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The loss of biodiversity is becoming a major threat in India and across the world. In an attempt to preserve India’s vast biodiversity, the Indian government enacted the Biological Diversity Act, 2002. This Act provisions for Biodiversity Management Committees (BMC) at the local level, which aim to...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Asia
Publication year: 2021
Most of the CGIAR Research Centers’ activities related to the conservation, research and development and distribution of plant genetic resources are governed by the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) and not by the Nagoya Protocol. However, there are...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2018
World population continues to grow and climate change is contributing to the loss of crop biodiversity. Genebank collections around the world hold the genetic material needed to maintain crop diversity and meet food security challenges. The quality and management of the information associated with the...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Asia
Publication year: N/A
Triadic Comparisons of Technologies (tricot) is an approach to test crop varieties and other technologies on-farm under realistic conditions. Tricot is a ready-made methodology serving both research and the dissemination of varieties and other technologies and practices in highly variable areas. It provides...
Subject: Plant breeding techniques and approaches
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2016
This video from ISSD Uganda looks at how farmers, as members of Uganda's 30 Local Seed Businesses (LSBs), are collaborating toward the production quality declared seed, enabling significantly increased crop yields.
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2015