Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations  

International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

Integrating Genetic Resource Conservation and Sustainable Development into Strategies to Increase the Robustness of Seed Systems

This article introduces a framework for analyzing seed supply strategies by considering principles of agrobiodiversity conservation, formal and informal seed systems, market and service orientation, and the strengthening of local institutions. This framework is used to analyze strategies for supporting small-scale farmers' seed supply. 
ThemeTechnical Resources
SubjectSeed system
PublisherJournal of Sustainable Agriculture
Publication year2012
RegionsGlobal
LanguagesEnglish
Resource typePublications
Resource linkhttps://www.researchgate.net/profile/Johannes_Engels/publication/233235875_Integrating_Genetic_Resource_Conservation_and_Sustainable_Development_into_Strategies_to_Increase_the_Robustness_of_Seed_Systems/links/0fcfd513867359a1d0000000/Integrating-Genetic-Resource-Conservation-and-Sustainable-Development-into-Strategies-to-Increase-the-Robustness-of-Seed-Systems.pdf
KeywordsSeed management; Farmers’ Rights; Recognition of the role of farmers