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451) Farmers' Seeds : The key to Agroecology
Our food systems are disrupted and peasant seeds and agroecology are the only real sustainable solution to these problems. Peasant seeds allow us to produce food locally and fight hunger while preserving the environment by adapting to climate change and protecting biodiversity. Peasant seeds are the...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2023
452) Educational Module on Conservation and Sustainable Use under the International Treaty
Lesson 1, for example, focuses on technical aspects of conservation and sustainable use of PGRFA, which will be particularly relevant for civil servants that do not have a technical background in genetics or plant breeding. Lessons 2 and 3, in turn, explain the legal provisions of the International Treaty...
Subject: Training, Capacity Development
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2012
453) The UPOV accession process - Preventing appropriate PVP laws for new members
The study "The UPOV accession process: Preventing appropriate PVP laws for new members", published today by the South Centre and APBREBES, analyses the accession process for countries that want to become members of UPOV and provides both surprising and worrying results.
Subject: Crop diversity; Seed system
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2023
454) Crop wild relatives of the United States require urgent conservation action
This study provides conservation assessments for 600 US native plants that are wild relatives of important agricultural crops. The authors found that more than one-half of the species may be endangered in their natural habitats, and that the great majority require further conservation action, both ex...
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
Regions: North America
Publication year: 2020
455) How To Do Note (HTDN): Supporting Smallholder Seed Systems
The challenges of ensuring access of farmers to quality seed of appropriate and adapted varieties, whether through the formal seed system or the farmer-based informal seed system, has been a recurrent issue in the quality enhancement and quality assurance review stages of IFAD investment projects. The...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2018