Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations  

International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

Food Hero - Sanja Mikić

Video - Sanja Mikić is a researcher at the Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops in Serbia. She leads the FAO International Treaty’s Benefit-sharing Fund project in the country and she is responsible for collecting and researching local varieties of grain and cereals found in farmers’ fields, and national and international gene banks. Vulnerable farmers use these seeds and knowledge to diversify their production and food consumption and increase resilience to climate change
ThemeTechnical Resources
SubjectCrop diversity
PublisherFood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - FAO
Publication year2022
RegionsEurope
Languages
Resource typeMultimedia
Resource linkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afSnSEcABVg
KeywordsAccess and benefit-sharing; Agricultural biodiversity; Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species; Plant breeding; Recognition of the role of farmers; Role of genebanks; Seed management
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