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446) Bangladesh: the importance of farmers’ seed systems and the roles of Community Seed Wealth Centers
This brief describes the most recent activities of UBINIG (Policy Research for Development Alternative) to support the the Nayakrishi Seed Network (NSN) of the Nayakrishi Andolon or New Agricultural Movement of Bangladesh, now active in three major agro-ecological zones of the country and bringing together...
Subject: Recognition schemes for farmers
Regions: Asia
Publication year: 2018
447) Conceptualizing Interventions to Support On-Farm Genetic Resource Conservation
Interest is increasing worldwide in on-farm conservation as a component of a strategy to conserve crop genetic resources. This may require outside support to small-scale farmers in areas of crop diversity. This paper argues that crop diversity maintained by farming households results from the interplay...
Subject: Farming Systems
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2003
448) Biodiversity for the Future Program
This article briefly presents the efforts of the International Potato Center (CIP) to conserve the world’s genetic diversity —cultivated, wild and breeding material—of potato and sweetpotato for future use. Also available in Spanish...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2020
449) Catalogue of Traditional Mountain Crop Landraces in Nepal
This catalogue is a result of combined efforts of the people engaged actively and continuously in a UNEP/GEF funded project “Integrating traditional crop genetic diversity into technology: using a biodiversity portfolio approach to buffer against unpredictable environmental change in the Nepal Himalayas”...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Asia
Publication year: 2019
450) Botanic Gardens Complement Agricultural Gene Bank in Collecting and Conserving Plant Genetic Diversity
The role of botanic gardens in the conservation of Crop Wild Relatives is becoming increasingly important. At least 6000 taxa related to 68 crop genera are maintained by the world's botanic gardens with several gardens having specialist collections. The extent of infra-specific genetic diversity of these...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2018