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731) Participatory Seed Exchange
Participatory Seed Exchange (PSE) is a low cost, simple and effective community-based mechanism for improving farmers' access to locally adapted seeds and planting materials which promotes farmer led on-farm conservation and utilization of the agrobiodiversity by exchanging available Agricultural Plant...
Subject: Farming Systems
Regions: Asia
Publication year: 2020
732) BSF project "Conservation & sustainable use of potato germplasm in the rural communities of Andahuaylas"
" Conservation & sustainable use of potato germplasm in the rural communities of Andahuaylas" is one of the projects supported by the Benefit-Sharing Fund of the International Treaty for Food and Agriculture (Second Cycle). (Peruvian) Andean farmers are the custodians of more than 4,000 varieties of...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Latin America and the Caribbean
Publication year: N/A
733) Selecting containers for long-term seed storage
Once dried, orthodox seeds need to be stored in air-tight containers. If containers are not effectively sealed, seeds will gradually absorb moisture and their storage life will be reduced. A rise of just 10% in equilibrium relative humidity (RH) or 1% in moisture content will halve seed storage life....
Subject: Plant breeding techniques and approaches
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2014
734) Conserving and adding value to landrace turmeric of Rodrigues Island
GEF Small Grants Programme's project – Rodrigues Island is a low-income economy based on traditional agriculture, fishing and livestock rearing. The production of some landrace varieties has considerably decreased in the last few years, mainly due to rising temperatures, variable precipitation, reduced...
Subject: Plant breeding techniques and approaches
Regions: Africa
Publication year: N/A
735) IYM Webinar “The Role of Sorghum and Millets Genetic Resources in Sustainable Agriculture”
On the occasion of the International Year of Millets 2023, the Secretariat of FAO’s International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture is collaborating with the Crop Trust and the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) organized an international...
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species; Grains/Cereals/Pulses/Root crops/Fruits
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2023