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811) Seed security assessment: A practitioner's guide
Seed security exists when men and women within the household have sufficient access to quantities of available good quality seed and planting materials of preferred crop varieties at all times in both good and bad cropping seasons. Measuring seed security is important in crisis and non-crisis situations...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2016
812) Viewpoint: COVID-19 and seed security response now and beyond
COVID-19 brings new challenges worldwide, including to smallholder farmers and their seed systems. In response, an escalating number of seed projects are being planned to deliver immediate aid or to alter current seed production programs. A Statement, prepared by diverse seed system experts, aims to...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2020
813) Seed Conservation Continues Despite The Pandemic
The global pandemic has not halted efforts to secure agrobiodiversity. Genebanks around the world continue to strive to conserve seeds and germplasm that will form the foundation of the world’s future food supply, under often challenging conditions. Towards this goal, in October 2020, hundreds of seed...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2020
814) How the world's food security depends on biodiversity
As the world population continues to rise, new ways are needed to sustainably increase agricultural production, improve supply chains, reduce food losses and waste, and ensure access to nutritious food for all at all times. This brochure includes the contribution of genetic resources for food and agriculture...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2020
815) Lost Crops of Africa - Volume I: Grains
This report is the first in a series of three evaluating underexploited African plant resources that could help broaden and secure Africa's food supply. The volume focuses on native cereals (African rice, Finger millet, Sorghum, and other cultivated and wild grains) that have potential as food- and cash-crops...
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 1996