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436) Descriptors for wild and cultivated Rice (Oryza spp.)
Descriptors for wild and cultivated rice (Oryza spp.)' is a revision of the original IBPGR and IRRI publication 'Descriptors for rice (Oryza sativa L.)' (1980), expanded to include descriptors for wild rice species of the genus Oryza, and harmonized as far as possible with descriptors developed by the...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2007
437) Participatory evaluation guides the development and selection of farmers’ preferred rice varieties for salt- and flood-affected coastal deltas of South and Southeast Asia
Rice is the staple food and provides livelihood for smallholder farmers in the coastal delta regions of South and Southeast Asia. However, its productivity is often low because of several abiotic stresses including high soil salinity and waterlogging during the wet (monsoon) season and high soil and...
Subject: Plant breeding techniques and approaches
Regions: Asia
Publication year: 2018
438) OpenSourceSeeds
OpenSourceSeeds (OSS) is an European initiative of the German Association for AgriCulture and Ecology (Agrecol) and is based in Germany. OpenSourceSeeds was launched in 2017 and pursues the objective to protect agricultural seeds as commons. It helps to establish a commons-based seed sector as a second...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Europe
Publication year: N/A
439) To care for our seeds
Alianza Biodiversidad released a series of booklets (in Spanish) that can help us understand the role of seeds in our global society. One of the booklets discusses the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA), plus a characterization of the laws that seek to...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2020
440) BioValue Project
The main aim of the BioValue project is to develop a dynamic and modular agent-based simulation tool that will analyse the link among biodiversity, the agri-food value chain, the environment, consumer’s preferences and health. The idea is to introduce and spread the use of underutilized, genetically...
Subject: Farming Systems
Regions: Global
Publication year: N/A