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461) Down to Earth: How Farmers in Zanzibar Are Tackling Climate Change From the Ground Up
Podcast - How are farmers on a small island off the coast of Tanzania adapting to climate change, restoring the local ecosystem, and protecting their livelihoods? It all starts with a spice forest. In this episode, IISD's Director of Communications, Zahra Sethna, travels to a small island off the coast...
Subject: Recognition schemes for farmers
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2020
462) Dynamic conservation of genetic resources: Rematriation of the maize landrace Jala
The conservation of landraces is fundamental to safeguarding crop diversity, food security, and sustainable production. Jala is a special maize landrace from the region in and around the Jala Valley of Mexico that produces the largest ear and tallest plant of all maize landraces in the world. Changing...
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
Regions: Latin America and the Caribbean
Publication year: 2020
463) DYNAVERSITY
The project DYNAVERSITY analyses and describes the actors involved in plant genetic conservation for agriculture in order to suggest management and governance models and to construct new forms of networking. It facilitates exchange and integration of scientific as well as practical knowledge on how to...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Europe
Publication year: N/A
464) Ecological and evolutionary approaches to improving crop variety mixtures
Variety mixtures can provide a range of benefits for both the crop and the environment. Their utility for the suppression of pathogens, especially in small grain crops, is well established and has seen some remarkable successes. However, despite decades of academic interest in the topic, commercial efforts...
Subject: Plant breeding techniques and approaches
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2021
465) ECPGR Concept for in situ conservation of crop wild relatives in Europe
There is an imperative to develop and implement a comprehensive strategy for in situ conservation of the valuable crop wild relative (CWR) genetic resources native to Europe because historically these taxa have fallen between the conservation priorities of both the agricultural and conservation communities....
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
Regions: Europe
Publication year: 2015