovery measures or plans at local or national scales may not necessarily address longer-term or structural problems such as climate change mitigation.This article describes farmers and policymakers' responses to mitigate the adverse effects of Covid-19 on the agricultural...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Africa; Latin America and the Caribbean; Europe
Publication year: 2021
363) Creating incentive structures from the ground in the Philippines
This example from the Philippines demonstrates how agro-biodiversity can be maintained and increased through benefit-sharing mechanisms as participatory plant breeding, distribution of traditional varieties and related information, and conservation activities.
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Asia
Publication year: 2005
364) Crop adaptation to climate change in the semi-arid zone in Tanzania: the role of genetic resources and seed systems
Rural livelihoods relying on agriculture are particularly vulnerable to climate change. Climate models project increasingly negative effects on maize and sorghum production in sub-Saharan Africa. This paper presents a case study of the role of genetic resources and seed systems in adapting to climatic...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2014
365) Crop Diversification Analysis on Red Pepper Dominated Smallholder Farming System: Evidence from Northwest Ethiopia
Ethiopia is the homeland of various crops due to its diverse and suitable agro-ecological zones. As a result, smallholder farmers grow multiple crops on a small piece of land both for consumption and commercial purposes in different portions of Ethiopia, including the northwestern part of the country....
Subject: Farming Systems
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2019