776) Support for the Development of National Capacities for Conservation and Sustainable Utilization of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

Project – TCP/SFS/3601 Food and nutrition insecurity remain major barriers to the development of Southern Africa. The primary challenge being faced concerns the sustainable production of greater quantities of high quality and diversified foods. Yet, rural farming communities still rely heavily on local...

Subject: Seed system

Regions: Africa

Publication year: 2020

777) The Potential Impact of UPOV 1991 on the Malaysian Seed Sector, Farmers, and Their Practices

APBREBES and the Third World Network are proud to announce the publication of the report: The Potential Impact of UPOV 1991 on the Malaysian Seed Sector, Farmers and Their Practices written by NurFitri Amir Muhammad (researcher for Third World Network). The report introduces Malaysia’s unique and functional...

Subject: Seed system

Regions: Asia

Publication year: 2023

778) Community Seed Banks and Use of Biological Inputs

Subject: Seed system

Regions: Latin America and the Caribbean

Publication year: 2022

779) Seed law in Argentina: vicissitudes of a reform that (still) was not

There have been various attempts to modify the Seed Law in Argentina since 2003. The intention is to provide greater certainty to the companies by cutting the rights of rural producers. A new impulse, with the same orientation, occurred in 2012. Although not all the actors involved have participated...

Subject: Seed system

Regions: Latin America and the Caribbean

Publication year: 2017

780) Impacts of participatory crop improvement in the low-altitude regions of Nepal

Participatory rice improvement in Nepal has been carried out by a network of partners in the Terai region. Farmers in these areas rely on rice, and improvements in yield and quality have considerable benefits for their livelihoods. They grow rice in rainfed, low-fertility fields and these farmers have...

Subject: Plant breeding techniques and approaches

Regions: Asia

Publication year: 2004