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526) Educational Module on Farmers' Rights
Lesson 1 describes the foundation of Farmers’ Rights, and the critical role played by farmers and indigenous communities in the conservation and sustainable management of PGRFA. It includes a short narratives of the negotiations that led to adoption of Farmers’ Rights, as contained Article 9 of the...
Subject: Training, Capacity Development
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2021
527) A Thriving Agricultural Sector in a Changing Climate - Meeting Malabo Declaration Goals through Climate-Smart Agriculture
Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) can play an important role in addressing the interlinked challenges of food security and climate change. CSA practices aim to achieve three closely related objectives: sustainably increase agricultural productivity, adapt to climate change, and mitigate greenhouse gas...
Subject: Plant breeding techniques and approaches
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2016
528) Opportunities for Quality Seed Production and Diffusion through Integration of the Informal Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa
Enhancing the informal seed supply systems in Africa could partly be achieved through gradual technical supported integration of the two seed systems and exploiting their synergy benefit at community levels. This review is premised on published work and has attempted to examine existing opportunities...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2020
529) Seed Security in Theory and Practice: a comparative study of seed security frameworks and their use
Seeds and planting material are fundamental assets in all crop production and thus at the heart of food system resilience. In 2018, Noragric carried out a study commissioned by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) entitled Seed security in theory and practice: contributions in the...
Subject: Farming Systems
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2020
530) Neglected and Underutilized Crop Species: The Key to Improving Dietary Diversity and Fighting Hunger and Malnutrition in Asia and the Pacific
Asia continues to suffer from a high prevalence of malnutrition. Persistent malnutrition can be attributed to low dietary diversity, together with low production diversity. Dietary diversity represents a more healthy, balanced, and diverse diet, which ensures nutrient adequacy. The principle of dietary...
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
Regions: Asia; South West Pacific
Publication year: 2020