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The aim of the Potato Park of Peru is joining forces for the conservation of native varieties of potato, traditional knowledge; improve the maintenance of agricultural production and ensuring food security. The park, with financial support from the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Africa; Latin America and the Caribbean
Publication year: 2015
From drought-resistant bananas to iron-rich beans, plant genetic diversity is a vital element of sustainable and healthy food systems. Whether carefully passed down by farmers for generations or allowed to adapt in the wild, diverse plants contain valuable traits that can provide climate adaptation,...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2021
The ABS-Management Tool (ABS-MT) is a best practice standard and a handbook that provides guidance and tools on ABS practice to help companies, researchers, local and indigenous communities, and governments ensure compliance with the Bonn Guidelines and ABS requirements under the Convention on Biological...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2007
The Atlas of typical food from Montenegro seeks to promote not only the high quality traditional products presented in this volume, but also to raise awareness of the importance of preserving and protecting Montenegrin culinary heritage, local traditions and the rural economy. This Atlas builds on the...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Europe
Publication year: 2021
The unique diversity of Ethiopian durum wheat (Triticum turgidum L. subsp. durum) is the result of thousands of years of selection exerted by smallholder farmers. Still today, more than 80% of the Ethiopian population of approximately 100 million people is engaged in agriculture. Eight out of ten...
Subject: Recognition schemes for farmers
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2017