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701) Swedish Crop Wild Relatives: towards a national strategy for in situ conservation of CWR
In 2015, the Nordic countries (Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway and Iceland) initiated a project to help strengthen the efforts of conservation and use of crop wild relatives (CWR) across the region. This studyexplores in greater detail the situation for Sweden. Taxa rich areas and areas where potential...
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
Regions: Europe
Publication year: 2020
702) A case for crop wild relative preservation and use in potato
Crop wild relatives (CWR) offer a critical resource to address food security needs by providing genetic diversity for crop improvement, leading to increased plasticity and productivity of farming systems. However, plant breeders typically have not developed systematic or comprehensive strategies for...
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2013
703) Seed Summit: Need for safeguarding crop diversity
The Seed Summit was organised by the Norwegian Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Nordic Genetic Resource Center and Crop Trust on the occasion of the seed deposit at the Seed Vault on the same day. The Summit entitled "Genetic diversity for more resilient food systems" looked at the urgent need of safeguarding...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2020
704) Grönt kulturarv - Green Heritage
This programme is Sweden’s endeavour to better conserve and use our cultivated plants. One of the Swedish national programme for cultivated plant diversity (Pom) 's tasks is to find, collect and conserve old and valuable varieties of garden plants. Pom not only intends to save the plants for the future,...
Subject: Recognition schemes for farmers
Regions: Europe
Publication year: N/A
705) Relevance of geographical indications and designations of origin for the sustainable use of genetic resources
This study provides an overview of current trends in Geographical Indications (GIs) as they relate to biodiversity conservation and rural development, and their potential contributions to poverty, hunger alleviation and environmental goals. When peasant and indigenous producer organizations decide to...
Subject: Recognition schemes for farmers
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2007