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426) The Guardians of the Mighty Little Seed
This short video explains the importance of seeds in ensuring food security and sustainability for future generations and highlights the crucial role of farmers in conserving plant genetic diversity. By preserving a wide variety of seeds, these "guardians" protect biodiversity and help adapt crops to...
Subject: Crop diversity; Seed system
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2023
427) Participatory Guarantee System for the quality of farmers' seeds for Community Seed Banks in Colombia
This handbook is the second revised edition of the Participatory Guarantee System (PGS) for the Quality of Farmers’ seeds handbook. In Colombia, the endeavour of guaranteeing seed quality through PGSs in community seed banks is still in its early stages. This handbook is the culmination of over a decade...
Subject: Farming Systems
Regions: Latin America and the Caribbean
Publication year: 2024
428) Kenya’s Access and Benefit Sharing Toolkit for Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge
Genetic Resources (GR) are the bedrock of Kenya’s economy, particularly as the nation seeks to create wealth, sustain food security, and maintain a safe environment. This necessitates increased development of expertise, enhanced research, equitable and sustainable use of our genetic resources. But...
Subject: Traditional Knowledge
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2014
429) Quality management in a genebank environment: Principles and experiences at the Centre for Genetic Resources, The Netherlands (CGN)
To enhance the management of plant genetic resources by genebanks, implementing a quality management system is essential. Such a system ensures the consistent quality of genebank operations through the establishment of a quality policy, the integration of quality planning and assurance, and the execution...
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Regions: Europe
Publication year: 2024
430) Genetic Diversity and Stability of Performance of Wheat Population Varieties Developed by Participatory Breeding
In France, a Participatory Plant Breeding (PPB) project on bread wheat, involving farmers, facilitators and researchers, has led to the development of heterogeneous populations whose within-variety genetic diversity is expected to confer the ability to adapt to farmers’ practices and environments....
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Europe
Publication year: 2020