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876) Establishing a Community seed supply system: Community Seed Bank Complexes in Africa
The broad range of genetic diversity existing in Africa, particularly in traditional and wild gene pools, is presently subject to serious genetic erosion and irreversible losses. This threat, which involves the interaction of several factors, is progressing at an alarming rate. The most crucial ones...
Subject: Farming Systems
Regions: Africa
Publication year: N/A
877) Challenges in the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Genetic Resources
The meeting on "Genetic Resources in the Face of New Environmental, Economic and Social Challenges" held in Montpellier (France) from 20–22 September 2011 brought together about 200 participants active in research and management of the genetic diversity of plant, animal, fungal and microbial species....
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2011
878) A Dual Strategy of Breeding for Drought Tolerance and Introducing Drought-Tolerant, Underutilized Crops into Production Systems to Enhance Their Resilience to Water Deficiency
Water scarcity is the primary constraint on crop productivity in arid and semiarid tropical areas suffering from climate alterations; in accordance, agricultural systems have to be optimized. Several concepts and strategies should be considered to improve crop yield and quality, particularly in vulnerable...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2020
879) Genetic Diversity and Stability of Performance of Wheat Population Varieties Developed by Participatory Breeding
In France, a Participatory Plant Breeding (PPB) project on bread wheat, involving farmers, facilitators and researchers, has led to the development of heterogeneous populations whose within-variety genetic diversity is expected to confer the ability to adapt to farmers’ practices and environments....
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Europe
Publication year: 2020
880) The support for farmer-led seed systems in African seed laws
The synthesis report is part of a series of papers on Integrated Seed Sector Development (ISSD) in Africa’s thematic working group on Matching national realities with global commitments. The study was conducted to answer a key question on how the various national and regional seed laws relate to the...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2017