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711) Registration Systems for Farmers' Varieties: Ongoing Policy Dialogues and Experiences from the Field
Despite their current and potential value, farmers’ varieties are usually not sold in the open market and tend to be limited to farmers’ informal networks. Why is this? Why haven’t farmers’ varieties found a place in national and global seed markets? This article answers these questions.
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2020
712) The Millennium Seed Bank Partnership (MSBP)
The Millennium Seed Bank's global network, The Millennium Seed Bank Partnership (MSBP), is one of the largest ex situ plant conservation programme in the world. Their focus is on global plant life faced with the threat of extinction and plants of most use for the future. Working with their network of...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Global
Publication year: N/A
713) Indigenous food systems, biocultural heritage and agricultural resilience
Across the world, indigenous peoples’ food systems are biodiverse, nutritious, climate resilient and low carbon. They play a critical role in the food security, cultural identity, health and wellbeing of some 370-500 million indigenous people. Yet indigenous food systems are often viewed as ‘backward’...
Subject: Recognition schemes for farmers
Regions: Europe; Asia; Africa
Publication year: N/A
714) Policy Options to Accelerate Variety Change among Smallholder Farmers in South Asia and Africa South of the Sahara
The genetic improvement of food staple crops cultivated by small-scale farmers is a well-established route to increasing agricultural productivity and improving rural livelihoods. But in developing countries where seed markets are commercially active or advancing in that direction, undue emphasis in...
Subject: Crop diversity; Grains/Cereals/Pulses/Root crops/Fruits; Plant breeding techniques and approaches; Training, Capacity Development
Regions: Africa; Asia
Publication year: 2017
715) Genetic strategies for improving crop yields
This study considers the potential of plant sciences to address post-Green Revolution challenges in agriculture and explore emerging strategies for enhancing sustainable crop production and resilience in a changing climate. Accelerated crop improvement must leverage naturally evolved traits and transformative...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2019