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Number of records: 169

41) Farmers’ Crop Varieties and Farmers’ Rights: Challenges in taxonomy and law

Over the last 50 years there has been a growing appreciation of the important role that farmers play in the development and conservation of crop genetic diversity, and the contribution of that diversity to agro-ecosystem resilience and food security. This book examines policies that aim to increase the...

Category: Miscellaneous

Regions: Africa; Asia; Global; Latin America and the Caribbean; North America

Publication year: 2016

42) Plant Genetic Resources, Genomics, and Genetic Improvement Action Plan 2023-2027

USDA Action Plan which outlines research that supports primarily the objective in the USDA Strategic Plan for FY 2018 – 2022 to maximize the ability of American agricultural producers to prosper by feeding and clothing the world.

Category: Strategies and Action Plans

Regions: North America

Publication year: 2023

43) Identifying Benefit Flows – Studies on the Potential Monetary and Non-Monetary Benefits Arising from the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

Plant genetic resources (PGR) for food and agriculture are the basis of world food security. Access by farmers and plant breeders everywhere to the widest possible range of plant germplasm is of crucial importance for crop improvement, for confronting environmental and agricultural challenges such as...

Category: Miscellaneous

Regions: Global

Publication year: 2013

44) African Union Practical Guidelines for the Coordinated Implementation of the Nagoya Protocol in Africa

The Guidelines for the Coordinated Implementation of the Nagoya Protocol in Africa provides a practical step by step guidance for the implementation of the Protocol and for an ABS system at national and regional levels. This document sets out the Guidelines as adopted and constitutes an appendix of the...

Category: Voluntary guidelines

Regions: Africa

Publication year: 2015

45) Voluntary Guidelines for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Crop Wild Relatives and Wild Food Plants

Crop wild relatives thrive in their natural habitats without human intervention. In fact, they are continuously evolving adaptive characteristics that enable them to cope with changing environmental conditions. Therefore, they are a rich reservoir of novel traits and genes that can be used to develop...