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546) In eSwatini, lead farmers are key to scaling up conservation agriculture practices throughout the country
The Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) describes conservation agriculture as a farming system that can prevent losses of arable land while regenerating degraded lands. To support the adoption of conservation agriculture techniques, the Resilient Food Systems eSwatini team...
Subject: Recognition schemes for farmers
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2020
547) Current status of genomic resources on wild relatives of rice
Rice is a food crop of global importance, cultivated in diverse agro-climatic zones of the world. However, in the process of domestication, many beneficial alleles have been eroded from the gene pool of the rice cultivated globally and eventually has made it vulnerable to a plethora of stresses. In contrast,...
Subject: Plant breeding techniques and approaches
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2020
548) BSF project "Promotion of the recognition of Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS)"
" Promotion of the recognition of Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS)" is one of the projects supported by the Benefit-Sharing Fund of the International Treaty for Food and Agriculture (Second Cycle). The historic Gafsa oasis is a biodiversity laboratory that has been included by...
Subject: Farming Systems
Regions: Africa
Publication year: N/A
549) Reducing risks and seizing opportunities: Integrating biodiversity into food and agriculture investments
This booklet explains how using the Agrobiodiversity Index, companies and governments can reduce operational and reputational risks and seize opportunities, by estimating and monitoring the agrobiodiversity impact of supply chain investments. The Agrobiodiversity Index can also help investors to screen...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2017
550) A Comprehensive and Participatory Approach to the Valorisation of Biodiverse Products
Preserving agro-biodiversity can contribute to the broader goal of protecting and enhancing biodiversity. Acknowledging and managing the complexity of values connected to agro-biodiversity, translating them in coherent practices, is the key to its conservation and valorisation. These processes may take...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2018